284 XXIV. TERNSTRffiMiACE^. (W. T. Thiselton Dyer.) {Cleyera. 



Wallichiana, SiA. & Zucc. Fl. Jap. i. 154. C. ochnoides, G. Don Gen. 

 Syst. i. 566. 



Cehteai, Himalaya; Nipal, WaUieh. Khasia Mts., alt. 2000 ft. 

 . fjeaves 3-44 in- by i J-2 in. ; petioles 4 in. Peduncles f in., usually nodding, thick- 

 ened (owards the apex. Petals l-^ in., 3 times the length of the sepals, yellow. _ Style 

 subulate, persistent. Fruit baooate.-^Probably G.japonica, Sieb. and Zucc, whioh has 

 the pedicels and flowers only 4 as large is not distinct. 



Vae. 1. Lv^hia, G. Don Gen. Syst. i. 566 (sp.) ; fascicles about 5-flowered, peduncles 

 erect. Ternstrcemia Lushia, Ham. in Don Prodr. 225. 



Vab. 2. grandiflora, Chois. Mem. Ternstr. 21 (sp.); fascicles 2-tflowered, flowers 

 larger, leaves narrower more acuminate. C. grandiflora, WaU. Cat. 1461 in Merh. 

 Kew., not in Herb. lAnn. Soc. 



2. C. grandiflora, H.f. & T. ms. {not of Watt, or Choisy) ; leaves oblong 

 obtusely acuminate base obtuse, flowers usually solitary, peduncles with 2 

 minute alternating bracts. 



Eastekn Benqal ; Khasia Mts., alt. 4000 ft., J. D. H. & T. T. 



Leaves 4-54 ^J 1 4-2 in. : petioles f in. Peduncles about | in., usually erect. Flowert 

 I in. diam. Petals J in., about four times the length of the sepals. — Closely allied to O. 

 ochnacea, but larger in all its parts. 



6. EVRTA, Thunb. 



Shrubs. Leaves glabrous, usually crenate-serrate. Flowers small, dioecious, 

 sessile or shortly pedicelled in axillary fascicles, or rarely solitary, with per- 

 sistent bracteoles. Sepals 5. Petals 5, united at the base. Stamens 15 or 

 less, rarely 5 ; anthers glabrous. Ovary 3 (rarely 2-5-)-celled ; styles 3 

 (rarely 2-5) free or united : ovules many in the inner angle of ^ch cell. 

 Fruit baccate. Albumen fleshy. — Distkib. S. E. Asia, Indian Arch, and 

 Pacific Is. ; reputed species more than 30, reducible at most to 10. Thwaites 

 indeed, after careful study, unites 1, 3, 4, 5 into one variable species. 



1. E. japonica, Thunh. Fl. Jap. 191, t. 25 ; glabrous, branches striate, 

 flowers about 2 together 2-bracteolate, sepals glabrous. 



Eastern Himalaya ; Sikkim, alt. 5-10,000 ft. ; Khasia Mts., alt. 3-6000 fl. ; Moun- 

 tains of the Eastern and Western Peninsulas, and Ceylon ascending to 7000 &,. — 

 DisTRiB. Eastwards to Japan and the Fiji Islands. 



Var. 1. Thunbergii, Thw. Enum. 41 ; leaves 8-5 by 1-14 '°' elliptic or ohlan- 

 ceolate more or less serrate acuminate, petioles J in., styles free. E. tristyla, W. 

 & A. Prodr. 86. E. Wightiana, Wight III. i. t. 38 {not WaU.). E. coneocarpa, 

 Korth. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Bat. 114. E. elliptica, Oard. in Calc. Joum. Nat. Hist, 

 m. 443. E. japonica, Beddome Flor. Sylvat. t. 92.— Sikkim, 5-10,000 ft. J. D. E. ; 

 Crincan, Stocks; Ceylon, Oardn., Nilghiris, Gardn. — Disteib. S. China, Loochool., 

 Japan, Fiji I. — F. vitiensis, A. Gray. 



VAR.i.nitida, Korths. l.c. 115, t. 7 (sp.) ; Bf«ms 8 ft., leaves 14-24 by 4-1 in. nar- 

 row elliptic or oblanceolate serrate above acute or shortly acuminate, petioles i in., 

 styles united beyond the middle. E. Eoxburghii, Wall. Cat. 1465, inpart. E. sys- 

 tyla, Miq. in Herb. Honenacker. E. Wightiana, Wall. Cat. 3662. E. fasciculata, 

 Wall. Cat. 4399.— Habit resembling that of the Tea shrub.— Khasia, 3-6000 ft. 

 Griffitln; Moulmein, 5000 ft.; Penang, Lobb. — ^Nilghiris, Gardn. Disteib. Borneo, 

 Sumatra, Java. 



Vab. S. phyllanthoides; Blume Mas. Bot. ii. 110 (sp.); tips of branches silky- 

 pubescent, leaves 4-5 by 1 in. usually narrow elliptic serrulate with a long acuminate 

 apex, petioles J in., styles united. — Khasia Mts., Moulmein. — Disteib. Java. 



2. E. symplocina, Blume Mus. Bot. ii. 114; branches striate silky at 

 the apex, flowers in rather crowded fascicles, peduncles 3-bracteulate silky 



