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WallicHana, SieK & Zucc. Fl. Jap. i. 154. C. oclmoides, G. Don Gen, 

 Syst. i. 566. 



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Cektral Himalaya; Nipal, Wallich. Khasia Mts., alt. 2000 ft. i 



Leaves 3-44 >«. by 1^-2 in. ; petioles \ in. Peduncles ^ in., usually nodding, thick- 

 ened tovrards the apex. Petals i-^ in., 3 times the length of the sepals, yellow. ^ htyU 

 subulate, persistent. Fruit baccate.— Probably C.japonica, Sieb. and Zucc, which has. 

 the pedicels and flowers only \ as large is not distinct. . 



Var. 1. Lvahia, G. Don Gen. Syst. i. 566 (sp.) ; fascicles about 5-flowered, peduncles 



erect. Ternstrcemia Lushia, Ham. in Don Prodr. 225. 



Var. 2. grandiflora, Chois. Mem. Ternstr. 21 (sp.) ; fascicles 2-4-flowered, tiowej 

 larger, leaves narrow'er more acuminate. C. grandiflora, Wall. Cat. 1461 iw iiero. 

 Kew., not in Herb. Linn. Soc. 



2. C. grandiflora, H,f. & T. rm. [not of Wall w Cfmsy) ; leaves oblong 

 obtusely acuminate base obtuse, flowers usually solitary, peduncles witn z 

 minute alternating bracts. 



Eastekn Bengal ; Khasia Mts., alt. 4000 ft., J. D. H. & T. T. 



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ochnaceaj but larger in all its parts. 



6. EVRYA, Thunb. 



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Shrubs. Leaves glabrous, usually crenate-serrate. Flowers small, ^1^4^^^^^^ 

 sessile or sliortly pedicelled in axillary fascicles, or rarely solitary, '^^^^ ^ ' 

 sistent bracteoles. Sepals 5. Petals 5, united at the base. Stanieiis lo 

 less, rarely 5 ; anthers glabrous. Ovary 3 (rarely 2-5-)-celled ; ^Y '^ij 

 (rarely 2-5) free or united : ovules many in the inner angle of each c • 

 Fruit baccate. Albumen fleshy. —Distrib. S. E. Asia, Indian ArcD. an 

 Pacific Is. ; reputed species more than 30, reducible at most to 10. inwai 

 indeed, after careful study, unites 1, 3, 4, 5 into one variable species. 



1. B. japonica, Thunb. FL Jap. 191, t. 25 ; glabrous, branches striate, 

 flowers about 2 together 2-bracteolate, sepals glabrous. .' 



Eastern Himalaya; Sikkim, alt. 5-10,000 ft. ; Khasia Mts., alt. 3^6000 ft ;Mj^^^ 

 tains of the Eastern and Western Peninsulas, and Ceflon ascending to 70UV> 

 Djstrib. Eastwards to Japan and the Fiji Islands. . vun- 



Vak. 1. Thunbergii, Thw. Enum. 41; leaves 3-5 hy 1-U in. ^^'iP*^^^,^^ W^ 

 ceolate more or less serrate acuminate, petioles i in., styles free. E. ^"®^^ ' « 

 & A. Prodr. 86. E. Wightiana, Wight 111 i. i. 38 {not Wall), E. c^neocaiy». 

 Forth. Verh. Kat Gesch. Lot. 114. E. elliptica, Gard. in Cak. Journ- J\at.' „ 

 vii. 443. E. japonica, Beddome Flor. Sylvat. t. 92.— Sikkim, 5-10,000 ft. ^- ^^ V 

 Concan, Stores; Ceylon, Gardn., Nilghiris, Garrfn.— Distrib. S. China, l^o^^^ 

 Japan, P'iji I. — E.vitiensis^ A. Gray. i 1 'n n*'*' 



Var. 2. nitida, Korths. I.e. 115, t. 7 (sp.) ; stems 8 ft., leaves 1^-21 by 4-1 ^ ; j^j^ 

 row elliptic or ohlanceolate serrate above acute or shortly acuminate, peti^i „» ^^ 

 styles united heyond the middle. E. Roxburghii, Wall Cat. 1465, inpart- /'^ (^^ 

 tyla, Miq. in Herb. Movevacker. E. Wightiana, Wall Cat. 3662. i^- ^f'Tr..Q ft. 

 Wall Cat. 4399.— Habit resembling that of the Tea shnib.— Khasia, ^"^-X^ go, 

 Griffith; Moulmein, 5000 ft.; Penang, X066.— Nilghiris, Gardn. Distbib. Jy^ 

 Sumatra, Java. , silk/' 



Var. S. phyllanthoidea; Blume Mus, Bot. ii. 110 (sp,); tips of hrancnes^.^^^^ 

 , pubescent, leaves 4-5 by 1 in. usually narrow elliptic serrulate with a long 

 apex, petioles J in., styles united.— Khasia Mts., Moulmein.— Distrib. Java- , 



! 2. E. symplocina, Blume Mus. Bot ii. 114; branches s^^^Xtrsife 

 , the apex, Sowers in rather crowded, fascicles, peduncles S^bra'^ 



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