Stinja.\ XXIV. ternstrcemiace^. (W. T. Thiselton Dj^er.) 



285 



sepals silky outside, styles united. E. acuminata, Wall Cat. U64 in part, 

 no^ of DC, E. Wallichiana, Planch, m^., not of iSteud. Diospyros cerasifolia, 

 Dm Prodr. 144. 



Central and Eastern Himalaya, alt. 5-7000 ft. ; from Nipal, Wallich, to Mishmi; 



(zri^fA.— DiSTRiB. Java. 



A slender shnib. Leaves 3-5 by I-l| in., oblong-elUptic, entire or serrulate above, 

 Obtusely acuminate, papery, midrib with appressed pubescence ; petioles \ in. 



3. E. chinensis, R, Br. in AheVs Voy. 379, cum ic. ; branches sub- 

 nexuose 2-edged pilose, leaves small, flowers 2-3 together subsessile 2-brac- 

 r ?' ®^P^^^ glabrous, styles united. E. parvifolia, Gardn. in Gale. Joarn. 

 iVa«, Hi^t vii. 445. E. japonica 5 parvifolia, Thw. Enum. 41. 



Ceylon; ascending to 8000 ft.— Distrib. China, Japan. 



A shrub 3-12 ft. Leaves \--\\ by ^-| in., obovate, margins revohite, mucronate ser- 

 rate, obtusely acuminate, midrib hairy, petioles ^ in. PtdiceU dM^ihracttoles ^d\)Xo\x^, 



4. B. ceylanica, Wight III, i. 98 ; branches cylindric pilose, leaves with 

 repressed veins, flowers 2-4 together 2-bracteolate shortly peduncled, sepals 



glabrous, stigmas 3 subsessile reflexed. E. japonica y chinensis, Thw. 

 J^num. 41. 



Ceylon, alt. 3-7000 ft. 



A shrub, 12-16 ft, Leaves l\-4t by %~\\ in., broadly, elliptic, shortlj^ acuminate, 

 margins recurved, mucronate-serrate, tip retuse, midrib hairy; petioles ^V i^- Pedicels 

 ana bracteoles hairy. Fruits with a few scattered hairs. 



5. E. 



acuminata 



Ternstr. 29; branches cylindric pu- 



K \ • *^' ^^' '^^^^' Ternstr, "IM ', orancnes cyunaric pu- 



Descent-hairy, flowers about 5 together shortly peduncled 2-bracteolate, 

 yies 3-5 distinct or united below. Diospyros serrata, Ham, in Don 



^'odr. Nep. 143. 



Temperate and SuBTRoricAL Himalaya, alt. 3-7000 ft., from Kumaon to Bhotan; 

 untams of Easterx Bengal, As^A^r, and the Eastern Peninsula to Penaiig; 



^*f -—^iSTRiB. Sumatra, Java, Fiji Islands. 



A surab 8-10 ft. Leaves 2-5 bv i-l iu., narrow oblong^Uiptic, serrulate, attenuate- 

 ^!^minate, midrib softly hairy. ^ ^ ' 



- ^ AR. 1. ew»m?/2. KmtliQ Vi.'Ay ATof Or^^A^ Rnf 1 1 ?^ ('sn V stvles distinct. GriW. 



E. acuminata, Royle 111 127, t. 25. 

 nensis, Hook.f. & Thorns. Herh. Ind. 



an'^ZfVr J^- raultiflora, DC. I.e. 25. E. serr 

 augu tifoha, WalL Cat. 1465 in Herb. Linn. Soe. 

 ^sahciiolm £Zw„^e Mus. Bot. ii. 118. ? E. chin. 

 ^Anot of Brown). 



\nc-J^' ^ ^^l^^<^hiana, Steud. in Blume Mus. Bot. ii. 118 fsp.) ; styles united. E. 

 naL V^ A ^''^- ^4*^2. E. fasciculata, Ham. in WalL Herh. 1463. E. acumi- 

 JmriTv- ^^^^' ^- "bifaria, Wall. Cat. 3721 ? E. membranacea, Gardn. m Calc. 



^- ^"^at. Hist. vii. 444. E. japonica p acuminata, Thw. Enum. 41. 



cvhn?' *'*chocarpa, Kortk Verh. Nat. Gesch. Bot 114; branches 

 lat^ pubescent at the apex, flowers few together, peduncles 2-bracteo- 



&U7ne 

 E 



I of their length. E. trichogyna, 



4. 



-BtiSr -a '^^'^^^^ Bhotan, Griffith; Khasia Mts., GrijUth.—Di^rK^B. Araboyna. 

 at^ • n ■ ^^^^^^ 3-4J by J-1 in. narrowly elliptic, acuminate, serrulate, pubes- 

 especially on the midrib below ; petioles % in. Sejpals pubescent externally. 



lT' 



Qlabro 



7. ACTZNZ3>ZA, Lindl 



serratp ^^' strigose or toraentose shnibs, usually climbers. Leaves entire or 



• usually membranous, featlier-veined. Flowers polygamous or 



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