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crustaceous, endocarp woody ; cells 1 to 3. Seed usually 1, testa mem- 
branous, albumen fleshy, embryo straight. Brand Monog. Sympl. 69. 
Penang : Curtis 1099. Perak : Wray 692, 2830 ; Scortechini 328, 
646, 1423 ; King’s Collector 2084, 2099, 2406, 8431. 
18. Symplocos crassipes, Clarke in Hook. f. FI. Br. Ind. III. 580 
(1882). A tree (?) ; branchlets stout, smooth, grey. Leaves stoutly 
chartaeeous ; large, elliptic-lanceolate, abruptly acuminate at apex, sub- 
cordate or obtusely rhomboid at base ; glabrous on both surfaces ; margins 
sub-entire, slightly recurved ; 6 to 7 in. long, 2 to 3 in. broad ; midrib 
prominent, thick ; main-nerves 10 to 12 pairs, irregular and at irregular 
angles, usually only slightly curved upwards to meet in a looped intra- 
marginal nerve "25 in. from margin ; secondary nerves and few trans- 
verse reticulations prominent ; petiole very stout, '15 to '2 in. long. 
j Racemes axillary, 4-flowered ; pedicels very small, "1 in. long at most ; 
bracts ovate-acute, like the rachis and calyx densely ferruginous- 
pubescent. Calyx-tube very short ; lobes ovate, - 075 in. long. Corolla- 
tube short ; lobes *1 to ‘15 in. long, oblong-obtuse. Stamens about 
30, slightly exsert. Ovary 3-celled ; disk fulvous-pilose. Fruit not 
known. Brand Monog. Sympl. 52. 
Malacca : on Mount Ophir, Maingay (K.D.) 960. 
19. Symplocos penangiana, King & Gamble, n. sp. A small tree (?) ; 
branchlets rounded, upper ones and innovations densely dark ferru- 
ginous-hirsute. Leaves chartaeeous ; lanceolate, long acuminate at apex, 
somewhat rounded at base ; glabrous above, sparsely pilose beneath 
with long stiff ferruginous hairs especially on and along the nerves ; 
greenish-brown when dry ; margins distantly but sharply serrate in the 
middle part, entire on the acumination and near the base, revolute; 
4 to 7 in. long, 1 to 1-25 in. broad ; midrib prominent beneath, impressed 
above ; main-nerves 4 to 6 pairs, irregularly distant, curving upwards 
and meeting about '2 in. from the margin in a looped intramarginal 
nerve; secondary nerves and transverse reticulations scanty but pro- 
minent ; petiole short, '15 in. long, stout, hirsute. Inflorescence a sessile 
very short raceme or panicle of flowers on the young branches , bracts 
several, very small, densely rusty-hirsute. Calyx-tube short , lobes o, 
oblong, obtuse, -125 in. long, glabrous within, densely rusty-hirsute 
without. Corolla-tube, short; lobes 5, oblong, rounded, ‘2 in. long. 
Stamens about 30 ; filaments slender ; anthers rounded. Ovary villous ; 
style slender, pubescent, - 15 in. long ; stigma capitate. Fruit unknown. 
Penang : at West Hill, 2,500 feet, Curtis 325. 
20. Symplocos cerasifolia, Wall. Cat. 4434 (1829). A tree, reach- 
ing 60 feet and even 80 feet in height ; stem with a diam. of 20 in. ; 
branchlets glabrescent, smooth, somewhat angled, reddish-brown ; leaf- 
