288 XXIV. TEHNSTBCEMiACE^. (W. T. TLiselton Dyer.) [Saurauja. 



BmMA at Dnrnnja, alt. 1000 ft., Griffitli ; Yuhak at Ponsee, J. Anderson. 



A small tree, clothed except on the old wood with stiff setose hairs. Leaves 9-11- 

 by 1-2 J in., attenuate above and below, setosely serrate, more sparingly hairy on both 

 surfaces; petioles | in. Pedicels 1 in. or less, unequal. Flowers red. Sepals ^\v., 

 elliptic, obtuse. Styles 5, connate below. 



»*** piau)ers from the axils of fallen leaves, sessile solitary or aggregate, 

 Styles 4. 

 8. S. cerea, Griff, ms. ; ovary densely hairy. Grif. Itin. Notes, 200. 



Bhotan Himalaya, at Muriohom, alt. 3500 ft, Griffith. 



A small tree. Leaves 7-10 by 4-5 in., cuneate-obovate, acute, setosely serrate, gla- 

 brous on both sides, veins below with distant setose scales; petioles \ in., scaly. 

 Flowers 1 in. diam. Sepals orbicular, densely scaly externally. Petals orbicular- 

 ohovate, white with the base blood-red, waxy. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



S. sTEECULiroLTA, Griff. Itin. notes, 198, Bhotan. — Probably S. napaulensig. 



S. PEKRuaiNEA, Griff. Itin. notes, 120, Bhotan. 



S. MioRAMTHA, Griff. Itin. notes, 71, Khasia. — Probably S. Boxburghii. 



9. STACKVURUS, Sieb. & Zucc. 



Glabrous shrubs or small trees. Leaves serrate, membranous. Flowers 

 small, in short lateral spikes or racemes. Bracts 2, connate at the basa 

 Sepals 4, strongly imbricate. Fetdls 4, free. Stamens 8 ; anthers dehiscing 

 by slits. Ovary 4-celled ; style simple, stigma capitate-peltate ; ovules 

 many. JBeny 4-ceUed. Cotyledons elliptic, radicle short. — Distklb. 2 known 

 species, a Japanese and a Himalayan. 



1. S> bimalaicus, jffbo^. /. & Thorns; Benth. in Joum. Linn. Soc. v. 

 55 ■ leaves shortly petioled attenuate-acuminate, berries subsessile subglobose. 

 Indeterm. Wail. Gat. 7417. 



EasteeiJ' Temperate Himalaya; Nipal, l^aHicA; Sikkim,alt.5-8000ft., /. Z). S; 

 Bhotan, Griffith. 



A small-tree with straggling branches. Leaves 4-6 by lJ-2 in., ovate, with a rounded 

 base, finely serrate, the veins strongly reticulated beneath ; petioles i-| in. Spikes 

 2-3 in., erect. Berries the size of a small pea. 



10. SCKZnXA, Reinw. 

 Trees with papery evergreen leaves. Peduncles usually erect, axillary or 

 solitary, or the uppermost shortly racemed. Flowers handsome, 2-braeteo- 

 late. Sepals 5, subequal. Petals 5, much larger, connate at the base, the 

 outermost concave and sub-cucuUate. Stamens many, adnate to the base of 

 the petals. Ovary 5- (rarely 4-6-) celled ; styles simple or slightly lobed at 

 the apex with broad spreading stigmas ; ovules 2-6 in each cell, attached 

 laterally, sub-pendulous. Capsule woody, depressed-globose, loculicidal, 

 with a persistent axis. Seeds flat, kidney-shaped, dorsally winged, ^hilum 

 central, albumen scanty; cotyledons foliaceous, flat or crumpled, accum- 

 bent ; radicle inferior, curved upwards.— Disteib. Tropical Asia. Species 

 about 7. 



1. S. mollis, Byer ; leaves quite entire with nearly simple lateral veins, 

 peduncles 1 in. with minute white warts, fruit pubescent when young. 

 Gordonia mollis, Wall. Cat. 1458. 



