Hi/niplovos 



LXX. STYRACE.^ 



439 



15. S. Huegeliana, Brand 1. c. 57. :N:ilgiris (probably), leported to differ by 5-7 petals 

 and smaller fr. 



16. S. SumuEtia, Ham. Nepal. 8 ikkim, 3-7,000 ft. Bhutan. Assam. Kb as i lulls . 

 Manipur. Yunnan. A small 

 tine, braneblets glabrous, 

 coriaceous, elliptic-lanceo- 

 late, blade 3-5, pet. |-J in. 

 Eacemes ll—k in. long, moie 

 or lesb liirsute, bracts dpusel y 

 villous with long liairb, en- 

 veloping the budb, caducous, 

 calyx-te<'tli much bhorter 

 than ovary, both nearly 

 glabroufe, petals veined, 1-4^ 

 m. long, stamens 80-40. Fr. 

 ovoid, I in. long. 17. S. pyri- 

 folia, Wall. jN'ejjal, iSikkim, 

 Bhutan, Khasi hills, similar, 

 1. rigid, petioles longer, calyx- 

 teeth nearly ab long ab ovary, 

 back densely strigose, fr. 

 niore cylindiic. 18. S. mac- 

 rophylla, Wall. Khasi hills. 

 Branchletb stout, rusty-hir- 

 sute, 1. thickly coriaceous 

 & in. long, rugose from the 

 deeply imprebbed nerveb, fr. 

 unknown, possibh' belongs 

 to this subsection. 



(^) Tr. glabrous^ 1. un- 

 der 8 in. 



19. S. foUosa, Wight Ic. t. ^i<^- 1^7. Symplooos racemosa, Eoxb. J. 

 1234 (S. nervosa, Wight Ic. 



t. 1235). Nilgiris, common. A middle-sized tree, 1. serrate, hairy beneath, chiefly 

 along nerves, blade l|-3, pet. I in. long, bee. n. prominent, 8-10 pair. Spikes axillary^ 

 hairy, rigid 1-1^ in." long, develojung from large globose buds enveloped in hairy 

 bracts, petals I in. Fr. cylindric, I in. long, embryo straight. 



{^^) Fr. cylindric, densely villous. 



20, S. Gardneriana, Wight Ic. t. 1231, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 237. Nilgiris, Anamalais. 

 Travancore hills. A large tree, branchlets, petioles and S2:»ikes thick, villous, 1. elliptic^ 

 hairy beneath, blade 4- 5, pet. stout, J~l in. long, bee. ii. prominent beneath. Fl. white 

 in axillary spikes, l-2§ in. long, congregating near the ends of branches, growing out 

 Iroiii large globose buds enveloped by villous bracts. Calyx densely hirsute, petals 

 } in. long. Fr. cylindric, densely villous f^ in. long, crowned by persistent calyx, as 

 broad as tr. 21. S.*^ Hohenackeri, Clarke. Coorg. Similar and perhaps not s}>eGitically 

 distinct, calyx-tube glabroub, teeth densely silky, fr. unknown. 



/S. Fr. cylindric, over 1 in, long. 



22. S. macrocarpa, Wight. Courtallum. Travancore 2,500 ft., in evergreen forest, 

 A middle-sized tree, branchlets and racemes rusty-tomentose. L. elliptic-lanceolate, 

 slightly crenulate, blade 5-8, pet. i in., sec. n. 8-12 pair. Racemes axillary, stout, 

 1-2 in. long, fr. IJ by ^ in., 3-celled, endocarp crustaceous. 23. S. kanarana, Talbot 

 List Ed. ii. 214 ; Journ. Nat Hist. Bombay, vol. 11. 238, t. 9. Evergreen forest, North 

 Kanara. A small tree, branchlets and 1. glabrous. L. chartaceous, ovate, coarsely 

 dentate, blade 3-6, pet. ^ in. Fr. ovoiil, smooth, yellow. IJ by /^ in., in a copious pulp 

 an exceedingly hard, thick walled l~3-ceiled stone with 5 or 6 deep longitudinal fuxrows 

 and sharp narrow ridges between. 



y. Fr. nearly globose. 



24. S. dryophila, Clarke. East Nepal and Sikkim, 8-10,000 ft. A tree, branchlets 

 glabrous, youngest shoots slightly hairy, 1. glabrous, entire, oblanceolate, shortly 

 acuminate, blade 4-6, pet. i-| in. Bacemes axillary, lax, 8-4 in long, pedicels as 

 long as or longer than calyx. Fr. 2-cened, embryo slightly curved. Similar to S. 

 SuMuntia, both species have globose axillary buds J in. diam., enveloped in hairy scales, 

 which develop into racemes. 



