£urya.] Temstroemiacece. 109 



above, pubescent, stiffly recurved, bracts 2, immediately 

 beneath j3., triangular, acute ; sep. very obtuse, rough or the 

 inner 2 hairy on the back, with scarious margins ; pet. twice 

 as long as sep., covered on back with dense, silky hair ; stam. 

 about 18, adherent to base of pet., sparsely hairy throughout ; 

 ov, with 3 bifid, revolute, parietal placentas, style short, 

 stigmas 3, obtuse ; fr. surrounded by persistent sep., globose, 

 \ in., apiculate, dry-fleshy, 3- or 6-celled ; seeds kidney-shaped, 

 black, shining, punctate. 



Upper montane zone ; rather common. N. Eliya : Hakgala ; Horton 

 Plains ; Maturata ; Dimbula. Fl. Feb.- May ; white. 

 Endemic. 



The Nuwara Eliya carpenters give the name of ' Ratu-mihiriya' to 

 the wood of this tree. 



3. EURVA, Thunb. 



Shrubs ; fl. small, axillary, surrounded by small bracts, 



dioecious ; sep. 5 ; pet. 5, connate at base ; stam. 5-20, 



glabrous ; ov. 3-celled, ovules several in each cell, styles 3, 



more or less connate below ; fruit a dry, indehiscent berry, 



3-celled ; seeds several, endosperm scanty. — Sp. about 10 ; 



6 in FL B. Ind. 



Leaves oval or lanceolate i. E. japonica. 



Leaves narrowly oblong-lanceolate . . . . 2. E. acuminata. 



I. E. japonica, Thunb. Fl. Jap. 191 (1784). Ifeya-dasse, S. 



E. elliptica., Gardn. 1. c. 443. Thw. Enum. 41. C. P. 'jt;. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 284, 5. Wight, 111. i. t. 38 {E. Wightiana). Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. t. 92. 



Presents itself under several varieties. 



Var. a. Thunberg-ii, Thw. I. c. 



A shrub, 6-16 ft., young twigs glabrous, striate ; 1. 2-4 in., 

 nearly sessile, oval or lanceolate, acute at base, acuminate, 

 obtuse or retuse, serrate at the upper part, glabrous, veins 

 prominent beneath ; fl. very small, 1-2 together in the leaf- 

 axils, ped. short, bracts 2 or more beneath the fl., obtuse ; 

 sep. orbicular, obtuse, glabrous, persistent; stam. 5-15; fr. 

 \ in., ovoid, tipped with persistent style, glabrous. 



Var. /3. zeylanica, Wight., III. i. 98 (sp.). Gardn. I. c. 444. C. P. 

 2600. 



Twigs very hairy ; 1. i|-2|in., petiole and midrib beneath 

 hairy, margin somewhat revolute ; stam. 14 ; berry often 

 pilose. 



Var. 7. chinensis, Br. i?i Abel Voy. 379 (1818). E. parvifolia, 

 Gardn. 1. c. 445. C. P. 784. 



