CamclUu] 



XXIV. TERNSTRCEMiACEiE. (W. T. Tliiselton Dyer.) 293 



2. C. caudata» Wall. PL As. Ear. iiL 36 ; leaves elliptic-oblong caudate- 

 acuminate sparsely puberulous beneath, peduncles imbricate-bracteate short, 

 stamens and styles hairy. Wall. Cat. 978 ; Grif. iVotul. iv. 559, t. 601, £ ii. ; 

 •irans. Agric. (b llort. ^oc. hid. v. (1838\ t. A. 



G^^T^ Mts. and Siliiet, Wallichj &c. ; Bhotan Himalaya, Booth; Mishmi Hills, 



Branclilets slender; buds silky. Leaves 3-4 by|-l in., serrate, membranous with a 

 W^^ ^e^^"*^ pubescent beneath ; petiole ^ in., pubescent. Flowers about 1 in. diam., 

 white. Sepals ovate, silky oxternaliv. Petals obovate, puberulous externally. Capsule 

 t m. diam., trigouously-spherical, l-iellcd, 1-seeded. 



Camellia 



deciduous- 



3. C. drupifera, Lour. Fl. Cochin. 411, ex Seem, in Trans, Linn. Soc. 

 xxn. 344 J leaves elliptic or elliptic-oblong tapering below with a long 

 acuminate apex coriaceous, stamens glabrous, styles nearly free woolly at 

 toe b^e. C. Kissi, Wall, in As. lies, xiiL 429 ; Journ. As. Soc. Beng. iv. 48, 

 n iKv ^^- ^^^- iii- 36, t. 256. C. keina, Dan Prodr. 224. C. mavStersia, 



V. 539. C. simplicifolia, Grif. Nolul. iv. 560, 

 if. Itin. 40. C. caudata, Griff. Itin. 40 [yioi of 



East 



A shrub or small tree, with much divided slender branches. Branclilets slightly 



es -^^ n *^ I l^iids with loose scales, sparingly pubescent. Leaves 3-4 by 1-1 4 in., serrulate 



peciallj- towards the aptjx, often slightly revolute: veins faint; petiole J in. Flowers 



f}^: ^^f^ 1 white, ^^ith the odour of cherry-laurel. Sepals orbicular, silky externally. 



t a/^ obovate, emarginate, scarcely hairy externally. Ovary woolly. Capsule nearly 



'ot)eci petals and connate styles. 



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Z)yer; leaves elliptic-oblong tapering or rounded 



L r ^' *tti;esceus, Z^yer; leaves elliptic-oblong tapering or rounaea 

 eiow caudate-acuminate membranous, styles short, stigmas recurved, cap- 

 auie arupaceous (when vouni? onlv A 



_ (when young only '?). 



and--Q^ Hills, high up on Laim-planj-thaya, Grif, Journ. p. 38, Kew Distnb. Ill 

 , A shmb with 



lous ~ V^*' ^ ^^^^^ serrate; midrib prominent belo 

 tknr! .f^"-'^''* 1 in. diam.. crowded towards the ei 



Jen yellowish, frag.an 

 P^taU obovate, smooth. 



t)P?i ?■ ' 1^' ^- ^' ^ shrub 10 ft. with puberulous shoots and pubescent buds and 

 i^^i'ies. Leaves 4r-7 bv 1 1—9 hi nlJona tanerins at both ends, crenate serrate, 



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much divided pale grej branches and buds silky within, Leaves 2-34 

 errate ; midrib prominent below and 



diam., crowded towards the ends of . , . ■ „ 



agrant. Sepals orbicular, membranous, thinly pubescent mternally. 



Ovary with long silky hairs. 



pale; petiole \ in. puberu- 

 :he branches, sessile, white, 



erect 



T)Pt.i T^'V ^'^^*^i tlie orbicular, minutely mucronate sepals and obovate 

 I'^wis both pubescent externally; styles 5, distinct, very short; ovary silky. 



^tjLMEiN, Lohh, alt. 3000 ft. ; a single specimen. 



tains rr ^"^ "^^^^^ ^f identifying the plant found by Griffith on the Mishmi moun- 

 K^oum. 38 and 45), and caUed bv him Camellia axillaris. . 



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treSiT • ^^^^^^^». setniamplexicaul; smooth. -Flot 

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