60 XVI. TERNSTRCEMIACE.E [Schima 



1. S. Wallichii, Choisy (1854). Vern. Chilauni, Nepal, Sikkim, Duars ; 

 Samching, Bhutia ; Dingan, Khasi; Mukria Sal, Assam; Laukya, Upper 

 Burma. 



A tall tree, bark dark grey, rugged, wood red, moderately hard, durable, but 

 shrinks and warps (42-50 lb.per cub. ft.). Coppices readily. Buds, branchlets, 

 petioles and under side of leaves pubescent, sometimes tomentose. Leaves 

 4-6 in., chartaceous, entire or slightly crenate. Fl. 1|- 2 in. diam., white, 

 fragrant, stamens yellow, peduncles f-2 in. 



Subhimala3>"ah tract, from Nepal eastwards, ascending to 5,000 ft., Khasi hills, Mani- 

 pur, Chittagong hills, Upper Burma, Yunan. Fl. April-June. Fr. C. S. 2. S. Noronhse, 

 Blume (1825); King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. 59 (1891) 201.— Syn. S. crenata, 

 Korthals; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 289. Upper Burma, Buby Mines, 6,000 ft. (Thityabyu), 

 Martahan, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula, Cochinchina, Indian Archipelago, China. 

 Supposed to differ by leaves more distinctly crenate and larger fr., but is probably 

 only a form of 8. Wallichii, which, when this view is adopted, will be known by the 

 older name S. Noronhce. 3. S. Khasiana, Dyer. Khasi hills. Glabrous, except the silky 

 buds, sepals and petals. Leaves strongly serrate, veins distinctly reticulate between 

 tertiary nerves, peduncles stout, £ in. Fl. 2J in. diam. Of S. monticola, Kurz, I have 

 seen no specimens, and none from Burma of S. bancana, Miq. 



8. GORDONIA, Ellis ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 290. 



Differs from Schima in the following points : bracteoles, sepals and petals 

 passing by a regular gradation from bracteoles to petals, filaments often connate 

 at base into a fleshy cup or 5 thick fleshy bundles, Capsule oblong, woody. 

 Seeds prolonged upwards into an oblong wing, albumen 0, embryo straight, 

 radicle superior. Species 10, eastern tropical and subtropical Asia, Southern 

 Atlantic States of North America. 



1. G. obtusa, Wall. ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 83. Wight, Spicil. Neilg. t. 20. 

 Vern. Nagetta, Nilgiris. 



A middle-sized tree, buds and flowers silky. Leaves 2-4 in., glabrous, 

 crenate, obtuse, the cuneate base narrowed into a short petiole. Fl. white, 1-j 

 in. across, capsule 1 in., 5-angled. 



Western Ghats, from the Konkan southwards, Nilgiris, Palnis. Fl. June-Sept. 

 2 G. excelsa, Blume; Sikkim 4,000-6,000 ft., Bhutan, Khasi hills, Malay Peninsula 

 and Archipelago, has lanceolate acuminate leaves, 4-10 in., capsule 1-1J in. long. 



9. CAMELLIA, Linn.; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 292. 



(Thea, Linn. ; Baillon, Histoire des Plantes iv. 252 ; Engler und Prantl iii, 



6. 182.) 1 



Evergreen trees or shrubs, leaves mostly serrate. Fl. showy, axillary, bracteo- 

 late, solitary or a few together. Sepals 5-6, imbricate, similar to bracteoles, the 

 inner larger. Petals 5, rarely more, strongly imbricate. Stamens oo, the 

 outer filaments often partially connate into a ring or tube, the inner free, 

 anthers versatile. Ovary 3-5 celled, styles 3-5, free or partly connate, 

 ovules pendulous, 4-5 in each cell. Capsule dehiscing loculicidally, seeds 

 mostly solitary in each cell, testa coriaceous or crustaceous, the inner coat thin 

 and membranous, radicle short, albumen 0. Cotyledons oily. Species 16, 

 India, China, and Japan. 



1 Linnseus, and after him Seemann (Camellia and Thea, Transactions Linn. Soc. xxii. 

 337), kept the two genera separate. Bentham and Hooker in Genera Plant, i. 187, 

 united them, giving preference to the name Camellia, as containing the larger number 

 of species. 



