Schima.\ xxiv. TERNSTRCEMIACE^E. (W. T. Thiselton Dyer.) 289 



TAVOY, Wallich. 



Branches brown with minute scattered white warts. Leaves 5-7 by 1-2 in., elliptic, 

 tapering arid acute at both ends, smooth on both surfaces with red veins ; petiole f in., 

 pubescent. Peduncles thickened upwards. Sepals % in. long, with pubescent-ciliate 

 margins, glabrous externally. 



2. S. Wallichii, CJwisy in Zoll. Cat. 144 ; leaves entire or obscurely 

 cretiate-serrate with forked lateral veins, flowers in a short terminal raceme, 

 peduncles f-2 in. with minute white warts, fruit f in. diam. pubescent when 

 young, afterwards minutely warted. S. hypoglauca, Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 

 tiupjil. i. 484. Gordonia Wailichii, DC. Prodr. i. 528; Wall Cat. 1455. 

 G. mtegrifolia, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 52. G. Chilaunia, Ham. in Don Prodr. 

 225. G. sp. Griff. Notul. iv. 562, t. 600. 



EASTERN HIMALAYA, from Nipal, Wallich, and Sikkim, alt. 2-5000 ft., /. D. H., to 

 Bhotan, Griffith. ASSAM, CHITTAGONG, and the KHASIA MTS., alt. 2-4000 ft., Wallich, 

 &c. BIRMA, Griffith. DISTRIB. Sumatra. 



A tree 80-100 ft., with rough or smooth, pale or brown bark. Leaves 6-7 by 2-3 in., 

 elliptic-oblong, tapering or rounded below, acute or slightly acuminate, glabrous and 

 reddish- veined above, reticulate and more or less pubescent beneath ; petiole 4 in-, 

 pubescent. Peduncles rather slender; bracts ^ in., alternate, narrow obi ong, retuse. 

 Flowers 14-2 in. diam., white, fragrant. Sepal* in. long, with pub<-scent-ciliate mar- 

 gins, glabrous, or slightly pubescent outside. Petals pubescent outside at the base. 



3. S. crenata, Korlh. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Bot. 143, t. 29 ; leaves faintly cre- 

 nate-serrate, flowers in a loose terminal corymb, peduncles l|-2 in. smooth 

 slender, fruit \ in. diam. pubescent. Gordonia floribunda, Wall. Cat. 1456; 

 Griff. Notul. iv. 563. G. oblata, Roxb. FL Ind. ii. 572. G. sp. Griff. I.e. 562. 



EASTERN PENINSULA, from Tenasserim to Penang. BIRMA, Griffith. DISTRIB. Borneo, 

 Sumatra. 



A tree 30-60 ft. Branchlets compressed, pubescent. Leaves about 6 by 2 in., elliptic, 

 acute at the base, acuminate, glabrous on both surfaces, rather leaden-coloured above ; 

 petiole \ in., glabrous. Flowers J in. diam., white, fragrant. Sepals hardly in., 

 long, margins scarcely ciliate, glabrous externally. Petals pubescent externally at the 

 ba*e. Stigma 4-5-lobed, peltate. The Borneo and Sumatra specimens have ciliate 

 sepals, pubescent externally. 1 agree, however, with -Kurz (Joaru. As. Soc. Beng. 1870, 

 ii. 64), that they must be united with the Indian forms. S. Noronhce has fewer and 

 larger flowers and stouter peduncles. 



4. S. khasiana, Dyer ; leaves strongly serrate with nearly simple 

 lateral veins, flowers from the axils of fallen leaves, peduncles f in. stout 

 with minute white warts, fruit f in. diam. rough. Gordonia superba, 

 Hook.f. & Thorns, ms. (not of Gard. & Champ.} 



KHASIA MTS., alt. 4-6000 ft., Griffith, &c. 



A tree with white bark. Leaves 5-6 by 2-2J in., ovate, acute, glabrous on both 

 surfaces, reticulate beneath; petiole 4 in., glabrous. Flowers 24 in. diam. Sepals & in. 

 long, with pubescent-ciliate margins, pubescent externally. Petals silky-pubescent 

 externaNy on the lower half. 



11. PY REN ARIA, Blume. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves serrate, large and submembranous. Flowers sub- 

 sessile, axillary, erect or nodding, tiepals usually 5, unequal, graduating 

 from the bracts to the petals. Petals connate at the base. /Stamens very 

 numerous, mostly connate, adnate to the base of the petals. Ovary 5-celled ; 

 styles 5, free, or partially united; ovules 2 in each cell, attached laterally. 

 Fruit drupaceous, indehiscent. Seeds oblong, stout, wingless with a thick 



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