Gordonia ] TERNSTROEMIACEAE. 79 



reddish, apiculate, '5 in. in diam. Leaves obovate, 2-4 in. 

 long. 



W. Ghats, in Shola forests of Nilgiris to Travancore, above 

 3,000 ft. 



A moderate-sized evergreen handsome tree with reddish- 

 brown smooth wood. Vern. Nilg. Kiamonu. 



2. Eurya, Thunb. 



Shrubs or small trees. Leaves glabrous or slightly pubescent, 

 usually crenate- serrate. Flowers dioecious, in small axillary 

 clusters or, rarely, solitary ; pedicels short. Sepals and petals 5 

 each, imbricate, expanding but little. Stamens in <? flower 5-15, 

 usually about 12. Ovary 2-5-celled, with as many free or united 

 styles ; ovules many, from the axis in each cell. Fruit a small 

 globular or ovoid berry. Seeds usually very small, angled or 

 pitted ; albumen fleshy. 



EURYA JAPONICA, Thunb. ; F. B. I. i. 284 ; Bedd. Fl. t. 92. 

 E. tristyla, W. & A. 86. E. Wight iana, Wt. 111. i. t. 38. 



A shrub or tree with small white flowers, 2 together ; ends of 



twigs sharply angular. 



W. Ghats, in Shola forests from S. Canara to Travancore, 



common above 3,000 ft. 



Wood brown, close-grained, a good fuel. Vern. Nilg. Huluni. 



3. Gordonia, Ellis. 



Trees, sometimes large, with evergreen leaves. Flowers solitary, 

 axillary, usually towards the ends of the branches. Sepals usually 

 5, unequal and often passing gradually into the bracteoles. Petals 

 sometimes much larger than the sepals and thin in texture. 

 Stamens many, 1- or 5-adelphous, adnate to the base of the 

 petals. Ovary 3-6-celled ; style usually solitary, ribbed or angled 

 with a spreading stigma ; ovules 4-8 in each cell. Fruit an 

 oblong, woody, loculicidal capsule with 4-5 flat or grooved valves 

 separating from a persistent axis. Seeds winged; albumen 0; 

 embryo with ovate cotyledons. 



GORDONIA OBTUSA, Wall. ; F. B. I. i. 291 ; W. & A. 87 ; Wt. 111. i. 



t. 39. 



A tall tree with grey bark and large white flowers. 



W. Ghats, in all Districts in the drier Shola forests, chiefly 



