580 xci. STTRACEiE. (0- B. Clarke.) [Symplocos.. 



rhomboid, often unequal sided ; midrib and nerves strongly raised beneath, nerves 

 13 pairs sub-parallel ; petiole 5 in. Pedicels 0-^ in. ; bracts and braeteoles sub- 

 similar, i in., obovateHjblong, pubescent. Ccdyx-tvbe nearly glabrous ; lobes ^ in., 

 ovate-lanceolate, subobtuse, pubescent. Petals ^ in. Stamens numerous. Fruit i by 

 J in., rusty, calyx-rim much narrower than the fruit, teeth accrescent. 'EmSrryo 

 straight. 



26. &■ lelostachya, Kurz in Joum. As. Soc. 1873, pt. ii. 89; leaves 

 oblong acuminate serridate fulvous-pilosfe on the midrib and primary nerves 

 beneath, racemes numerous 2-4 in. very narrow nearly glabrous many-flowered, 

 S. leiostachya, Skrz in Journ. As. Soc, 1877, pt. ii. 239, and Foi: Fl. ii. 144 (a» 

 to flowers only). 



Tbnassbeim ; Heifer (Kew Distrib. n. 3656). 



A large tree {Selfer). Leaves i\ by 1- in., base obtuse or rounded, coriaceous ; 

 midrib and nerves impressed above, prominent beneath ; petiole \ in. Bacemes axil- 

 lary, and 10-15 crowded at the eiids of the branchlets, 20-iO-flow6red, when young 

 densely spicate ; pedicels later sometimes attaining ^ in. ; braeteoles i in , ovate, 

 glabrous. Calyx-tube ^ in., teeth i in., ovate, glabrous. Petals ^ in. Stamens 40, 

 small. Fruit not known. — Kurz mistook the fruit of a Nicobar Symplocos (S. Nico- 

 bariaa) for that of this species. 



27. S> nicobarica, Clarke ; leaves broadly oblong shortly acuminate 

 serrulate coriaceous nearly glabrous, fruiting racemes 2-3 in. nearly glabrous, 

 fruits ovoid-conic. S. leiostachya, Kurz For. Fl. ii. 14A, partly. 



If icoBABS ; Kamorta, Kurz. 



Young branchlets fulvous-hirsute. Leaves 5 by If in., base rhomboid, obscurely 

 fiilvous-pilose on the midrib beneath ; nerves prominently raised beneath, not quite 

 parallel ; petiole ^-| in. ' Racemes stout ; lower pedicels J in. Fruit ^ by J in., 

 smooth; calyx-rim as wide as the upper part of the fruit, teeth erect. Embryo 

 straight. — Mowers.not known. From the fruit this appears to be allied to 8. race- 

 mosa, Koxb. . 



28. S. cerasifolia, Wall. Cat. 4434 ; leaves oblong acute at both ends 

 crenate pilose on the midrib beneath, spikes 1^ in. viUoiis, calyx-teeth large,, 

 fruit ellipsoid large. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 257. 



Penahg; Wallich. Malacca ; Jlfaj?z§'ay (Kew Distrib. n. 962). 



Branchlets glabrescent. Leaves 5 J by Ij in., coriaceous; nerves very oblique, 

 distant, obscure above, elevated beneath ; petiole ^ in. Spikes solitary, axillary and 

 crowded, subterminal ; bracts \ in., ovate, very hairy ; pedicels ; braeteoles caducous. 

 Calyx-tvhe ^ in., siibglabrous ; teeth i in., ovate, subacute, pilose. Petals ^ in. 

 ^tamens 30. _2>j«e and lower part of style with a few hairs. Fruit 1 by ^ in., 

 smooth ; calyx-rim J in. broad. Embryo straight. 



29. S. rubig'inosa, Wall. Cat.4AS2; leaves large obovate-oblong acute, 

 nerves parallel much raised beneath, spikes 2 in. silliy-villous, fi-uit ellipsoid 

 small. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 257. 



Pbnang ; Wallich. Mai,at Peninsula ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3652). Ma- 

 lacca ; Maingay (Kew Distrib, n. 955). 



Branchlets rusty-hirsute. Leaves IQi by 4^ in., cuneate at the base, minutely 

 toothed, rubiginous-villous on the nerves beneath or ultimately glabrous, coriaceous ; 

 secondary nerves transverse, subparallel, not strongly reticulated; petiole ^-J in. 

 Spikes axillary, subremote; bracts and braeteoles subsimilar, J-l in., ovate, densely 

 villous. Calyx sessile, closely silky-villous, tube i in. ; lobes ^ in., elliptic, subacute. 

 Petals ^-J in. Stamens 30. Disc and style glabrous. Fruit 5 by f in., smooth ; 

 calyx-rim ^ in. wide, teeth erect. Embryo straight. 



30. S. crassipes, Clarke; leaves large elliptic-lanceolate subentire gla- 

 brous short-petioled, racemes J in. rusty-vUlous. 



