Symplocos.] lxxxix. styrace^e. 3°5 
green (Wray), white (King) ; lobes elliptic blunt, *15 in* long. 
Stamens 60 to 70 in 5 bundles. Fruit oblong-cylindric constricted 
about the middle, light blue, hairy, -8 in. long, -3 in. through. 
Hab. Mountain forests up to 5000 ft. altitude. Perak, Thaiping 
Hills from Waterfall (Wray) to Cottage (Curtis). 
(17) S. calycodactylos Brand, Pflanzenreich, l.c. 63; King, 
l.c, 243. 
Branches red-villous. Leaves membranous, oblong-lanceolate, 
caudate acuminate, base round, denticulate bristly all over, densely 
so on nerves beneath, 6 to 8 pairs, and on midrib and petiole ; 
4 to 5-5 in. long, 1-5 to 2 in. wide; petioles -2 in. long. Racemes 
few, solitary, 3 in. long, densely villous of 4 to 5 flowers; pedicels 
•5 in. long. Calyx-tube short, densely red-bristly, lobes linear, 
longer -25 in. long. Corolla -5 in. across, lobes obovate. Stamens 
80. Hab. Perak, Waterloo (Curtis). Very rare, in forest. 
(18) S. ophirensis Clarke, l.c. iii. 479; King, l.c. 243. 
A bush. Leaves coriaceous elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, 
narrowed slightly to both ends, blunt, base often rounded, glabrous 
entire; nerves 8 to 10 pairs raised on both sides as are reticula¬ 
tions; 2 to 4 in. long, 1 to 1-5 in. wide; petioles -i to *2 in. long. 
Racemes -3 to -4 in. long, pubescent in upper axils. Flowers 
3 to 7, crowded. Calyx-lobes pubescent, ovate, -05 in. long, tube 
as long. Corolla *25 in. across, white, lobes oblong blunt. Stamens 
30 to 60 in bundles of 6 to 12. Fruit ovoid cylindric, blue purple, 
•3 to *4 in. long. Hab. Mountain tops 3000 to 55 °° ft- altitude. 
Malacca, Mt. Ophir (all collectors). Selangor; Gunong Mengkuang 
Lebah (Robinson); Hulu Semangkok. Perak, Gunong Bubu 
(Wray). 
(19) S. Curtisii Oliv. Hook. Ic. t. 1757; King, l.c. 244. 
Straggling tree about 15 ft. tall or shrub, glabrous. Leaves 
membranous, elliptic cuspidate acuminate, base narrowed, entire 
or very obscurely denticulate; nerves 5 to 7 pairs strongly elevate 
beneath; 4 to 9 in. long, 1*5 to 3 in. wide; petioles -2 to -4 in. 
long. Racemes short, crowded headlike about *25 in. long of 5 
flowers. Calyx-tube funnel-shaped, -i in. long, lobes ovate, 
blunt, as long. Corolla *25 in. across, lobes oblong, white. 
Stamens 60 or more, longer than corolla. Drupe cylindric-oblong, 
bright blue, -5 to -8 in. long. Hab. Mountain forests to 5500 ft. 
altitude. Pahang, Telom. Negri Sembilan, Senawan (Dennys). 
Selangor. Semangkok Pass. Perak, Thaiping Hills 2500 ft. 
altitude (Wray) to Gunong Hijau (5500 ft. altitude). Penang, 
Penara Bukit (Curtis). 
(20) S. crassipes Clarke, l.c. iii. 580; King, l.c. 245. 
Leaves thickly chartaceous, broad elliptic or elliptic-lanceolade, 
abrupt acuminate, base round, sub-acute; nerves 9 to 10 pairs, 
elevate beneath; 6 in. long, 3 in. wide; petioles *15 in. long, very 
thick. Racemes axillary, 4-flowered; pedicels very short, densely 
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