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entire ; 5 to 7 in. long, 2 to 3 in. broad ; midrib slender, impressed 
above; main-nerves 8 to 9 pairs, curving upwards to and along the 
margin ; reticulations transverse, prominent and slightly raised above ; 
petiole - 7 to -8 in. long, smooth, pulverulent-pubescent. Inflorescence of 
axillary panicles of racemes about 2 in. long ; main rachis '7 in. long ; 
branches sub-opposite, about 2 pairs, '5 to 1 in. long ; bracts short, 
ovate, caducous ; bracteoles 2, ovate-acute, under the calyx-tube ; 
pedicels slender, -15 to 2 in. long; flowers yellow, buds globose. 
Calyx-tube funnel-shaped, '06 in. long ; lobes 5, short, rounded. 
Corolla-tube short ; lobes 5, ovate, obtuse, pulverulent-pubescent. 
Stamens very numerous, probably 200 at least, in 5 bundles opposite 
the corolla-lobes ; filaments slender ; anthers very small, rounded. 
Ovary and disk pubescent ; style stout, stigma capitate ; cells 2, ovules 
several. Fruit not known. 
Singapore : at Chanchukam, Ridley 4786. 
5. Symplocos monticola, King & Gamble, n. sp. A shrub or small 
tree reaching 20 feet in height and 3 in. in diam. of stem ; branchlets 
somewhat slender, pale brown, sinuous ; leaf-buds small, acuminate. 
Leaves chartaceous ; elliptic or elliptic-oblong, acuminate at apex, 
cuneate or somewhat rounded at base; glabrous on both surfaces, 
greenish-brown when dry ; margins serrate except near the base, slightly 
recurved ; 4 to 6 in. long, 2 to 2-5 in. broad ; midrib slender, pale, im- 
pressed above ; main-nerves 6 to 8 pairs, close near the base, gradually 
more distant, curved upwards to meet in a looped intramarginal nerve ; 
secondary nerves few, reticulations transverse; petiole '25 in. long, 
channelled above. Inflorescence a fascicle of racemes either from the 
axils of leaves a little below the last, or from the new wood below 
them ; racemes -5 to 1-5 in. long, 6-8-flowered, all parts nearly glabrous ; 
bracts ovate, very minute ; pedicels 0 to - 1 in. long ; bracteoles 2, ovate, 
acute, ciliate, -05 in. long, at the base of the calyx-tube. Calyx-tube 
short ; lobes as long (-1 in.), thin, glabrous, round. Corolla-tube very 
short; lobes 5, thin, oblong, obtuse, -2 in. long, 3-nerved. Stamens 
many, more than 80, in 5 bundles opposite the corolla-lobes ; filaments 
slender ; anthers rounded. Ovary and disk glabrous or slightly pubes 
cent ; style short, -1 in. long ; stigma capitate ; cells 3. Fruit not known. 
Perak : Scortechini 533 ; King’s Collector 3804, 6927, in dense 
jungle on the summits of mountains at 4,000 to 4,600 feet. 
6. Symplocos fasciculata, Zoll. Syst. Verz. 136 (1854). A tree with 
spreading branches reaching 40 to 50 feet in height and 10 to 15 in. 
in diam. of stem ; branchlets pale greyish-brown, slender, innovations 
greyish-pubescent. Leaves thinly chartaceous or membranous ; oblong- 
lanceolate, long acuminate at apex, the acumen curved and mucro- 
