302 lxxxix. styrace/e. [Symplocos. 
Menuang Gasing (Kloss). Perak, Thaiping Hills 2500 to 3000 ft. 
altitude (Kunstler). Leaves larger, 6 in. long, 2*5 in. wide entire; 
spikes glabrous. 
var. acuminata. Leaves long acuminate or caudate, coriaceous, 
spikes shorter red-hairy. Selangor, Gunong Mengkuang Lebah. 
(Robinson). Kedah (Kunstler); Kedah Peak (Robinson); Pahang, 
Wray’s Camp, Tahan, a mountain form. Distrib. India, Java. 
There is a great variation in the plants included under this species. The 
Indian forms have often large, thin, strongly toothed leaves, 
(9) S. ferruginea Roxb. Hori. Beng. 40; King, l.c. 238. 
Tree, 50 to 60 ft. tall, 1 ft. through; branchlets densely red- 
villous. Leaves coriaceous elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, base 
cuneate, glabrous shining above, yellow and red villous especially 
on nerves beneath, minutely denticulate; nerves 12 to 14 pairs, 
prominent beneath; 5 to 8 in. long, 1-75 to 3 in. wide; petioles 
•3 in. long, red-villous. Spikes panicled, 1*5 to 3 in. long, red- 
villous. Calyx-lobes round ovate, *i in. long, pubescent. Corolla 
white, lobes -i in. long, oblong blunt. Stamens 40 to 70 in 5 
fascicles. Fruit ampulliform or sub-globose, -2 in. long; endocarp 
12- to 14'ribbed. Hab. In woods. Pahang, Pekan. Malacca 
(Maingay). Negri Sembilan, Serting (Foxworthy). Perak, Goping; 
Larut Hills (Kunstler); Kwala Kangsa (Wray). Penang (Wallich); 
Ayer Hitam (Curtis); Waterfall; Batu Feringhi. Distrib. Assam. 
Native names: Ganchil Kechil; Medang hitam. 
(10) S. Ridleyi King and Gamble , l.c. 239. 
A fair-sized tree quite glabrous; branchlets angled. Leaves 
coriaceous, oblong to ovate acute or short acuminate, base shortly 
narrowed, obscurely toothed at tip; nerves 8 to 9 pairs, with 
reticulations slightly elevate on both sides; 3 to 4 in. long, 1 to 
1-5 in. wide; petioles -3 in. long. Racemes sessile axillary, very 
short and head-like, -25 in. long; bracts ciliate orbicular. Calyx- 
lobes orbicular, ciliate. Corolla-lobes ovate, white, *15 in. long. 
Stamens 50 in bundles. Ovary villous. Hab. Very rare, near the 
sea, in woods, Singapore, Kranji (Ridley). 
(n) S. celastrifolia Griff. Clarke, in Hook fil. F.B.I. iii. 575 ; 
King, l.c. 239. 
Tree glabrous. Leaves chartaceous, elliptic-ovate acuminate 
blunt, base cuneate, edge prominently crenate; nerves irregular 
6 to 8 pairs forming a network at the tip, fine conspicuous on both 
sides; 2-5 to 3 in. long, 1*5 to 1*75 in. wide; petioles *2 in. long. 
Racemes lax in a pubescent panicle 2 in. long. Flowers distant, 
12 to 16 in a raceme, white, fragrant. Calyx-lobes oblong blunt. 
Corolla -3 in. across, lobes rounded ovate. Stamens 40 to 50 in 
bundles of 5. Drupe ovoid-ellipsoid, *25 in. long. Seeds 1 to 3, 
embryo straight. Hab. Woods. Singapore, Bukit Mandai and 
Jurong. Malacca (Griffith). Penang, Batu Feringhi (Curtis). 
Distrib. Sumatra, Bangka, Borneo. 
