Symplooos.] xci. stteacb^. (C. B. Clarke.) 585 



tenuate at Ijoth ends eulDentire glabrous except the nerves beneath, racemes 

 flmall villous, calyx densely silky -with oblong lobes. 



Ceylon ; Moon ; Pasdoon Corle at no great elsyation, Thwaites (C.P. 2920 and 

 part 2681). 



A tree; branchlets fulvous-villous. Leaves 5J by IJ in., adpressedly fulvous- 

 pilose on the nerves beneath, coriaceous ; nerves 8 pairs, obscure above, strongly 

 raised beneath ; petiole \ in. Baoemes 1 in. ; bracts \ in., ovate, deciduous ; pedicels 

 j2 in. ; bracteoles ^ in., ovate. Calyx-tube ^ in., teeth ^ in. Corolla not seen. 

 Disc and style glabrous. Fruit i by ^ in., long-cylindric, softly villous ; calyx-rim as 

 wide as the upper part of the fruit ; teeth enlarged, ^-J in. long, lanceolate. 



49. S. Mspldula, ?%wflj<e« .EVimto. 186 ; leaves oblong-elliptic acuminate 

 bispid beneath, racemes 1-4 in., bracts ovate hispid, calyx-tube and fruit softly 

 bairy. Bedd. For. Man. 151. S. subcordata, Wight ms. 



Ceylon ; alt. 3-5000 ft., Wight, Walker, Thwaites. 



A tree ; branchlets with patent, fulvous, bristly hairs. Leaves Z\ by 2 in., from 

 ctmeate-oblong acuminate to cordate-orbicular shortly acute, obscurely crenate, 

 fulvous-hirsute or glabrate above, patently hispid at least on the nerves beneath; 

 nerves 7pairs ; petiole j^j-J in., usually short. Bacemes lax, irregular; bracts l in., 

 hispid; pedicels 0-^ (rarely f) in.; bracteoles ^ in., subacute, hispid. Calyx-tube 

 j^ in., lobes ^ in., ovate, obtuse, glabrescent upwards. Petals | in., round. Stamens 

 50. Dise hairy. Fruit ^-^ by ^ in., cylindric ; calyx-rim as wide as the fruit, teeth 

 enlarged, lanceolate, suberect. — ^Eeadily separated from the neighbouring Ceylon 

 species by the hairy fruit ; but may be only a form of S. pulchra. 



60. S.jucunda, Thwaites Enrnn. 186; leaves cordate-oblong attenuate 

 aubentbe rufous-hirsute beneath, racemes 1^ in. rufous-hirsute, bracts linear 

 Tufous-hirsute, calyx-tube and fruit pilose. Bedd. For. Man. 151. 



Ceylon; Deltotte and Saffragam, alt. 3-4000 ft., Thwaites. 



A tree ; branchlets densely patently rufous-hirsute. Leaves 3 J by If in., tapering 

 from near the base, chartaceous, glabrous above; primary nerves 9 on each side the 

 midrib, springing nearly at right angles therefrom; petiole ^-J in. Fruit J in., 

 <ylindric (Thwaites). — Nearly allied to S. hispidula, Thwaites, but differs in the 

 nervation of the leaves and the linear bracts. 



51. S> ang^ustata, Clarke; leaves small oblong-lanceolate acuminate 

 entire adpressedly fulvous-pilose on the nerves beneath, racemes 1-2J in. ful- 

 vous-pilose very slender, calyx glabrous. S. elegans var. angustata, Thwaites 

 Fnum. 186, partly. 



Ceylon ; Newera Ellia, Macrae ; Jatagama, Thwaites (C.P. 78). 



Branchlets adpressedly shortly rufous-pilose. Leaves 2 by | in., acute, base obtuse 

 or rounded, glabrous except the nerves beneath, coriaceous ; nervation irregular, not 

 prominent; petiole J-J in. Bacemes sometimes slightly compound; bracts J^ in.; 

 pedicels 0-J in. ; bracteoles A in., hairy, persistent. Cah/x-tube ^ in., teeth J^- in., 

 round. Petals J in. Fruit J by ^ in., ovoid-cylindrie smooth ; calyx-rim nearly as 

 Tvide as the upper part of the fruit, teeth somewhat enlarged, suberect. 



52. S. latlflora, Clarke; leaves oblong acuminate serrulate hispid on the 

 nerves beneath, racemes J-IJ in. villous bracteate, calyx-tube glabrous, flowers 

 large. S. hirsuta, Wight Sr Gardn. in Thwaites Env/m. 185, excl. var. |8 ; not ef 

 A. DC. 



Ceylon; alt. 5-8000 ft.. Walker, Ga/rdner, Thwaites. 



A tree; branchlets fulvous-hispid. Leaves 3J by 1 in., base obtuse or rounded, 



serrulate nearly to the base, chartaceous ; nerves 7 pairs, irregular ; petiole ^ in. 



^Bracts ^ in., ovate, villous ; pedicels O-j^ in. ; bracteoles ^ in., ovate, villous. Oalyx- 



\ in., teeth Jj in., round. Petals \ in., round. Stamens 80-100. Biso and 



