Eurya.\ xxiv. TERNSTRCEMIACEJE. (W. T. Thiselton Dyer.) 285 



sepals silky outside, styles united. E. acurainata, Wall. Cat 1464 in part, 

 not of DC. E. Wallichiana, Planch, ms., not of titeud. Diospyros cerasifolia, 

 Don Prodr. 144. 



CENTRAL and EASTERN HIMALAYA, alt. 5-7000 ft. ; from Nipal, Wallich, to Mislimi, 

 Griffith. DISTRIB. Java. 



A slender shrub. Leaves 3-5 by 1-1^ in., oblong-elliptic, entire or serrulate above, 

 obtusely acuminate, papery, midrib with appressed pubescence ; petioles | in. 



3. E. chinensis, R. Br. in Abets Voy. 379, cum ic. ; branches sub- 

 flexuose 2-edged pilose, leaves small, flowers 2-3 together subsessile 2-brac- 

 teolate, sepals glabrous, styles united. E. parvifolia, G-ardn. in Cole. Journ. 

 Nat. Hid. vii. 445. E. japonica 8 parvifolia, Thw. Enum. 41. 



CEYLON ; ascending to 8000 ft. DISTRIB. China, Japan. 



A shrub 3-12 ft. Leaves f-lj by |-| in., obovate, margins revolute, mucronate ser- 

 rate, obtusely acuminate, midiib hairy, petioles ^ in. Pedicels andbracteoles glabrous. 



4. 33. ceylanica, Wight III. i. 98 ; branches cylindric pilose, leaves with 

 depressed veins, flowers -2-4 together 2-bracteolate shortly peduncled, sepals 

 glabrous, stigmas 3 subsessile reflexed. E. japonica y chinensis, Thw. 

 Enum. 41. 



CEYLON, alt. 3-7000 ft. 



A shrub, 12-16 ft. Leaves l|-4 by f-H in., broadly, elliptic, shortly acuminate, 

 margins recurved, mucronate-serrate, tip retuse, midrib hairy ; petioles ^ in. Pedicels 

 and bracteoles hairy. Fruits with a few scattered hairs. 



5. E. acuminata, DC. Mem. Ternstr. 29 ; branches cylindric pu- 

 bescent-hairy, flowers about 5 together shortly peduncled 2-bracteolate, 

 styles 3-5 distinct or united below. Diospyros serrata, Ham. in Don 

 Prodr. Nep. 143. 



TEMPERATE and SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA, alt. 3-7000 ft., from Kumaon to Bhotan ; 

 Mountains of EASTERN BENGAL, ASSAM, and the EASTERN PENINSULA to Penang ; 

 CEYLON. DISTRIB. Sumatra, Java, Fiji Islands. 



A shrub 8-10 ft. Leaves 2-5 by \-\ i"-, narrow oblong-elliptic, serrulate, attenuate- 

 acuminate, midrib softly hairy 



VAR. 1. euprista, Korths. Verh. Nat, Gesch. Bot. 113 (sp.) ; styles distinct. Griff. 

 Ic. 604, /. 3. E. multiflora, DO. I.e. 25. E. serrata, Blume Fl. Jav. prof, vii E. 

 angustitolia, Walt. Cat. 1465 in Herb. Linn. Soc. E. acuminata, Royle 111. 127, t. 25. 

 E. salicifolia, Blume Mus. Bot. ii. 118. ? E. chinensis, Hook.f. & Thorns. Herb. Ind. 

 Or. (not of Brown). 



VAR. 2. Wallichiana, Steud. in Blume Mus. Bot. ii. 118 (sp.) ; styles united. E. 

 lucida, Wall. Cat. 1462. E. faseiculata, flam, in Wall. Serb. 1463. E. acumi- 

 nata, Wall. Cat. 1464. E. bifaria, Wall. Cat. 3721 ? E. membranacea, Gardn. in Gale. 

 Journ. Nat. Hist. vii. 444. E. japonica /3 acuminata, Thw. Enum. 41. 



6. E. trichocarpa, Korth. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Bot. 114; branches 

 cylindric pubescent at the apex, flowers few together, peduncles 2-bracteo- 

 late, ovary densely silky, styles 3-5 united f of their length. E. trichogyna, 

 Blume Mus. Bot.il 114. 



EASTERN HIMALAYA, Bhotan, Griffith; KHASIA MTS., Griffith. DISTRIB. Amboyna. 

 Buds silky. Leaves 3-4J by f-1 in. narrowly elliptic, acuminate, serrulate, pubes- 

 cent especially on the midrib below ; petioles ^ in. Sepals pubescent externally. 



7. ACTINIDZA, Lindl. 



Glabrous, strigose or tomentose shrubs, usually climbers. Leaves entire or 

 serrate, usually membranous, feather-veined, flowers polygamous or 



