Sehma.\ xxiv. ternsthcemiace^. (W. T. ThiseltoH Dyer.) 289 



Tavot, Wallich, 



Branches brown with minute scattered wMte -warts; Leaves 5^7 by 1-2 in., elliptic, 

 tapering and acute at both ends, smooth oii both surfaces with red veins ; petiole f in., 

 pubescent. Peduncles thickened upwards. Sepals- -^^ in. long, with pubesoent-ciliate 

 margins, glabrous externally. 



2. S. Wallichii, Ghmsy in Zoll. Gat. 144 ; leaves entire or obscurely 

 crenate-serrate with forked lateral veins, flowers in a short terminal raceme, 

 peduncles |-2 in. with minute white warts, fruit f in. diam. pubescent when 

 young,, afterwards minutely warted. S. hypoglauoa, Miq^Fl. Ned. Ind. 

 Suppl. i 484. Gordonia Wallichii, DO. Prodr. i, 528 ; WaU. Gat. 1455. 

 G. mtegrifolia, Roxh. Hort. Beng. 52. G^ Ghilaunia, Ham. in Don Prodr, 

 225. G. sp. Qriff. Notid. iv. 562, t. 600. 



Eastern Himalaya, from Nipal, Wallich, and Sikkim, alt. 2-5000 ft., J. D. H., to 

 Bhotan, Griffith. Assam, Chittagono, and the Khasia Mts., alt. 2-4000 ft., Wallich, 

 &c. BiEMA, Griffith. — Distkib. Sumatra. 



A tree 80-100 ft., with rough or smooth, pale or brown bark. Leaves 6-7 by 2-3 in., 

 elliptic-oblong, tapering or rounded below, acute or slightly aicuminate, glabrous aud ' 

 reddish-veined above, reticulate and more or less pubescent beneath ; petiole ^ in., 

 pubescent. Peduncles rather slender; bracts \ in., alternate,, narrow ohlong, retuse. 

 Flowers 14-2 in. diam., white, fragrant. Sepak J in. long, with pubesoent-ciliate mar- 

 gins, glabrous, or slightly pubesceat outside.- Putals pubescent outside at the base. 



3. S. crenata, Eortk. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Bat. 143, t. 29 ; leaves faintly cre- 

 nate-serrate, flowers in a loose terminal corymb, peduncles li-2 in. smooth 

 slender, fruit J in. diam. pubescent. Gordonia floribunda. Wall. Gat. 1466; 

 Griff. NotuL. iv. 563. G. oblata, Roxh. Fl. Ind. ii. 572. G. sp. Griff. .l.c. 562. 



Eastern Peninsula, from Tenasserim to Penang. Birma, Griffith. — Distrib. Borneo, ■ 

 Sumatra. 



A tree 30-60 ft. BrancMets compressed, pubescent. Leaves about & by 2 in., elliptic, 

 acute at the base, acuminate, glabrous on both surfaces, rather leaden-coloured above ; 

 petiole 4 in., glabrous. Flowers J J in. diam., white, fragrant. Sepals hardly i in., 

 long, margins scarcely ciliate, glabrous externally. Peto/s pubescent externally at the 

 base. Stigma 4-5-lobed, peltate. — The Borneo and Sumatra specimens have oiliate 

 sepals, pubescent externally. 1 agree, however, with Kurz (Jouru. As. Soc. Beng. 1870, 

 ii. 64), that they must be united with the Indian forma. iS. Noronhoe has fewer and 

 larger flowers and stouter peduncles. 



4. S. khasiana, Dyer ; leaves strongly serrate with nearly simple, 

 lateral veins, flowers from the axils of fallen leaves, peduncles f in. stout 

 with minute white warts, fruit i in. diam. rough. Gordonia superba,., 

 Hooh.f. d- Thorns, ms. (not of Gard. & Ghamp^ 



Khasia Mts., alt. 4-6000 ft., Griffith, &c. 



A tree with white bark. Leaves 5-6 by 2-2i in., ovate, acute, glabrous on both 

 surfaces, reticulate beneath ; petiole 4 in., glabrous. Flowers 2^ in. diam. Sepals J m. 

 long, with pubesoent-ciliate margins, pubescent externally. Petah silky-pubescent^ 

 externally on the lower half 



11. PYRENABXA, Blame. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves serrate, large and submembranous. Flowers sub- 

 sessile, axUlary, erect or nodding. Sepals usually 5, unequal, graduatmg 

 from the bracts to the petals. Petals connate at the base. Stamens very 

 numerous, mostly connate, adnate to the base of the petals. Ovary 5-celled ; 

 styles 5, free, or partially united; ovules 2 in each cell, attached laterally. 

 Fruit drupaceous, indehisceut. Seeds oblong, stout, wingless with a thick 



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