284 xxiv. TERNSTRCEMIACE^:. (W. T. Thiselton Dyer.) [Cleyera. 



Wallichiana, Sieb. & Zucc. Fl. Jap. i. 154. C. ochnoides, G. Don Gen. 

 t. i. 566. 



CENTRAL HIMALAYA ; Nipal, Wallich. KHASIA Mrs., alt. 2000 ft. 



Leaves 3-44 i- by ^i~2 in. ; petioles 4 in. Peduncles ^ in., usually nodding, thick- 

 ened towards the apex. Petals - in., 3 times the length of the sepals, yellow. Style 

 subulate. persistent. Fruit baccate. Probably C. japonica, Sieb. and Zucc., which has 

 the pedicels and flowers only 4 as large is not distinct. 



VAR. 1. Lvshia, G. Don Gen. Syst. i. 566 (sp.) ; fascicles about 5-flowered, peduncles 

 erect. Ternstrcemia Lushia, Sam. in Don Prodr. 225. 



VAR. 2. grandiflora, Chois. Mem. Terustr. 21 (sp.); fascicles 2-4-flowered, flowers 

 larger, leaves narrower more acuminate. C. grandiflora, Wall. Cat. 1461 in Herb. 

 Kew., not in Herb. Linn. Soc. 



2. C. grandiflora, //./. & T. ms. (not of Wall or Clwisy] ; leaves oblong 

 obtusely acuminate base obtuse, flowers usually solitary, peduncles with 2 

 minute alternating bracts. 



EASTEHN BENGAL ; Khasia Mts., alt. 4000 ft., /. D. H. & T. T. 



Leaves 4-54 by 14~2 in. : petioles f in. Peduncles about \ in., usually erect. Fl^n-i-rs 

 I in. diuiu. Petals \ in., about four times the length of the sepals. Closely allied to C. 

 ochnacea, but larger in all its parts. 



6. EURYA, Thunb. 



Shrubs. Leaves glabrous, Usually crenate-serrate. Ffawers small, dioecious, 

 sessile or shortly pedicelled in axillary fascicles, or rarely solitary, with per- 

 sistent bracteoles. Se2*ils 5. Petals 5, united at the base, titumens 15 or 

 less, rarely 5 ; anthers glabrous. Ovary 3 (rarely 2-5-)-celled ; styles 3 

 (rarely 2-5) free or united ; ovules many in the inner angle of each cell. 

 Fruit baccate. Mlmm, n fleshy. DISTRIB. S. E. Asia, Indian Arch, and 

 Pacific Is. ; reputed species more than 30, reducible at most to 10. Thwaites 

 indeed, after careful study, unites 1, 3, 4, 5 into one variable species. 



1. E. japonica, Thunb. Fl. Jap. 191, t. 25 ; glabrous, branches striate, 

 flowers about 2 together 2-bracteolate, sepals glabrous. 



EASTKHX HIM \\.\\\ ; Sikkim, alt. 5- 10, 000 ft. ; Khasia Mts., alt. 3-6000 ft. ; Moun- 

 tains of the KA-II I:N an 1 \Yi>n i:\ I'KMS-I i.\s, and CKVLOX ascending to 7000 ft. 

 DISTKIH. Kast wards to Japan and the Fiji Islands. 



VAR. 1. T/niiihi /////, Tliw. Enum. 41; leaves 3-5 by 1-14 i n - elliptic or oblan- 

 ceolate more ,or less serrate acuminate petioles in., styles free. V.. t list via. IT. 

 fl- A. Prodr. 86. E. Wightiana, \Viyld 111. i. t. 38 (not Wall.}. E. coneocarpa, 

 Krtlt.. Verh. Nat. Gcsch. Hot. 114. E. elliptica. (ianl. in Calf. Jouru. \<it. /list. 

 vii. 443. E. japonica, Beddo,n< Flnr. M/h-ut. t. 92. Sikkim, 5-10,000 ft. J. D. H. ; 

 C<>nean, Stocks; Ceylon, Gardn., Nilghiris, Gardn. DJSTHIB. S. China, Loochool., 

 Japan, Fiji I. E.vitiensis, A. Gray. 



VAK. 2. nitida, Korths. I.e. 115, t. 7 (sp.) ; stems 8 ft., leaves 14~24 by 4~^ ' n - nar ' 

 row elliptic or oblanceolate serrate above acute or shortly acuminate, petioles & in., 

 styles united beyond the middle. E. Roxburuhii, Watt. Cat. 1465, in part. E. sys- 

 tyla, Miq. in Herb. Honenacker. E. Wightiana, ll'it/l. Cat. 3662. E. fasciculata, 

 Watt. Cat. 4399. Habit resembling that of the Tea shrub. Khasia, 3-6000 ft. 

 Griffith; Moulmein, 5000 ft.; Penang, Lobb. Nilghiris, Gardn. DISTBJB. Borneo, 

 Sumatra, Java. 



VAR. 3. phy llant hoides ; Blume Mus. Bot. ii. 110 (sp.); tips of branches silky- 

 pubescent, leaves 4-5 by 1 in. usually narrow elliptic serrulate with a loner acuminate 

 apex, petioles in., styles united. Khasia Mts., Moulmein. DISTRIB. Java. 



2. E. syxnplocina, Blume Mus. Bot. ii. 114; branches striate silky at 

 the apex, flowers in rather crowded fascicles, peduncles 3-bracteolate silky 



