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" Southern provinces of the Westebn Peniksula, Wight, Beddo7ne; Courtallum, 

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' A small tree or shrub. Leaves 1-2 by |-J in.; petiole I in. or less.— CoL 

 Beddome mentions two distinct forms, the one with leaves 1-lJ by J in., the other 

 S in. by J in. The former coming very near E. Willdenowii (of Wight). 



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117. E. terpnophylla, Thwaites Enum. 114 4* 417; young parts and 

 inflorescence rusty-pubescent, leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate with a long 

 acumen narrowing towards the base lateral nerves uniting at some distance from 

 the margin, berry spherical usually 1-seeded. Bedd. Ic. PI Ind. Or. 67, t. 283 ; 

 FL Sylv. Anal, Gen. cxi. 



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i^, Ceylon; up to no great elevation, TAwaiVfi^. 



A middling-sized tree ; branchlets terete. Leaves 2^-5 by |-2 in., membranous, 

 femtly reticulate ; lateral nerves prominent beneath, 6-8 on each side marginal 

 often double; petiole ^-| in. I*edu7icles axillary and terminal, short, few-flowered; 

 pedicels about equalling the petioles. Petals white, twice as long as the rounded 

 ^^/^'lo^'BS, Berry downy, size of small cherry. 



, 118. S. zantliocarpa, Thwaites Enum. 416 ; young branches and 

 Duds clothed with rusty pubescence, leaves elliptic-lanceolate obtusely acumi- 

 nate glabrous acute at the base, midrib channelled above primary neiTes promi- 

 nent, pedicels axillary fascictdate rusty-pubescent about equalling the petioles, 



berry l-4-8eeded nearly spherical rusty-pilose tubercidate. Bedd. Fl. Sylo. Anal. 

 Cre7i, cxi. 



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srs from E. terpnophylla in having more numerous primary nerves, m their beinj 

 l?^ prominent beneath, and uniting closer to the margin; and in the ochraceous ber 

 i^es which are often 2-4-seeded (Thwaites l.c.). 



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119. B. rufo-fUlva, Thtvaites Enmn. 416 ; young parts covered with 

 short reddish or tawny pubescence, leaves lanceolate acutely acimainate glabrous 

 ^^ve (except when young) shining hairy covered beneath with short adpreswid 

 ^dish or tawny tomentum at length glabrous, peduncles axillar}- fasciculate 

 l--o-flowered about equal to the petioles, calyx with small subulate bracteoles. 

 Bedd Fl. Syh. Anal. Gen. cxi. E. terpnophylla, var 3., Thwaites 1. c. 114 



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Ceylon, near Avishavelle, Thwaites. 



A tree, 30-40 ft. Leaves 4-5 by 1-1^ in. or much narrower in some of M] 

 8p**oimeus; petiole about | in. Calyx-lobes unequal, obtuse or subacute, 

 irom E. terpnophylla by the leaves being pilose beneath, and the prin 

 anastomosing nearer the margin " (Thwaites 1. c). 



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- argrentea, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal Gen. cix. ; leaves ovate-ellipti 

 ^ lanceolate with a long narrow acumen rounded at the base silvery pubescer 

 oeueath, peduncles filiform axillary pubescent, bracteoles 2 filiform exceedin 

 ^e calyx-lobes persistent, fruit spherical sparingly clothed with short ad 



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^ A small tree or shrub. Leaves 4-5^ by 1 J-l^ ia. ; nerves rather promment be- 

 7^^* lateral spreading nearly at right angles from the midrib and running into a 

 '^gular looped nerve near the margin. • Peduncles 1 in. long, from the old axils or 

 axiUary. Flowers i to nearly i in. across. Fruit about the size of a large cherry. 



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