Sanrauja.] xxiv. ternstbobmiace^. (W. T. Thiselton Dyer.) 287 



Assam, Qriffth. 



Covered except on the smooth upper surface of the leaves and old wood with dense 

 brown flocculent tomentum without scales, i^eaws- 8-10 by 4-5 in., broadly elliptic; 

 oblong, rounded at both ends, abruptly and very shortly acuminate, margin with remote 

 spinulose serratures ; petioles about 2 in. Sepals J in. , 



** Flowers in fascicles (the peduncle evanescent) of about 4 trictotomous 

 cynies from the axils of fallen leaves. Styles 5. 



3. S. fasciculatai Wall. PI. As. Bar. ii. 40, t. 148, Cat. 1468; cymes 

 l-S-flowered glabrous, bracteoles minute linear-deltoid. 



JSasteku sobtbopioal Himalaya; Nipal, Wallich; Sikkim, alt. ^2-4000 ft., 

 Oriffith, &c. . 



A bush or small tree 20 ft. high, tomentose as in S. napaulensis, bat the scales trun- 

 cate and torn. Leaves 7-10 by 2-3 in., narrow elliptio-olong, acute or rounded at the 

 base, attenuate-acuminate, obtusely serrate, glabrous above, feri'uginous-tomentose 

 beneath ; petioles 1-2 in. Cymes 2-3 in., branchesred; bracteoles ^in. Flowers ^in. 

 diam., pedicelled, subcampanulate, white then pink. Sepals J in., ovate, obtuse. 



4. S. punduana, Wall. PI. As. Par. ii. 40, Cat. 1470; cymes many- 

 flowered scaly, bracteoles broadly ovate, flowers f in. diam. S. fasciculata 

 var. abbreviata, Ghoisy Mem. Temstr. 27., i 



SiKKM HiMAYALA ; alt. 3-5000 ft. ; Khasia Mts., alt. 2^000 ft. ; MisHsn hilm 

 and BiKMA, Griffith,. 



Habit of S. fasciculata, but the scales mostly acute. Leaves 8-11 by 3-4 in., acu- 

 minate; petioles 1-2 in. Cymes 3 in., rarely solitary; bracteoles -rr-i in. Flowers 

 I in. diam., pink. Sepals J-^ in., broadly ovate, rounded. — Varies with elliptic obtuse 



5. S. Roxbur^bil, Wall. PI. As. Par. ii 40, Gat. 1467 ; cymes many- 

 flowered thinly tomentose, bracteoles deltoid acute, flowers x in- diam. 

 Ternstroemia serrata, Poxb. Hcnrt. Beng. 40, not of Jack. 



SiLHET and Khasia Mts., ascending to 4000 ft. ; Chittagoko, /. D. E. <b T. T. ; 

 Pkou, Kurz. 



A shrub or small tree, tomentose as in S. napavlensis, the scales minute acute. 

 Leaves 6-14 by 2-5 in., elliptic or elliptic-oblong, acute at both ends or shortly acumi- 

 nate, obtusely serrate, smooth above, ferruginous-tomeutose below ; petioles l-2_ in. 

 Cymes 1-3 in. : bracteoles ^V i°- i^^owers subcampanulate. PeiaZs white, then pink. 

 Stamens about 50. Styles 5. Berries the size of a small pea. 



*** Flowers (except on the old wood) in fascicles of many simple or very 

 shortly peduncled pedicels. Styles 3 or 5. 



6. S. tristyla, DC- Mem. Temstr. 31, t. 7 : leaves obovate or broadly 

 oblong. Watt. Gat. 1466. S. leucophloia and S. media, KoHh. Verh. Nat. 

 Gesch. Pot. 126. Scapha CandoUii and S. pinangiana, Ghoisy Mem. Temstr. 

 31. Ternstroemia pentapetala. Jack in Malay Misc. i. no. 5, 40. T. trilocu- 

 laris, Poxb. ex Wall. PI. As. Par. ii. 40. T; bUocularis, Poxb. Fl. Ind. 

 ii. 622. Cleyera pentapetala, Spreng. Syst. Teg. ii. 696. 



Easteen Peninsula; from Tenasserim, Eelfer,U> Penang, Sinoapore, and Malacca, 

 Wallich, Maingay.—DisimB. Moluccas, S. China. 



A shrub or small tree ; branches with grey unspotted bark. Leaves 7-10 by 2J- 

 4i in. acuminate, spinulose-serrate, glabrous on both sides except the soale-hke hairs 

 on the nerves and the midrib teneath; petioles i-li in. Flowers on old wood in 

 fascicles of about twice 3!-chotomous cymes. Pedicels | in., scaly and hairy. Flowers 

 i in. diam. Sepals obovate, obtiise. Petals white. Stamens about 20. Styles 3, rarely 5, 

 distinct. Berries usually 3-lobed. 



7. S. macrotricha, Kurz, ms. ; leaves very narrowly lanceolate. 



