Adinandra.\ xxiv. TERNSTRCEMIACE^E. (W. T. Thiselton Dyer.) 283 



puberulous, sepals strigosely pubescent outside. Ternstrcemia 1 ? integerrima, 

 Wall. Cat. 1452 in Herb. Kew., not in Herb. Linn. Soc. 



EASTERN PENINSULA ; Penang, Wallich. 



Branches glabrous ; buds yellow, silky. Leaves 4-6 by 2-2J in., elliptic or elliptic- 

 oblong, shortly acuminate, acute at the base. Bracts ^ the length of the sepals, orbi- 

 cular. Berry in. diam., hoary with thin appressed pubescence. /Seeds minute. 



6. A. villosa, Choisy Mem. Ternstr. 24; leaves pubescent beneath, 

 petioles i in., peduncles 1 in. pilose, sepals silky near the middle externally. 

 Ternstroemia '] sericea, Wall. Cat. 1454. Schima Wallichii, Choisy Mem. 

 Ternstr. 91 (not of Choisy in Zoll. Cat.). 



EASTERN PENINSULA; Tavoy, Wallich. 



A small pubescent tree ; young shoots silky. Leaves 3^-5 by l|-2 in., oblong ovate- 

 oblong or elliptic, acute or acuminate, base obtuse, glabrous above, yellowish below, sub- 

 coriaceous. Peduncles nodding. Bracts obsolete. Flowers f in. diam. /Sepals ovate. 

 Petals densely siiky at the apex. /Style elongate, subulate, strigose but glabrous at the 

 apex. Berry ^ in. diam., covered with white appressed silky hairs. Habit of A. 

 integerrima. 



7. A. crenulata, T. Anders, ms.; leaves narrow elliptic-oblong crenu- 

 late-serrate glabrous, petioles in., peduncles 1-1^ in. thinly strigose. Tern- 

 strcemia crenulata, Wall. Cat. 3723. 



EASTERN PENINSULA ? Herb. Madr. ( Wallich.) 



Glabrous except the flowers and buds. Leaves 3-5 by l-l i in., acute at both ends, 

 prominently reticulated above. Peduncles thickened at the apex, slightly recurved. 

 Bracts nearly obsolete. Sepals and petals as in A. villoso, but less siiky. Stamens 

 adnate to the petals, filaments short, glabrous ; anthers silky, with an acuminate con- 

 nective. The plant described under the name of Ternstrcemia crenulata by Wight, 

 (111. i. 99) is a species of A. porosa. 



8. A. lasiopetala, Chois. Mem. Ternstr. 24 ; leaves narrow oblanceolate 

 glabrous above minutely strigillose beneath, margins revolute denticulate, 

 flowers silky-strigose externally. Sarosanthera lasiopetala, Thw. Enum. 41. 

 Cleyera lasiopetala, Wigld III. i. 99. Eurya lasiopetala, Gardn. in Gale. 

 Journ. Nat. Hist. vii. 466. 



CEYLON ; at 6000 ft. and upwards. 



A small tree ; branches terete, minutely strigose. Leaves 2^-4 by f-1 in., obtuse or 

 subacuminate, retuse. Peduncles f in., nodding, thickened towards the apex. Bracts 

 i the length of the sepals, deltoid. Flowers - in. diam. Petals 3 times the length 

 of the sepals, white, titamens thinly hairy, unequal, filaments slender. Ovary 3-celled ; 

 style filiform, stigmas 3 cylindric obtuse. Berry 4 in. diam. 



5. CLEYERA, DC. 



Trees or shrubs with the habit of Ternstrcemia. Peduncles shorter, often 

 fascicled, flowers smaller; bracts minute or 0. Sepals 5. Petals 5, more or 

 less connate at the base. /Stamens many ; anthers pilose. Ovary 2-3-celled ; 

 style often elongate with a shortly 2-3-fid apex, or shorter and more deeply 

 divided, stigmas slender ; ovules many. /Seeds usually few, albumen fleshy. 

 DISTRIB. Tropical Asia ; Japan, Mexico and the Antilles. Species about 6. 



1. C. ochnacea, DC. Mem. Ternstr. 21 ; leaves oblong-obovate or 

 oblong-oblanceolate acuminate, base acute, flowers usually in small fascicles 

 rarely solitary, apex of peduncles with 2 almost obsolete bracts. C. 



