586 xoi. STTEACEJi. (0. B. Clarke.) \_Symplocos. 



style glabrous. Fruit i by l-| in., ellipsoid, smooth; calyx-rim scarcely ^ in., 

 broad ; lobes ^ in., patent. 



63. S. minor, Clarke ; leaves small elliptic subobtuae serrulate hispid 6n the 

 nerves beneath, racemes J-IJ in. patently fulvous-hirsute, calyx-tube glabrous. 

 S. hirsuta, Thwaites Enum. 185, var. minor, mostly. S. elegans, Thwaites I. c, 

 var. (3, partly. 



Ceylon ; Macrae, Walker, Garchier, Thwaites (C.P. 273, 155). 



Leaves Ij by f in., obtuse or very suddenly acute, base rounded,, coriaceous, 

 margin recurved, nervation strong beneath. Bracts caducous. Fruit J by J in., 

 cylindric, smooth ; calyx-rim as wide as the top of the fruit. — Allied to S. latifiora, 

 and treated as a variety of it by Th-vraites, but there are no examples intermediate 

 between the two forms. 



Vae. eugenioides. Champ, ms. ; branchlets adpressedly fulvous-pilose at the tips 

 only, leaves very small glabrpus or nearly so, racemes scarcely J in. long 1-2- (rarely 

 4-) flowered nearly glabrous. — Ceylon, Walker ; Horton Plains, Champion. 



Vae. glabresceas. Thwaites ms. ; branchlets early glabrous, leaves coriaceous, 

 racemes short few-flowered densely fulvous-villous. — Ceylon ; Central Provinces, alt. 

 6000 ft., Thwaites. — Resembles 8. microphylla. Placed witi S. minor by Thwaites, 

 but differs in the glabrousness of the leaves, and dense fulvous hairy spikes. 



64. S. eleg^ans, Thwaites Enum. 185, var. a only ; leaves broadly elliptic 

 acutely acuminate adpressed rufous-hirsute on the midrib beneath, racemes 

 J-IJ in. slender rufous-hairy, calyx glabrous. Bedd. For. Man. 161. 



Oetlon ; alt. 5- 7000 ft., Champion, Thwaites. 



Possibly a var. of 8. latiflora, Clarke. Leaves 2 by 1 in., base rounded, slightly 

 crenate-serrate. Eacemes more slender, bracts narrower, flowers smaller than in 

 8. latiflora. 



55. S. bebantba, Thioaitea ms. ; leaves elliptic acuminate subentire 

 glabrescent, spikes 1-3 in. densely villous, calyx-tube glabrous teeth silky. 



Ceylon; Songalla, Thwaites (C.F. 3918). 



Branchlets villous. Leaves 3| by 2 in., base rounded, coriaceous, sparsely pUose 

 on the nerves beneath ; nerves 7 pairs, conspicuous beneath, sub-parallel ; petiole 

 I in. Spikes stout, dense; bracts more than ^ in., ovate, densely hairy. — This may 

 be a Ceylon form of 8. Beddomei ; but diifers in the leaves rounded at the base, less 

 crenate. 



56. S. cordifolla, Thwaites Enum. 187 ; leaves large cordate elliptic 

 nearly sessile glabrous, spikes stout densely villous crov^ded near the ends of 

 the branches, calyx-tube glabrous teeth villous. Bedd. For. Man. 151. 



Ceylon; alt. 6-7000 ft., Macrae, &e. 



A tree ; branchlets thick. Leaves 6 by 2| in. (sometimes much larger), scarcely 

 acute, rounded or attenuate at the base but always cordate at the petiole, minutely 

 denticulate, coriaceous ; nerves 13 pairs, distinct beneath ; petiole 0-J in. Spikes 

 2-4 in., often 8-12 quasi-fasciculate at the ends of the branches; bracts J-J in., 

 ovate, villous. Calyx-tube J^ in., teeth J in. Petals ^ in., elliptic. Stamens 60. 

 Disc hairy. Fruit i by ^ in., cylindric ; calyx-teeth enlarged, triangular, densely 

 hairy. 



67. S. aplcalis, Thwaites Enum. 187; leaves large obovate-lanceolate 

 acuminate glabrous, spikes 1-2 in. hirsute, calyx-tube hairy. Bedd. For. Man. 

 161. 



Ceylon ; Moon ; Eeigam Corle and between Eatnapoora and Galle at no great 

 elevation, Thwaites. 



Subarboreous {Thwaites) ; branchlets hairy, afterwards nearly glabrous. Leaves 

 clustered at the end of the branchlets or the lower sometimes whorled, 13 by 6 in., 



