1 08 Ternstroemiacecs. \Adinandra. 



with narrow scarious margins ; pet. twice the length of sep., 

 rounded, spreading ; anth. apiculate ; fr. surrounded at base 

 with persistent bracts and sep., \ in., ovate-ovoid, tipped with 

 persistent style, fleshy, brown ; seeds 3-4, testa very hard. 



Montane zone, descending to about 4000 ft.; common. N. Eliya ; 

 Hakgala ; Dimbula ; Maturata ; Ueltota ; Rangala ; Haputale. Fl. 

 April, May ; yellow. 



Also in the Nilgiris, East Bengal, the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra, 

 China and Japan. 



Wood even-grained, pinkish-brown, rather heavy, durable ; called by 

 the carpenters in the hill districts ' Pena-mihiriya,' ' Rattota,' and ' Rata- 

 tiya.' The bark is chewed. 



2. T. emarg'inata, Choisy, Mem. Tern. 14 (1855). 

 Cleycra cmarginata, Gardn. in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vii. 447. Thw. 

 Enum. 40. C. P. 782. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 281. 



A shrub, 10-16 ft., young twigs glabrous; 1. crowded, 

 i\-2\ in., sessile, obovate-spathulate, very much attenuate at 

 base, obtuse, usually emarginate, faintly crenate-serrate in 

 upper part, coriaceous, margin rcvolute ; fl. solitary from axils 

 of fallen leaves, \-\ in. diam., ped. |, erect, thickened and 

 curved at top ; sep. and pet. as in last ; anth. -cells distant, 

 connective prolonged ; style deeply bifid, shorter than stam.; 

 fr. \-\ in., oblong-ovoid, pointed, tipped with persistent style ; 

 2-seeded. 



Upper montane zone, especially by streams ; rather rare. Horton 

 Plains, abundant ; near Adam's Peak ; Maskeliya ; Ambagamuwa. Fl. 

 Feb., March ; white becoming purplish-yellow. 



Endemic. 



2. ADZNANDRA, Jack. 



Trees ; fl. axillary, bisexual ; sep. 5 ; pet. 5 ; stam. 

 numerous, hairy, anth. introrse ; ov. i -celled, with 3 parietal 

 placentas (apparently 3-celled), with numerous ovules ; fruit 

 fleshy, indehisccnt ; seeds numerous, very small. — Sp. 10; 

 8 in FL B. Ind. 



A. lasiopetala, Choisy, Mem. Tern. 24 (1855). [Plate IX. 1 

 Cleyera lasiopetala, Wight, 111. i. 99. Eurya /aswpe /a/a, Gar d. I.e. 

 446. Sarosan/hcra /asiope/a/a, Thw. Enum. 41. C. P. 775. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 2S3. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. t. iii. f. 3. 



A small, slender tree, 20-30 ft., young parts minutely 

 hairy; 1. 2^-4 in., oblong-lanceolate, tapering to base, obtuse, 

 entire or faintly denticulate, margin recurved, glabrous above, 

 minutely pubescent beneath, petiole very short ; fl. rather 

 large, 4 in., solitary, axillary, petioles \ in., very stout, thickened 



