ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN BOTANY. 99 
TERNSTRAEMIA. 
Of this genus we remark int G camggizomus age 86 
ee Wallch (list N sears “tie tes 7 he et 
erenulata from the Madras herbarium, with which we 
are not acquainted.” 
I rbarium there is a specimen so named, but 
with a doubt (¢) to which the following these is 
appended. 
‘« Ternstremia? but albumen wanting—Berry dr ry, 
= at length, 2 valved, loculicidal, ovules 2? in 
ach cell, seeds, one ripe in each hi pendulous, wing- 
tom: plane on the inner side con x on the outer, albu- 
mon wanting, cotyledons flat, folia aceous, facie ‘le small, 
oe superior, testa of the seeds thick like parch- 
men 
OF pn plant I have since got numerous i i i 
but all in fruit, so that Iam still unable to give 
her examination with better 
ik an error in the above 
memorandum. The plant is a considerable shrub, with 
the leaves nearly confined to the ends of the ranches, 
below which, on the naked portion of the branch, the 
erries are congested. The leaves are Pikes ae 
acute at both ends, terminating in a shor abrupt 
men, quite aye, somew coriaceous spr icles on 
find has a very thin testa, closely ate to a copious 
album e this plant only 
airs from the genus, so a m 
one, in having a s foliaiapiaa sa a terate curved 
= Og a difference however, which ss b ne 
accompanied with EL Ni ote sufficient to remo 
m the A figure 
genus, this olan will shortly 
be published in the Ieone 
CLEYERA. | 
¥ of ‘dhe genus T have one species — Ceylon, which 
ie new, 80, far at least as can be P bs al from the 
characters by which species gene- 
ae of this genus are distinguished. One of its most 
ae g 2 _ EXPLANATION 
va Wi sidan rine plant—etarl fze.—2, A 
female 3 . The same dissected, showing the 
an ae spa with the Revell opened, to bring into 
view the union of the pe etals a = be base.—4. iagram, 
exhibiting the arrangement of the floral or —5, 
The ovary cut transversely, showing its d in- 
closed ovules.—6. The same 2 fcestoalty, ie a pod 
‘superposed p agce ovules.—Z. Full grown fruit— 
:perior. sant slight union 
eres and Rie 
a ee ee 
egular number, but t 
with the ome + A diagram of the 
ela of Pie flower, but imperfect wi with reference to the 
external sepal* and bractioles,—4. Stamens back and 
tural oe —2. A dissected — 
the stamens Sa ge to | 
fifth being externl. Pont : 
tt petal features is a thick coat of hair on the back of 
the ce - 
ala R, W. arboreous, leaves from oval ob-+ 
long obeee to obovate rea ate, tapering at the base, 
coriaceous, entire : flowers axillary, solitary, 
ndulous; sepals 5, with | 2 small bracteas at the base; 
k: anthers sprinkled with 
erect (not retuse) hairs: fruit globose 
Ceylon.—Colonel Walker. 
The station is not mentioned but judging from the ap» 
pearance of the plant, I infer it is from the more elevat- 
ed regions of ie country. 
GORDONIA, 
I ee at Courtallum what appears a new Peninsular 
a this genus, but which may possibly be only a 
mall apt variety of G. obt “ig ge and saw another at 
Ne uera Kila in Ceylon, of which I had previously receiy+ 
ed specimens from Colonel Walker. th hey may be thus 
distin — shed 
G. parvifolia R. W. leaves from ae a to ovate 
lanieulate. bluntly acuminated, retuse or emarginate. 
acutely, crenately serrated, glabrous ; aie axillary 
solitary, sessile, confined to the ends of the branches. © 
Pellet in sey jungles. 
is perha aps too pany | allied to G. obtusifoléa, but 
differs in the leaves of this being Eee, tending to 
ovate; in that to obovate cuneate; this la t — 
not exceed an inch or inch an nd half in length, 
half the breadth, while in that, they are. usually nen 
ee size; in this t i 
pes aoe we elliptic age ong Tameaiiniss acu 
tippe a.small retuse itadia point: flowers axil- 
lary hort les; petal obcorda tamens 
very numerous, anthers oblong; ovary hairy, stigmas 5, 
clavate. 
This species is nearly allied: >t some points to obis- 
folia, but I believe quite distin 
OF PLATE 33. 
ral size —8. The same 
showin [a occasional — of filaments. i The delve 
and rudimentary ovary, t Avge Is and stamens a 
to bringtt it into view—all mor or less magnified with the 
TT spec feed, 
"EXPLANATION OF PLATE 39. 
—5.. oan ent it trmeversely 6. The same 
scen 
. The same ¢ 
mentioned all 1 more on riba magnified. 
