440 LXX. STYEACE/E Symplocos 



{!)) Fl. white or yellow, 1. chartaceDns. 



tt. Eacemes many-flcL, f2\ ellipsoid or conical. 



25. S. caudata, Wall. — Syii. ^S*. prunifoUa, Sielj. & Zucc. Xha&i hills. Cliittagoiig. 

 Upper Tenasserim (Ivurz). China, Japan. A bhrub or small tree, 1. glahroiih, 

 hroadlj" lanceolate, eaiidab ^-acuminate, more or less serrulate, blade 2~B, pet. 

 I in. Racemes hairy, shorter than h, cal;>x glabrous, petals white, I in. lung. 

 Fr. conical. Chinese bpeennens have coriaceous 1. and dense racemes i-l], in. long. 



26. S. ramosissima, Wall. Himalaya, 5-9,000 ft., Garhwal to Bhutan, KhasihilJb. 

 Lodlu Hind. A small tiee. 1. chartaceous, lanceolate, seiiailate, blade 4-6, ])et. j in. 

 Kacemes lax, ^-1 m long, 4*8-fld., pedicels as long as calyx-tube, Fr. ellipsoid ^-\ m. 

 long, cal3'x-rim narrow. 27. S. nicobarica, Clarke. Nicobars (included in /S'. /^/os^a^Ay/a, 

 Ivnr;^). Young shoots hairy, 1. thickly chartaceous, elli^jtic-oblong, blade 4-6, ijet. \-'l 

 in. Eacemes (in fr.) halt the length of 1 , tr. ovoid-conic, } in. long, calyx-iim wide. 



p. Eacemes many-fld.j fr. cylindric. 



28. S. grandiflora, Wall. Assam, Khasi hills. Branchlets glabrous, 1. lanceolate nearly 

 entire, glabrous, blade 5-~7, ]?et. :j in. Eacemes lax, 3-4 in. long, bracts lanceolate, longer 

 than buds, deciduous, corolla I, fr. nearly cylindric, h in. long. 29. S. Hookeri, Clai-ke, 

 Khasi hills. Yunnan. Branchlets thick, glabrous. L. elongate-elliptic, of ten broader 

 in the upper half, glabrous, minutely toothed, blade 8-12, j)et. 1-1^ in., see. n. 10-12 pair, 

 prominent beneath, tertiary parallel. Eacemes (in fr.) 2-3, pedicels |, fr. cylindric, i in. 

 long. 30. S. sulcata, Ivurz. Hills between Sitang and Sal ween rivers. Tenisserim. A 

 shrub or small tree, young shoots rusty-tonientose. L. lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, 

 blade 4-6, pet. \ in. Eacemes lax, 1-1 1 in. long, fr. c^dindrio-OA^oid, suleate, J in. long. 

 31. S. leiostacliya, Kurz. Tenasserim. L. lanceolate, racemes lax, numerous at the ends 

 of branches, raehis slender, fr. unknown. 



y. Spikes many-fld., Ir. globose, 



32. S. lancifolia, Rieb. & Zucc. Assam. Khasi hills. China, Japan. A shrub or 

 small tree, branchlets more or less hairy, 1. chartaceous, glabrous, lanceolate, blade 

 2-4, ]jet. -J in. Spikes axillary, slender, ^-IJ in. long, more or less hairy, calyx strigose, 

 lobes obtuse, petals 2,-i in. long, stamens 18-25. Fr. -J in. diam., calyx-rim narrow, 

 embryo curved. 



S. Eacemes 2-8-fld. 



33. S. pulchra, "Wight Ic. t. 1230. Nilgiris, 3-4,000 ft. A shrub, branchlets and 

 petioles densely clothed with long spreading fulvous hairs, 1. membranous, oblong- 

 lanceolate, hairy on both surfaces and along the edge, blade 5-7, pet. I in., nerves oblique. 

 Itacemes usually axillary, sometimes terminating branchlets, ]3eduncle3 slender, 

 1-2 in. long, sometimes branching, hairy at the ends, 2-4 large pure white 11. supported 

 by linear bracts \-\^ petals l-^ in. long. 34. S. acuminata, Bedd. Ic. t. 117. Syn. 

 S. fenella, Brand 1. c. 54. "Wainad, 5000 ft., very common. Tinnevelli ghats. Trav- 

 anoore evergreen forest 4,000 ft. A shrub, branchlets and 1. glabrous. L. mem- 

 bi-anous, lanceolate, blade 2-B, pet. I in. Eacemes axillary, slender, 5-8-fld., bracts 

 linear, hairy, petals J in. long. 



(c) M. rose coloured. 



35. S. rosea, Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t, 115. Ananialais. Courtallum. Cochin. Travan- 

 core, common in all evergreen forests up to 2,000 ft. Branchlets hairy, 1. membranous 

 or chartaceous, oblanceolate, acuminate, a few hairs on midrib and nerves beneath, 

 blade 5-6, pet. J in. long. Racemes hairy, 1-1 J in. long, pedicels shorter than calyx, 

 calyx-lobes oblong, acute, as long as or longer than tube, fr. cylindric, |-| in. S6. 

 S. complaaata, Brand 1. e. Nilgiris (probably), reported to difter by coriaceous elliptic 

 h (not seen), 



D, Racemes or spikes compound. 

 (a) Fr, globose or nearly so. 



37. S. crataegoides, Ham. ; Brandis P. Fl 299. ; CoUetfc Simla Fl. 305. 

 fig. 95. Vern. Ltidh^ Hind. ; Lojh^ Bash. ; Daukyat^ Upper Burma. 



Deciduous, a large shrub or middle-sized tree^ brancMets and 1. hairy. L. 

 membranous, broad-elliptic or ovate, shortly acuminate, sharply seiTate, blade 

 2-4, pet. \-\ in. Fl. snow-white, fragrant, in terminal panicles, filaments 



