Malm] LXIX. EBEXACE.E 437 



1. M. buxifolia, Pf^isooii ; "Wight Ic. t. 7G3 ; Bpclrl. ]VIanual 1. 19. — Svn. M. neilgherrensis^ 

 Wiglit 111 t. lis, bis; M. Elcnns, "Wight Ic. t, 1228-9; Ferreola hiixijolia, Roxb. Cor. 

 PI. t. 4r>. Vfl, Tel.; Iranibali, Tarn. Western Peninsula, extending to Orissa on the 

 past bide, coinmon in tlie semi-evergreen scrub of the Coromandel coast. Martaban, 

 Tenasserim. Teylon, Malay Peniiib. and xlrchip. A iirnich branched shrub or small 

 tiee, branchlets nearly glabrous, 1. coriaceoub, very A^ariable m size and bhape, ^-1 in. 

 long, petiole verv short. Fl. bmall, white, pinkibh or yello-wish, 3-merous, calyx 

 haiiv. segments triangular, acute, corolla twice as long as calyx, canipanulate, hairy 

 outtoide. Fl. ovoid, red, ° in. diam. 2. M. nigrescens, Dalz. W^estern Grhats from the 

 Ivoid^an to South Ivanara, in evergreen fore&ts A large shrub or small tree, branch- 

 lets, p(^tiole an<l midrib beneath with long fulvous hairs, L lanceolate, blade 2-3, pet. 

 i m. long, reticulate veins distinctly visible on both sides. FL c^ B-4-nierous, corolla 

 \ in. long, stamens 4-9, $ solitary or in pairs, ovary 3-celled. Pr. ovoid I in. long. 

 8 M. andamanica, Kurz, Andainans, Xicobars. A small shrub, branchlets, petiole and 

 midrib beneath softly tomentose, 1. chartaceous, ellii:>tic-oblong, blade 4-8, pet. I in., 

 sec. n. 6-9 pnir, prominent beneath, fr. ellipsoid, more than 1 in. long. 



B. Ovary glabrous. 



4. M. micrantlia, liiern. W>totern Ghats of the Konkan. A small tree, branchlets 

 glabrous, 1. coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate, glabrous, except the minutely puberulous 

 petiole, blade B-4, pet. J in. long. 5. M. merguensis, Hiern. Mergui. Malay Penins, 

 and Archip, Branchlets nearly glabrous, 1. chartaceous, glabrous, ovate-lanceolate, 

 blade 4-6, pet. J in. Fl. 4- rarely 3-merous, ^ in dense compound minutely pubescent 

 cymes, ? in small cymes, fr. \ in. long, su^jported bj" the thick calyx ^-] in. across, 

 lobed lialf-\^ ay doT\ n into 8 or 4 segments. 



Oedee LXX. STYRACE-ffi. Gen. PL ii. 666. 



Hijmplocacew and Styracacere^ Grtirke in Engler u. Prantl iv. i. pp. 165, 172, 



Trees or shrubs, 1. alternate, stipules 0, M. bisexual, regular, d-S-meroiis, 

 calyx campanula te, superior or inferior, limb persistent, petals free or connate. 

 Stamens 10 or numerous, adnate to petals, ovary 2-5-celled, style filiform, 

 ovules 1 or few on the inner angle. Seeds few, albuminous, radicle as long as 

 or longer than cotyledons. 



Stellate hairs and flat round peltate scales are freq[uent. The wood fibres have 

 bordered pits. 

 Stamens numerous in several series, ovary inferior 8-oelled 1, Symplocos, 

 Stamens 10 in one series, ovarj^ free, dissepiments reaching 

 only to the middle 2, Styeax. 



1. SYMPLOCOS, Linn. ; Fl. Biit« Ind. iii. 572. 

 (Brand in Engler, Pfianzenreicli iv. 242. 13.) 



Leaves often drying yellow. Fl. wbite or joale yellow, rarely pink, supported 

 by 1-3 bracteoles, and one bract at the base of pedicel. Petals imbricate in 

 bud, in a few species connate into a tube. Stamens numerous, adnate to corolla- 

 tube, often more or less distinctly pentadelphous, anthers short. Ovary inferior, 

 usually B-celled, ovules 2, pendulous from the inner angle. Drupe with a 

 woody l-S-seeded endocarp, embryo often curved. Species 282, according to 

 Brand, tropical and subtropical regions of America, Australia and Asia. A 

 few of the Indian species have a wide distribution, the majority have only 

 been found within a restricted area. Not less than 17 sp. endemic in 

 Ceylon. 



1. Petals free or nearly so, fl. buds subglobose. 

 A. M. solitary, axillary. 



1. S. villosa, Brand 1. c. 63. Travancore 6-1,000 ft., in moist forests, common (Bour- 

 dillon 21, 901). A small tree, branchlets, young shoots, petioles and midrib beneath 

 clothed with long soft spreading hairs, h lanceolate, blade 2-8, pet. \ in. long. PL 



