TERNSTRCEMIACE^. 41 



three-celled : fruit % inch, clasped at the base by the 

 enlarged sepals and the two small bracteoles, and peaked 

 at the top by the persistent style ; smooth like an apple, 

 with pericarp % inch, thick. Seeds four, hanging from 

 the top of the cells and persistent when the pericarp 

 opens ; covered with a scarlet soft and deeply papillate 

 outer skin ; inside this stony : endosperm very hard ; 

 embryo inside almost S-shaped, the radicle pointing 

 upwards, t. 32. Wight Ic t. 47. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 91. 



In sholas. Nilgiris : Ootacamund (but not common), Pykara, 

 quite common, 6,500 to 7,000 feet. Coonoor. Not found on 

 the Kodaikanal downs. Fpon 2613. Bourne, 



Gen. Dist. Not at all on the ghats to the north (Bombay Presi- 

 dency) ; but on the Khasi hills and southwards to Moulmein, and on to 

 Sumatra, China, and Japan. I am unable to distinguish the variety 

 Wightii oi Wio. F.B.I. 



The length of time these highly coloured seeds hang in the 

 opened fruit, while most seeds fall quickly to the ground, is 

 significant, and clearly a very useful adaptation for dispersal by 

 birds, which are attracted by the high colour, are rewarded by a 

 little soft flesh to eat, but are prevented from damaging the 

 embryo by the stony endosperm^ and smooth skin. The flowers 

 are adapted for pollen-seeking bees, which are attracted by the 

 scent and the yellow colour. 



EURYA. ' F.B.I. 24 VI. 



Usually shrubs. Flowers unisexual, on separate 

 plants (dioecious) ; sepals imbricate. Petals imbricate, 

 connected at the base. Stamens many, attached to the 

 base of the corolla ; anthers firmly fixed on their fila- 

 ments ; ovary three-celled, with many ovules ; styles 

 three ; fruit a berry. Seeds many, attached to the 

 middle of the placentas ; embryo as in TERNSTRCEMIA. 



Species about 50 in Mexico, South America, West Indies, 

 and East Indies. 



Named, it is said, from the Greek EURUS broad, because of the broad 

 leaves, but this is hardly applicable to our species. 



