682 xci. STTEACEji. (C. B. Clarke.) ISymplocos. 



SB. S. macrocarpa, Wight ms.; leaves oblong narrowed at both, ends 

 glabrous, spikea short dense rusty-pubescent, calyx-tube pubescent, fruit large 

 long-ellipsoid. 



South Decoan Peninstiia ; Courtallum, Wight, herb, nn. 467, 469. 



BrancUets stout, rusty. Jjeaves attaining 8 by 2^ in., slightly crenulate, charta- 

 ceous ; primary nerves 9 pairs, conspicuous but not thick, secondary nerves distinct 

 beneath; petiole J-J in. Spikes ^-li in., stout; bracts ^ in., spathulate obovate, 

 rusty-pubescent ; flowers crowded. Cmyx-tvhe i in., teeth more than ^ in., lanceolate. 

 Petals J in. Stamens 40. Disc and style glabrous or nearly so. Fruit IJ by | in., 

 smooth, round ; calyx-rim J in., broad, teeth patent. — Examples in young fruit may 

 be distinguished from S. Beddomei by the short stout spikes, and the shorter petioles. 



36. S. Gardneriana, Wight Ic. t. 1231 ; leaves elliptic cuneate at both 

 ends villous beneath, nerves numerous strong subparallel, calyx-tube densely 

 hairy, fruits hairy. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 237. 



South Malabae Mts., alt. 4-7600 ft. ; Nilgherries, Travancore, Anamallays, &e.,. 

 frequent. 



• A small tree ; branchlets thick, villous. Leaves 4^ by 2 in., slightly crenulate, 

 coriaceous ; nerves 10 pairs ; petiole J in., stout, rusty-villous. Spikes 2 in., stout, 

 fulvous-villous ; bracts \-^ in., ovate, densely villous, caducous ; flowers sessile or the 

 lower pedicels attaining § in. Calyx-tube jW in., teeth ^ in., oblong, densely silky. 

 Fetals ^-i in., round. Stamens 50. Disc shortly densely villous. Fruit ^-J in.,. 

 cylindrie, densely villous ; calyx-rim ^ in. wide, teeth patent. — Easily distinguished 

 by the very hairy fruit. Beddome's figure represents th^ fruit of Gardneriana, but 

 the leaves of a plant since sent to Kew as a new species. This latter has leaves 

 more rounded at the base and more acute bracts than 8. Gardneriana. 



37. S. Kohenackeri, Clarhe ; leaves elliptic cuneate at both ends- 

 villous beneath, nerves numerous strong subparallel, calyx-tube glabrous. 

 Eriobotry« vel Photinise affinis, Miq. in PI. Sohenack. n. 456. 



Meroara in Canaea, HohenacJcer. 



Hohenacker's example (in flower) resembles S. Gardneriana in every point but 

 the conspicuously glabrous calyx-tube, the calyx-teeth being densely silky. It has. 

 hence been supposed a simple-spiked var. of S. hirgensis, n. 11; but it so closely 

 resembles S. Gardneriana that further material may show it a mere variety thereof. 



38. S. Beddomei, Clarke ; leaves elliptic or oblong naiTowed at bothi 

 ends gland-serrulate glabrous, spikes long fulvous-villous, calyx-tube glabrous- 

 teeth sparsely pUose, fruit ovoid. S. reticulata, Orah. Cat. Bomb. PI. 104. 

 Symplocos sp.. Herb. Wight, n. 62. Hopea racemosa, Balz. &■ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 

 140. 



Western Ghats ; from the Concan to Kurg, frequent. 



Perhaps only >.. variety of S. racemosa ; but the leaves are less coriaceous, the 

 nerves more numerous (9 pairs), more distinct, the crenatures strouger, the inflores- 

 cence spicate, scarcely racemose ; but the greatest difference is in the fruit, which is- 

 ovoid, ^ by 1 in. (that of S. racemosa is much narrower, not wider towards the base). 



Vae. glabrata ; flowering spikes nearly glabrous, fruit subcylindric. Symplocos,. 

 n. 32, Herb. Ind. Crr. Hk. f. & T.— Kurg ; G. Thomson.— l,ea.Yes glabrous from the- 

 bud ; calyx-teeth glabrous ; lower pedicels in fruit attaining J in. ; fruits |-4 by 

 lin. 



Vae. flagellaris ; spikes in young fruit 5J in. long slender wavy, otherwise as var. 

 glabrata. — Bombay Presidency ; Salzell. 



39. S. foliosa, Wight Ic. t. 1234; leaves elliptic or oblong sen-ulate front 

 the base glabrous, spikes fulvous-villous, calyx-tube glabrous. S. nervosa^ 

 Wight Ic. t. 1236 ; Bedd. F<yr. Man. 149, not of A. DC. 



