Symplocos.] lxxxix. styraceje. 
3<>7 
Spikes simple in upper axils, dense, 10- to 12-flowered, pubescent. 
Bracts ovate round, caducous, forming a cone in bud as in S. rigida. 
Calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate acute, as long as tube. Corolla 
white, *3 in. across. Stamens about 30 in 5 bundles. Drupe 
oblong, *4 in. long, yellow, faintly ridged. Seeds 3. Hab. Woods. 
Singapore, Bukit Mandai; Bukit Timah; Changi (Hullett). Johor, 
Batu Pahat. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tangga. Perak, Goping 
and Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). Penang (Wallich); Hill up to 2500 
ft. altitude (Curtis). Distrib. Borneo. Sumatra. Native name: 
Bantun. A beautiful tree when in flower. 
(25) S. pyriflora Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. vi. 159. 
Medium-sized tree. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic-ovate to lan¬ 
ceolate acuminate blunt; base shortly narrowed, crenate, 5 in. 
long, 2 in. wide; nerves 6 pairs; petioles -25 in. long, sessile. 
Racemes in terminal sessile panicles 2 in. long, pubescent. Calyx- 
tube sessile, obconic; lobes large ovate blunt, glabrous. Corolla 
•5 in. across, white, fragrant. Stamens 50, free to base. Drupe 
elliptic, 75 in. long, sessile. Seed not ribbed. Hab. Mountains 
at 5500 ft. altitude, open woods and stream banks. Pahang, 
Gunong Tahan (Ridley). 
3. CORDYLOBLASTE, Moritzi. 
Mountain shrubs. Flowers few, white, pendulous, axillary. 
Calyx campanulate, with short round lobes. Corolla long, tubular; 
lobes 5. Stamens connate in a tube attached to the corolla-tube 
and projecting beyond it, lobed, with 40 to 60 anthers. Ovary 
villous; style slender or stout, villous or glabrous. Fruit oblong, 
crowned by calyx-rim. Seed 1. Species about 10, Indo-Malayan. 
Flowers short, under 1 in. long. 
Leaves elliptic-lanceolate. 
Corolla-tube slender, rather long silky 
Corolla-tube short, broad, sub-glabrous; lobes 
large, broad ...... 
Leaves obovate. 
Leaves thick coriaceous; nerves invisible; 
corolla-lobes half as long as tube 
Leaves thin coriaceous; nerves conspicuous; 
corolla split to near base .... 
Flowers 1 in. or more long. 
Branches and leaves beneath red-velvety 
Branches and leaves nearly glabrous grey pubescent 
(1) C. confusa 
(2) C. puleherrima 
(3) C. obovata 
(4) C. crenulata 
(5) C. Maingayi 
(6) C. Scortechinii 
(1) C. confusa Ridl. Symplocos confusa Brand, Pflanzenreich. 
iv, 88; King, l.c. 248; S. Henscheli and var. hirtistylis Clarke, not 
of Bentham. 
Shrub 5 to 8 ft. tall. Leaves stiffly coriaceous, glabrous, 
elliptic-oblong, bluntly acuminate, base cuneate or very shortly 
narrowed; nerves irregular, breaking up and inarching far from 
edge; 3 to 4 in. long, 1-5 to 2 in. wide; petioles *2 to *3 in. long, 
