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GEKUS I. SYMPLOCOS. 



Polyadelpliia leosandria. Sex: Sysii 



Deriv. From Symptoke, a connexion ; the stamens are united at 

 the base. 



Gew. Char. Calyx 5-cleft, often ciliated : corolla of 5-8-10 

 petals in one or two series scarcely united at the base, but cohering 

 by means of the adnate .stamens: stamens inserted into the extreme 

 base of the corolla, often monadelphous, the tube of the stamens 

 often more or less extensively united to the corolla : filaments fili- 

 form or ligulate', contracted at the apex : anthers ovoid, globose, 

 2-celled, ovary inferior, 2-4:-5-ceUed : ovules 2-4 pendulous from 

 the apex of the cells : style filiform : stigma capitulate, simple or 3- 

 sided : berry crowned by the calyx, often by abortion reduced to 

 one or two cells : seeds solitary in each cell : albumen copious : 

 embryo axile : cotyledons very short. — Trees or shrubs with alter- 

 nate, serrated or crenulated leaves : racemes axillary, many-flower- 

 ed, bracteate: flowers sessile or pedicelled,. white or red. 



(1) S. POLYSTACHYA. (Wall.) 



Ident. Dec. prod, VIII.p, 254.— Wall. Cat. No. 4428. 



Spec. Chak. Tree or shrub : leaves oblong-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, acute at the base, serrated, glabrous : racemes axillary, branch- 

 ed from the base, nearly equalling the leaif, velvety, somewhat shorter 

 than the calyx: flowers sessile : calycine lobes ovate, puberulous. 



Silhet mountains. 



(2) S. spicATA. (Roxb.) 

 Ident. Roxb. flor. Ind, II. p. 541.— Dec. prod. VIII. p. 254. 



Syn. Eugenia laurina, Willd. — Bobua laurina, Dec. prod. III. 

 p. 24.— Myrtus laiirina, Retz. 



Spec. Char. Small tree: leaves oblong- lanceolate, acute, ser- 

 rated, quite glabrous : racemes axillary, composite, 4-6 times longer 

 than the petiole,' slightly glabrous : bracts ovate, obtuse, very short : 

 flowers sessile, yellowish : calyx spreading, d-cleft : lobes ovate, 

 obtuse, glabrous : drupe areolate, size of a pea. 



Neilgherries. Assam. Khasia Hills. Flowering in the rainy 

 season. 



(3) S. Hamiltohiana. (Wall.) 

 Ident. Wall. Oat. No. 4420.— Dec. prod. VIII. p. 254. 

 Spec Ckab. Shrub or tree : leaves oblong, acute or acuminat- 

 ed » obtuse at the basci subseirated, ■ nerve hairy below : racemes 

 axillary, simple, 5 times longer than the petiole, pubescent : bract* 

 ovate, hairy outside : pedicels shorter than the calyx, pubescent i 

 calycine lobes obtuse, ovate, ciliolate. 

 PeuiniuU, . 



