1234:. Symplocos foliosa (R. W.) very ramous,
famuli terete, marked with numerous elevated scars
of fallen leaves, very leafy on the extremities : leaves
ovate lanceolate, acute or somewhat acuminate, coriaceous,
serrato.dentate, glabrous except a few scattered
hairs on the costa : racemes axillary, several congested
on ends of the branches, about twice the length of
the petiols, hairy : flowers crowded, sessile, calyx tube
short, glabrous, lobes unequal, one longer, ovate obtuse
hairy on the back: corolla glabrous, about the length
of the stamens : ovary hairy, 3 celled, with about 4
pendulous ovules in each.
Neilgherries, rare, flowering during the dry season.
This species resembles S. Gardneriana, but appears
quite distinct. I am not well acquainted with the
tree, the specimens having been procured by a
native collector.
1235. Symplocos nervosa (Alph. D. C.) leaves
oblong, lanceolate, acuminate at both ends, crenately
denticulate, yery glabrous, shining above; beneath the
veins and venulse areolate: racemes simple axillary,
twice the length of the petiols, and with the ovate acute
bracts, pilose: lobes of the calyx ovate, oblong acute,
hairy on the back.—Leaves 3-5 inches long, 12-15
lines broad, the broadest diameter often beyond the
middle, petiols, about 6 lines long. Bracts caducous,
2.3 lines long, bracteols oblong, solitary at the base of
each flower.—Nearly allied to S. racemosa, but different,
the 4th series of veins conspicuous in Herbareum
specimens : leaves less coriaceous, tube of the calyx
and lobes longer, bracteols narrower, the apex of the
ovary not free, glabrous.—D- C. Prod., 8, 256.
Neilgherries, in woods about Ootacamund, and
towards Pycarrah. Flowering during the dry season.
It differs in some points from the Nepaul plant described
by D. C. The leaves are serrated, not remotely
dentate, and the calyx is obtuse not acute.
Whether a comparison would furnish other points of
difference sufficient to constitute this a distinct species
I am unable to say. The difference between it and
specimens I have named S. racemosa, seem to indicate
that it is not distinct from S. nervosa of Nepaul.
1236. Symplocos monantha (R. W.) fruiticose,
very ramous, glabrous, leaves short petioled, elliptic-
lanceolate,acuminate, serrated: flowers axillary,solitary
sessile: calyx glabrous, lobes ovate pointed, much
shorter than the corolla: corolla 5 parted, lobes
roundish, obovate, the length of the stamens : stigma
capitate.
Shevagherry Hills, near Courtallum, flowering in
August. A leafy very ramous shrub, leaves from 1$
to two .inches long, ending in a tapering acumen,
about 8 lines broad. The solitary flowers of this
species at once distinguishes it from all the other
Indian ones with which lam acquainted.
1237. Symplocos pendula (R. W .) arboreous,
glabrous; leaves, from oval obtuse to somewhat obovate,
entire, coriaceous: peduncles axillary, short, few
(2.4) flowered: flowers pendulous/ tubular : calyx
ciliate : corolla 5 'lobed : stamens numerous, about
3 series, inserted on the throat, exserted; filaments
compressed contracted, filiform at the apex: style
rather exceeding the stamens; stigma capitate; ovary
two celled, ovules superposed : fruit oblong.
Pulney Mountains and Ceylon, flowering September.
According to Mr, Bentam’s views of this genus,-
(Lin. Trans, vol. 18) this is the only genuine species”
of Symplocos yet found in India, all the preceding ones
being referable to the Linnean genus, Hopea, which he
thinks ought to be restored and kept distinct. In this
view I most fully coincide, as the difference between
the two forms is too great to admit of their ever being
viewed as true congeners, or even subgenera of one
genus. Alph. DeCandolle however having in his revision
of the genus united them, I have thought it better
to adopt his genus, as it stands, than incur the risk
of adding to the existing confusion, by partial
changes. This species differs from the character of
the genus in having a two not 3 celled ovary, but
agrees in all other respects, it will therefore form
a section of the remodelled genus Symplocos, agreeing
in that peculiarity with Al. DeCandolle’s section
Palura of the present one.
1238. Olea glandulifera (Wall.) leaves
elliptic, acute at the base,acuminate at the point, entire,
glabrous,glandulose beneath in the axils of the nerves :
panicles axillary shorter than the leaves, glabrous :
calyx four toothed : stigma capitate.— Petiols 9*10
lines long: leaves 4-5 inches long, 15-18 lines broad,-
fruit ovate, somewhat pointed, about 4 lines long.—
D. C. Prod., 8, 283.
Neilgherries, in woods near the Avalanche, flower*
ing March and April, the fruit of the preceding year
still on the trees. A low tree with a fine spreading
head. Leaves pea-green, flowers numerous, small;
white. Panicles numerous, axillary, congested towards
the ends of the branches shorter than the leaves*
Ovary pubescent. The glands on the under surface
of the leaves form the most characteristic feature of
this tree. The original specimens from which
the character is taken were gathered in Nepaul, but
seem to agree well with our plant.
1239*40. Olea polygama (R.W.) polygamous;
leaves obovate cuspidate, tapering at the base, short
petioled, entire, coriaceous; those of the male plant
smaller, tending to lanceolate: panicles axillary, many
flowered, those of the male larger and more diffuse :
hermaphrodite flowers somewhat larger: corolla 4
cleft, ovary ovate, with a distinct style and capitate
stigma : in the male all trace of ovary wanting: fruit.
Neilgherries, in woods between the Avalanche and
Sisparah, flowering February and March.
A small, but when in flower, a very beautiful tree,
being then, especially the male, covered with innu-*
merable flowers,- the fertile tree is much less conspicuous.
Bark greyish, smooth : leaves glabrous, coriaceous,
terminating in a rigid point, acquiring in drying
a ferruginous tint beneath, and brownish above.
Panicles cymose, each division terminating in a-cluster
of from 8 to 10 flowers. The fruit I have not seen.
1241. Olea linocieroides (R. W.) leaves
short petioled, elliptic oblong, abruptly acuminate,
entire, glabrous, somewhat coriaceous, transversely
veined: peduncles axillary, much shorter than the
leaves, trichotomous, each division terminating in a
capitulum of flowers : flowers sessile, calyx 4 lobed,
.ciliate: corolla deeply 4 parted, the divisions long
linear subulate, united by pairs to the filaments, three
or four times the length of the stamens : ovary ovate,
style short, 2 cleft at the apex: drupe-oblong bony,
1-seeded : seed albuminous, albumen horny, embryo
foliaceous, nearly the length of the albumen.
Courtallum, in dense forests, flowering in August,