Temstrcemia.] xxiv. TERNSTRCEMiACEiE. (W. T. Thiselton Dyer.) 281 



jniceless, usually more than 2-seeded. — Griffith's Kriistj-osmiocca from Khasia {Itin. 42, 

 JfofuZ. iv. 568 ; Ic. t. 604, f. 1), probably belongs to this, although described with uni- 

 sexual flowers. 



Vak. 1. Wightii, Choisy Mem. Ternst. 19 (sp.), leaves acute. — T. aneura, Miq. Fl. 

 Ned, Ind. Sujppl. i. 477. Cleyera gymnanthera, W. & A. Prod/r: 87 ; Wight.Ic. t. 47 ; 

 Thw. Mrmm. 41 ; Bedd. Flor. Sylvat. t. 91. C. grandiflora. Wall. Gat. 1461 (in Serb. 

 Lmn. Soc. only). 



Var. i.parvifoUa, Miq. Ann. Mua. Bot. iii. 14; leaves 14-2 in. 



2. T. emarglnata, Chaisy Mem. Ternstr. 14; a shrub 10-16 ft., leaves 

 sessile spathulate crenulate-serrate emarginate, style deeply 2-fid, stigmas 

 flatly capitate, fruit conical. Cleyera emarginata, Gardn. in Gale. Journ. 

 J}/at. Hist. vii. 447 ; Thiv. Envm. 40. 



Ceyloii ; higher parts of the Island, Gardner. • 



Leaves 1-2 in. Peduncles f in., 2-edged, minutely bracteate. Flmoers | in. diam., 

 white, theu yellowish-purple. Prfois twice the length of the sepals. {Ovary-ceUs 1- 

 ovuled, Thw.) F'ruit oblong-ovoid, baccate, 2-seeded. — As Choisy points out, this so 

 closely resembles the Brazilian T. cuneifolia as to be barely distinguishable. 



* DicBcious, anthers not apiculate. Erythrochiton, Grrif, 



3. T. penang'iana, Choisy Mem. Ternstr. 20 ; stigmas 2 reniform 

 foliaceous, fruit ovoid baccate with a coriaceous epicarp. T. maerocarpa, 

 Sclieff. obs. pkyt, 15, _fide Kurz, in As. Soc. Journ. Beng. 1870, ii. 64. Ery- 

 throchiton WaUichianum, Griff. Notvl. iv. 665, t 585 A, f. 7. Fagrsea! 

 dubia, Wall. Cat. 4456. 



Eastern Feninsula; from Moulmein and the Andaman Islands to Penang and 

 Malacca. — Distkib. Java. 



A small tree with a thick trunk, .Leaves 4^8 by 1^-3^ in., oblanceolate to obovate, 

 acute, coriaceous ; petioles about 1 in. Flowers nearly 1 in. diam., solitary axillary or 

 subfascicalate. Petals fleshy, twice the length of the sepals. Stamens many in the male 

 flowers, crowded in many rows, reduced to filaments in the female flowers. Qvary- 

 ce/Zs 2-ovuled; style very short. Berry 1^ in. diam. Seeds 4, bony, imbedded in a 

 reddish or pinkish pulp. 



Vab. monosjperma ; berry 1 in. diam., 1-seeded. 



T.? KHAsrAHA, Choisy Mem. Ternstr. 20, Griff, n. 422 in Herb. Boissier from the 

 Khasia Mts., proves from the examination of the type specimen to be identical with 

 lUicium Oriffithii, H. f. & T., p. 40. (See Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 331.) 



3. SI.ADENIA, Kurz. MS. 

 A shrub ? Leaves crenately serrate, glabrous, featherTveined. Flowers 

 in dichotomous cymes shorter than the leaves. Sepals 6. Petals 6, free. 

 Stamens about 12, slightly adnate to the base of the petals, filaments dilated 

 at the base ; anthers basifixed, the lobes slightly divergent below, hispid. 

 Ovary 3- celled, tapering into the very short 3-denticulate style ; ovules 2 

 in each cell, pendulous. Fruit unknown. 



1. S. celastrifolia, Kurz, ms. 



Ydsan, Mynesa, /. Anderson. 



Leaves 4-5 by 14-2 in., oblong-obovate, acuminate, acute at the base; petioles J in. 

 Pedicels J in. Sepak J in., lanceolate, obtuse or hooded at the apex, papery. Petals 

 oblaAceolate, obtuse, rather longer, than the sepals. Anthers lanceolate with a 

 ainutelj- bifid connective. 



4. ADXNAMDRA, Jack. 

 Small evergreen trees with the habit of Temstroeimia or Gordmiu. 

 Pedundes axillary, solitary, recurved, 2-bracteate at the apex. Flowers often 



