SYMPLOCOS GARDNERIANA. (Nat. order Styraoe».) 



feTMPLOCOS, Linn.— GEN. CHAR. Calyx 5 Iobed, corol lobes imbricate in the bud aud not contorted, the petals eonietiraes almost free, 

 stamens generally very numerous always more than twice as many as corol-lobes, filaments filiform, ovary 2-5 celled with 2 or rarely 3 ovules in each cell, 

 fruit a berry crowned with the calyx-lobes, usually with only I or 2 seeds, cotyledons much shorter than the radicle. Trees or shrubs, the foliage often 

 turning yellow in drying, flowers in axillary simple or branched spikes or racemes. 



feYMPLOCOS wARDNERIANA. (Wight.) A large tree, young branches densely ferrugineo-tomentose, leaves elliptic 

 acute or with a longish acumination, minutely denticulate at the margin or subentire, glabrous above, softly pubescent beneath with 

 very prominent costa and primary pinnate veins densely tomentose, 4-7 inches long by 2-3 inches broad, petioles densely ferrugineo- 

 tomentose 10-12 lines long, racemes axillary much shorter than the leaves tomentose, flowers crowded, bracts, bracteoles aud calys 

 tomentose on the outside, stigma large capitate. Wight Icones 1231. 



This is a very beautiful tree when in flower, and decidedly the finest of our numerous species of the genus; the specimen figured was 

 gathered on the Anamallays (6000 feat elevation), and I also have specimens from different parts of the Travancore and Tinnevelly mountains 

 and elevations as low as 4500 feet. Br. Wight found it on the Nilgiris ; the leaves turn yellovj in drying, and they yield a dye ; the timber is not 

 esteemed, and is said to decay very rapidly. 



Analysis. 



1, 2. Flower. 



3. Corol removed, showing the 5 lobes slightly joined at the base and the very numerous unequal stamens in several rows at- 



tached to its base. 



4. Calyx and style. _, 



5. Ovary cut vertically, showing the pendulous ovules 2 iu each cell. 



6. Ovary cut transversely, showing that it is 3 celled, 



7. Anthers. 



8. Young fruit. 



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