288 xxiv. TERNSTRCEMIACE2E. (W. T. Thiselton Dyer.) [Saurauja. 



BIRMA at Durunja, alt. 1000 ft., Griffith; YUNAN at Ponsee, /. Anderson. 



A small tree, clothed except on the old wood with stiff setose hairs. Leaves 9-11 

 by 1-2J in., attenuate above and below, setosely serrate, more sparingly hairy on both 

 surfaces; petioles jf in. Pedicels 1 in. or less, unequal. Flowers red. /Sepals &iu., 

 elliptic, obtuse. Styles 5, connate below. 



**** Flowers from the axils of fallen leaves, sessile solitary or aggregate, 

 Styles 4. 

 8. S. cerea, Griff, ms. ; ovary densely hairy. Griff. Itin. Notes, 200. 



BHOTAN HIMALAYA, at Murichom, alt. 3500 ft., Griffith. 



A small tree. Leaves 7-10 by 4-5 in., cmic.-tte-nl.ovate, acute, setosely serrate, gla- 

 brous on both sides, veins below with distant setose scales; petioles 4 in., scaly. 

 Flowers 1 in. diatn. Sepals orbicular, densely scaly externally. Petals orbiculur- 

 obovate, white with the base blood-red, waxy. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



S. STERCULJFOLTA, Griff. Itin. notes, 198, Bhotan. Probably S. napaulensia. 



S. i i:i:i:r<;t\KA, '//'{//'. Itin. notes, 120, IHiotan. 



S. MICRANTHA, Griff. Itin. notes, 71, Khasia. Probably S. Roxburghii, 



9. STACHYURUS, Sieb. & Zucc. 



Glabrous shrubs or small trees. Leaves serrate, membranous. Flowr* 

 small, in short lateral spikes nr racemes. JJr</rf.< -l. connate at tin 

 /yy/c//.s 4, .strongly imbricate. J'ltuls 4, free. ,S'/M /////.- o ; anthers dehiscing 

 by slits. Ovary 4-celled; style simple, stigma capitate-peltate; ovules 

 many. Berry 4-celled. Cntyh-tlnnx elliptic, radicle short. DISTKIK. -2 known 

 species, a Japanese and a Himalayan. 



1. S. himalaicus, Hook. f.& TJimns : He nth. in Jonm. Linn. Soc. v. 

 r>5; leaves shortly petioled attenuate-acuminate, berries subsessile subglohose. 

 Iiuleterm. Watt. Cat. 7417. 



KAHTKKN TLMI-I i: \ 1 1: HIMALAYA; Nii>al, Wallich ; Sikkim, alt. 5-8000 ft., /. 1>. II. : 

 Bhotan, Griffith. 



A small-tree with strati ing branches. Leaves 4-6 by l.J-2 in., ovate, with a rounded 

 base, finely serrate, the veins stionuiy reticulated beneath; petioles -4 in. 

 2-3 in., eiect. Jlcrricx the size of a Miiall | 



10. SCHIIVIA, Reinw. 



Trees with papery evergreen leaves. Peduncles usually erect, axillary or 

 solitary, or the uppermost shortly racemed. /''/<>> /> handsome, ij-l.racteo- 

 late. tiepals 5, subequal. J'rt'i/s 5, much larger, connate at the ba.se, the 

 outermost concave and sub-cucullate. /#'///"//< many, adnate to the base of 

 the petals. Ovary 5- (rarely 4-6-) celled ; styles simple or slightly lohed at 

 the apex with broad spreading stigmas ; ovules 2-6 in each cell, attached 

 laterally, sub-pendulous. Capsule woody, depressed-globose, loculuidal, 

 with a persistent axis. Seeds flat, kidney-shaped, dorsally winged, hilum 

 central, albumen scanty; cotyledons foliaceous, flat or crumpled, accum- 

 bent ; radicle inferior, curved upwards. DISTKLB. Tropical Asia. Species 

 about 7. 



1. S. mollis, Dyer ; leaves quite entire with nearly simple lateral veins, 

 peduncles 1 in. with minute white warts, fruit pubescent when young. 

 Gordonia mollis, Wall. Cat. 1458. 



