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buds nearly globose, scales rounded, acuminate. Leaves coriaceo- 
chartaceous ; oblong or elliptic-oblong, acuminate at apex, cuneate or 
attenuate at base ; glabrous above, sparsely pilose on the nerves beneath 
otherwise glabrous, dark greenish-brown when dry ; margins crenately 
serrate except at the very base and on the acumination, slightly recurved ; 
J to 7 in. long, 1 to 2 in. broad, midrib slender, impressed above ; 
mam-nerves 6 to 8 pairs, conspicuous, at once curving upwards and 
round to join each other in a well-marked looped ring -2 to -3 in. from the 
margin; reticulations transverse; petiole -5 to -7 in. long, slender, 
channelled above. Inflorescence of axillary and sub-terminal pubescent 
spikes ; the rachis stout, angular ; bracts broad, round, villous, early 
caducous; bracteoles 2, ovate-acute, -075 in. long, villous; flowers 
about 12 m each spike. Calyx-tube short, -05 in. long; lobes lanceolate, 
acute, pilose, -125 in. long. Corolla-tube short; lobes oblong-acute, 
neived, 2 in. long. Stamens about 30, or very numerous — over 
100 (Scortechim), on the corolla-tube, fascicles not well separated; 
blaments very slender; anthers rounded, very minute. Ovary and 
disk slightly hairy ; style slender, curved, -2 in. long, stigma capitate ; 
ce s 3, ovules 2 to 3 in each cell. Fruit a cylindrie oblong drupe 1-5 
to 2 in. long, 1 in. broad, truncate at both ends and tipped above by the 
persistent calyx-tube and lobes, the rim about -2 in. broad; smooth, 
yellowish-brown ; exocarp thick, corky; endocarp woody with 7 to 8 
sharp star-like ridges. Seed 1, testa membranous; albumen thin, 
embryo straight, pendulous ; radicle long. A. DC. Prod. VIII. 257 ■ 
Clarke in Hook. f. PL Br. Ind. III. 580 ; Miq. PI. Ind. Bat. I. Pt. 2. 466- 
Brand Monog. Sympl. 52. Bobua ccrasifolia, Miers in Journ. Linn. Soe’. 
XVII. 304. 
Penang: Wallich 4434; Curtis 1503, 3096. Perak: Wray 445, 
3003 ; Scortechini 515 ; King's Collector 6283, 6950. Malacca ■ 
Maingay (Iv.D.) 962 
Scortechmi considered his No. 515 to represent a species separate from S. ccrasifolia 
but with a large series of specimens before us we find it difficult to agree to this. 
21. Symplocos rigida, Clarke in Hook. f. PI. Br. Ind. III. 581 
{not of Wall.) (1882). A tree with spreading branches, reaching 
60 to 80 feet m height and 18 to 24 in. in diam. of stem ; branehlets 
stout, dark brown, glabrous, angled when dry, marked with the pro- 
minent round raised scars of fallen leaves ; branch-buds large, covered 
with oblong glandular-serrate stipular scales, softly silky on the 
back; leaf-buds acuminate, -3 to -5 in. long, silky-pubescent. Leaves 
coriaceo-chartaceous ; oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute or shortly 
acuminate at apex, attenuate at base; glabrous on both surfaces 
