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of forest to supply shade from the sun and shelter from the winds, there seems so many chances 
of success, that | would strongly urge the propriety of having ey Capt me. Mr. Huxham, 
a not less active and enterprising than skilful planter on that coe ®* voula>~t think I may safely 
add though I have had no communication with him on the subject, gladly undertake the con- 
ducting of such an experiment if supplied with plants. If my conjectures as to his willing. 
ness to undertake the culture prove correct, I should recommend his being supplied 
with plants for that purpose, and if procurable, would advise them to be brought from 
China, which, from having already been long subjected to artificial culture, are likely, 
more readily to accommodate themselves to new circumstances than those derived from the 
wild stock. Once acclimated on the coast, which seems the most suitable locality for commencing 
the experiment, it will probably prove an easy matter to extend the culture to Mysore. n the 
east coast, success can scarcely be expected on account of the extreme heat and dryness of the 
climate. 
Remarks on THE Genera AND Species. On this division of the subject I must of neces- 
sity be brief from want of materials to enter fully intoits consideration. Mr. Griffith in his 
report enumerates 9 genera natives of India, after reducing one by uniting Camellia and Thea, 
Of these 9, the Peninsula presents species of 5, namely, Cochlospermum, Ternstremia ?, Cleyera, 
Eurya, and Gordonia, of the remaining four, representatives have not yet been found. To these 
Blume has added four from Java, one of his however, Geeria, is, if not wholly, certainly in part 
identical with the Indian Eu 
_ _ Professor DeCandolle in his account of this order keeps it distinct from Camelliacee, and 
divides it into six sections or tribes. Since the publication of his Prodromus these two orders 
have, by the almost unanimous decision of Botanists, been united, the last being reduced to a 
section of the first. 
) Of each of these tribes or sections the Indian flora presents representatives, I shall there- 
fore, with the view of giving a clearer idea of the whole, transcribe the characters assigned to each 
tribe, as given in Don’s Edition of Millar’s Gardener’s Dictionar y: 
et Tribe Ist.—Ternsrramiex,—Calyx with 2 bracteas at the base. Petals connected to- 
gether at the base, opposite the sepals. Anthers adnate, Style crowned by a simple stigma. 
Albumen fleshy.” 2 
Of this tribe only one genus is known, namely, Ternstremia. This is principally an Ameri- 
character of the genus in having flattened foliaceous orbicular cotyledons, in place of linear terate 
ones; the radicle however points towards the hilum, and the whole embryo is inclosed in fleshy. 
Shoalda corresponding difference be found in the flower, this species will justly form the type of * 
a distinct genus, to which several, if not all of the Indian species may perhaps be referable. 
hi of i 
“ Tribe 2d.—Eurvem.—Calyx furnished with 2 bract , r e 
| : YER. —Cs urnl z eas at the base, of 5 sepals or 5lobes. 
Corolla A abhi opposite the sepals. Anthers adnate. Style crowned by 3-5 disticiet stigmas.” " 
o this tribe three genera are referred, all of Asiatic origin, Anneslea, Wall. Geeria, 
* 
_ Tribe 3d.— BREA. yx furnished with 2 bracteas at the hase. Petals free, alter-. 
nating with the sepals Anthers adnate St Be . e mnee. eta S§ free, a 
Sige pa hve a . cro -5 distinct sti : 
wingless, Albumen fi be Besievo reiher . 5 wned by 2-5 distinct stigmas. Seeds 
