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sngfEfPstcd by tlie late Dr. Anderson and Mr. Dyer (Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 xiii, 331), Adinauiira acuminata, Koith. 



4. EuKYA, Thunb. , 



Shrubs. Leaves nanow, usually cienate-sorrate. Flowers small, 

 unisexual, sessile or shortly pedicelled, in axillary fascicles, rarely 

 solitary, with persistent bracteoles. Sepals 5. Petals 5, united at the 

 ba.se. Stame)is 15 oi* less, rarely 5 ; anthers <i^labrous. Ovary 3- (rarely 

 2-5)-celled; styles 3 (rarely 2-5) free or unite'^ ; ovules many in the 

 inner anii^le of each cell. Fruit baccate. Albuinen fleshy. Distrib. 

 S. E. Asia, Indian Archipehigo and Pacific Islands ; described species 

 more than 30, probably redu(ublo to 10. 



1. EuRYA ACUMINATA, DC, iMem. Ternst. 29. A tree 30 to 40 feet 

 high ; young brandies slender, pubescent to minutely tomentose. Leaves 

 thinly coriaceous, narrowly oblong-lanceolate oi- oblanceolate, acuminate, 

 serrulate, the base acute ; upper surface glal)roas, shining ; the lower 

 paler, pubescent especially on the midrib, or sub-glabrous; length 2'5 

 to 3'5 in., breadth "5 to "To in., petiole '1 in. or none. Floivers '25 in. 

 indiam., in 2- to 6-flowered clusters; pedicels short, pubescent, bracteo- 

 late. Buds globose. Sepals unequal, the outer smaller, rotund with a 

 thickened wrinkled patch near the base, pubescent externally. Petals 

 larger and thinner tliau the sepals, oblong, blunt, veined, glabrous. 

 Male flowers ; stamens about 12, glabrous ; filaments slender, anthers 

 oblong, blunt ; rudimentary ovary conic, without styles, or absent. 

 Female flower as in the male, but the sepals and petals smaller and 

 narrower; stamens 0; ovary ovoid-conic; smooth, 3 or (by abortion) 

 2-celled, multi-ovulate ; styles 3, united or free in the lower two-thirds 

 cylindric, about as long as the ovary. Stigmas on the inner surfaces of 

 the upper part of the styles. Fruit globular, '15 in. in diam., smooth, 

 subtended by the persistent calyx and crowned by the styles. Seeds 

 small, angled, pitted, shining, brown. Diuspyros serrata, Ha,m. in Don 

 Prod. Fl. Nep. 143. 



In all tiie provinces at low elevations, common. Distrib. Sub- 

 tropical Himalaya, Assam, Chittagong and Burmese Ranges, Malay 

 Archipelayjo, Fiji Islands. 



In a plant with such a wide distribution, variations in form are 

 only to be expected. Many of these have been treated as species which, 

 in Sir J, D. Hooker's Flora of Briti.sh India, Mr. Thiselton Dyer has re- 

 duced to varieties as follows : 



Var. 1. enprista, Korths. Verb. Nat. Gcsch. Bot. 113 (sp.) ; 

 styles distinct. Griff. Ic. 604, f. 3. E. mtdtiflora, DC. 1. c. 2'). 

 E. serrafa, Blunie Fl. Jav. proof, vii. E. angtistifolia, Wall. Cat. 1165. 



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