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Lfqf-budx pubescent or ^lirsvte ; branchlefs ierefe. 



Leavee benenth puberulous, acumiaato, very shortly petioled, E. acuminata.' 



Leaves membranous, glabrous or nearly so, bluntish caudate, on short but slender 



petioles, > E. aerrata. 



Leaf-buds quite smooth ; branc/dets with decurrent lines. 

 (hiito <];lnbrou8, E, Japonica. 



SAURAUJA. ^ 



Calyx densely setose. 



Flowers large, ou short peduncles, clustered; leaves spiny-serrate S. armata, 



* Calyx (jlabrous. 



Leaves beneath pale, tawny or mealy puberulous ; peduncles long and slender, scaly ; 



styles 5 S. Punduana. 



Adult leaves glabrous except the puberulous midrib ; peduncles short, scaly-puberulous ; 



styles 3, seldom 4, , S. Roxhuryhii. 



All parts except tlie upper side of the leaves covered by long tawny spreading hairs ; peduncles 



short b>xt slender, rusty hirsute, . . . . , , S. macrotricha. 



SCHIMA. ^ 



Peduncles very short, usually half the length of the petioles. 



Leaves entire, glabrous beneath, S. Noronhae. 



Peduncles long, often very elongate and slender, flowers axillary and, at the same 

 time, racemose at the ends of the hranchlets. 

 Leaves crenate and entire on the same tree, glaucous beneath, S. oblata, 



PYRENARIA., 



Bracts large, leafy. 



Leaves in a dried 8*ate yellowish, shortly toraentose beneath, P. diospyricarpa. 



Bracts small, much shorter than the sepals and almost conform with them. 

 Leaves glabrous, in a dried state yellowish ; petioles hardly 2 lin. long, ... .P. camelliaeflora. 

 Leaves glabrous, in a dried state liver-coloured; petioles 6 8 lin. long P. serrata. 



CAMELLIA. ^ ^ 



Stamens of inner row equal in number to the petals and free. 



All parts quite glabrous ; leaves coriaceous ; flowers large, C. Japonica. 



Stamens of inner row twice as many as petals and free. 

 Young parts and midrib of the membranous leaves pilose ; flowers nodding, on scaly a line 



long pedicels ; filaments villous, C. caudata." 



All parts glabrous; leaves coriaceous; pedicels not scaly and longer; filaments gla- 

 brous, , C. Thea. 



DIPTEROGARPEJE. 



Conspectus of genera. 



Ovary inferior or nearly so, or with a broad base adnata to the calyz-tnbe ; nnts for J to J of their 



length adnate to the enlarged calyx tnbo. 

 Anisoptera. Stamens many, the connectivum terminating in a long bristle ; 2 of the 5 calyx-lobes enlarged into 



long wings. 

 Stnaptea. Stamens 15-18, connectivom terminated by a minate acute gland ; 2 of the 5 calyz.lobes enlarging into 



long wings. 



Ovary superior ; nnts froe, either enclosed in the enlarged calyx-tube, or the latter almost not 



changed. 



O Calyx-tnbe in fruit very enlarged, completely eilclosing the nut. 

 DiPTEROCAKPUS. Two of the calyx-lobes enlarging into long wings. 



Cnlyx-tube in fruit not or very little enlarged, the nuts either quite exposed, or closely embrac- 

 ed by the enlarged wing-like calyx-lobes. 

 % Caljrx-lobes valvate in the bud. 

 Farabhorea. Stamens 12-15 ; connectivum mncronulate; calyx-lobes 5 ; all nearly equally enlarging into wings. 

 XX Calyx-lobes imbricated in the bud, and often twisted, 

 t The 3 outer calyx-lobes longer than the 2 inner ones. 

 SHOREA.--Corolla-lobes spreading. Stamens 35 to 50 or more ; anther-cells blunt ; connectivum terminating in a 



bristle or ponicillate sharp point. 

 Pentacme, Corolla-lobes forming a hemispherical closed cup round the ovary. Stamens 15, anther-cells 2 

 cleft at top, diverging from the subulate-pointed connectivnm. ' 



+ t The 2 outer calyx-lobes in fruit wing-liko enlarged, the 3 inner ones small. 

 HoPEA. Stamens 15 ; anther.cells entire at top, adnate to the more or less prolonged connectivnm. 



+ 1 1 All the 5 calyx-lobes in fruit equally enlarged, but not longer than the nut itself 

 Vatica. Stamens 15 j capsules by abortion 1-, rarely 2-secded. ' 



/NISOPTERA- 



Sulg. 1. Synaptea. Stamens only 15-18, the connectivum terminated by an acute gland ; 

 style filiform ; nuts only to about J of their length adnate to the calyx. 



Note : 1 = E. Chinensis of App. A. 2 =: C. assimilis of App. A. 



