LXXXIX. STYRACE^. 
301 
Symplocos.] 
I only got a fruiting specimen of this. It resembles Wallich's 
caudata from Mt. Sylhet, but the leaves are more coriaceous and nerves almost 
invisible. The Chinese and some Indian plants referred to this by Brand 
appear to me utterly different. 
(6) S. monticola King and Gamble, l.c. 235. 
Shrub or treelet 20 ft. tall, 3 in. through. Leaves chartaceous, 
elliptic-acuminate, base cuneate or rounded, serrate, glabrous; 
nerves 6 to 8 pairs meeting in a curved intramarginal, reticula¬ 
tions transverse; 4 to 6 in. long, 2 to 2-5 in. wide; petioles -25 in. 
long. Racemes *5 to 1*5 in. long, 6- to 8-flowered, glabrous, 
fascicled in axils of lower leaves. Calyx-lobes -i in. long, as long 
as tube, glabrous, round. Corolla-lobes oblong obtuse, *2 in. 
long. Stamens more than 80 in 5 bundles. Ovary glabrous or 
slightly pubescent. Hob. Mountains 4000 to 4600 ft. altitude. 
Perak (Kunstler). t 
Very rare. I have not seen it. 
(7) S. fasciculata Zoll. Syst. Verz. 136; King and Gamble, 
lx. 235. 
A slender tree about 20 to 50 ft. tall, 6 to 15 in. through. 
Leaves thinly membranous, oblong-lanceolate, long-acuminate 
mucronate, base round or rhomboid, glabrous except midrib 
beneath, minutely pilose, serrate; nerves 5 to 7 pairs, thin inarch¬ 
ing; 2 to 4 in. long, 7 to 1-5 in. wide; petioles *2 in. long, pilose. 
Cymes or short pubescent racemes fascicled in axils about ^25 in. 
long, many-flowered. Calyx-lobes -05 in. long, pubescent. Corolla 
very small, glabrous, tube hardly any, lobes hardly t in. long, 
white. Stamens 20 to 25 in 5 bundles. Fruit ampulliform *25 in. 
long, -15 in. through, deep blue. Hab. Open woods, secondary 
growth, common in the lowlands, Singapore, Tanglin; Bukit 
Timah, Malacca, Sungei Hudang and Brisu (Holmberg). Negri 
Sembilan, Johol. Selangor, Kwala Lumpur; Batu Caves. Perak, 
Thaiping; Chankat Jerin (Wray); Ipoh (Curtis), Distrib. Java, 
Sumatra, Borneo. Native names : Merpadi Payah; Jejuh; Lukot; 
Medang Melukok. 
(8) S. spicata Roxb. Hort. Beng. 40; King, lx. 236. var. 
malasica Clarke , in Hook fil. F.B.I. iii. 573. var. attenuata Clarke. 
Tree, 15 to 20 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous-chartaceous elliptic 
or oblong lanceolate acuminate, base cuneate serrate, glabrous; 
nerves 4 to 6 pairs, slender branched near margin; 3 to 3-5 in. 
long, 1*5 in. wide; petioles -2 in. long, thick. Spikes in axillary 
panicles 1*5 in. long, closely pubescent. Calyx-lobes round pubes¬ 
cent or sub-glabrous. Corolla white with a small yellow spot at 
base, lobes ovate-orbicular. Stamens brown about 40, outer 
ones longer than corolla. Drupe globose, olive-coloured, with a 
short calyx rim, -15 in. long. Hab. Open country and hills. 
Variable in form of leaf according to locality, Pahang, Pekan 
(common). Malacca, Bukit Sabukor and Jus (Derry). Selangor, 
