•ihtgenid.^ iix. mtbtacejb. (J. T. DutHe.) 503 



Southern provinces of the "Wbstebn PENmsxTLA,. Wight, Beddome ; Courtalluin, 



A small tree or shrub. Leaves 1-2 by i-J in. ; petiole J in. or less. — Col. 

 Beddome mentions two distinct forms, the one with leaves 1-lJ by i in., the other 

 2 in. by i in. The former coming very near E. Willdenomi (of Wight). 



117. E. terpnophylla, Thwaites Ihium. 114 ^ 417 ; young parts and 

 inflorescence rusty-pubescent, leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate with a long 

 acumen narrowing towards the base lateral nerves uniting at some distance from 

 the margin, berry spherical usually 1-seeded. Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. 67, t. 283 ; 

 FL Sylv. Anal. Gen. cxi. 



Ceylon ; up to no great elevation, Thwaites. 



A middling-sized tree ; branehlets terete. Leaves 2^-5 by ^-2 in., membranous, 

 faintly reticulate; lateral nerves prominent beneath, 5-8 on each side marginal 

 often double ; petiole J-| in. Pedwncles axillaiy and terminal, short, few-flowered ; 

 pedicels about equalling the petioles. Petals white, twice as long as the rounded 

 calyx-lobes. Bern/ downy, size of small cherry. 



118. E. zanthocarpa, Thwaites Snwm. 416 ; young branches and 

 buds clothed vyith rusty pubescence, leaves eUiptic-lanceolate obtusely acumi- 

 nate glabrous acute at the base, midrib channelled above primary nerves promi- 

 nent, pedicels axillary fasciculate rusty-pubescent about equalling the petioles, 

 berry 1-4-seeded nearly spherical rusty-pilose tubercnlate. Bedd. Fl. Sylo. Anal. 

 Oen. cxi. 



Ceylon ; near the coast between GaUe and Colombo, Thwaites. 



A low tree. Leaves 2i-4 by 1-1^ in. ; petiole J in. Berries J-^ in., ochraceous.— 

 Differs from E, terpnophylla in having more numerous primary nerves, in their being 

 less prominent beneath, and uniting closer to the margin ; and in the ochraeeous ber- 

 ries which are often 2-4-seeded (Thwaites 1. c). 



119. E. rufo-fiilva, Thwaites Enum. 416 ; young parts covered with 

 short reddish or tavmy pubescence, leaves lanceolate acutely acuminate glabrous 

 above (except when young) shining hairy covered beneath vnth short adpressed 

 reddish or tawny tomentum at length glabrous, peduncles axillary fasciculate 

 1-3-flowered about equal to the petioles, calyx with small subulate bracteoles. 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Oen. cxi. E. terpnophylla, var j3., Thwaites 1. c. 114. 



Ceylon, near Avishavelle, Thwaites. 



A tree, 30-40 ft. Leaves 4-5 by 1-1 J in. or muchnarrowerin some of Mr. Thwaites' 

 specimens; petiole about J in. Calyx-lobes unequal, obtuse or subacute. "Diifers 

 from E. terpnophylla by the leaves being pilose beneath, and the primary nerves 

 anastomosing nearer the margin " (Thwaites 1. c). 



120. E. argrentea, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. cix. ; leaves ovate-eUiptie 

 to lanceolate with a long narrow acumen rounded at the base silvery pubescent 

 beneath, peduncles filiform axillary pubescent, bracteoles 2 filiform exceeding 

 the calyx-lobes persistent, fruit spherical sparingly clothed with short adpressed 

 hairs. 



S. India, Wynaad, alt. 3000 ft., Beddome. 



A small tree or shrub. Leaves 4-6J by IJ-IJ in. ; nerves rather prominent be- 

 neath, lateral spreading nearly at right angles from the midrib and running into a 

 regular looped nerve near the margin. Peduncles 1 in. long, from the old axils or 

 axillary. Flowers J to nearly J in. across. Fruit about the size of a large cherry, 

 black when dry, crowned with the persistent calyx-lobes. 



