290 XXIV. TEENSTRffiMiACE^ffi). (W. T. Thiselton Dyer.) [Pyrenaria. 



woody testa ; albumen ; cotyledons large, crumpled or conduplicate ; radicle 

 inferior, inflexed.— Dkteib. Malay Penins. & Ind. Arch. Species about 7. 



* Leaves pubescent beneath. 



1. P. acuminata, Planeh. ex Choisy Mem. Temstr. 84; bra,cts and 

 sepals ovate acute. Ternstroemia ? macrophylla, WaU. Gat. 3663 in Herb. 

 Linn. 8oc. Gordonia (Camellia ?) acuminata, WaU. Cat. 3664 in Herb. Kew. 



Eastern PENiKsnr.A, Malacca and Sincapore, Wcdlich, &c. 



Branches densely hairy. Leaves 8-12 by 2^-4 in., oblanceolate, obscurely serrulate, 

 sjiortly acuminate, glabrous above; petiole \-i in., pubescent. Flowers l| in. diara., 

 shortly stalked. Bracts and sepals velvety externally. Petals round, silky externally, 

 purplish-brown within. Ovary silky. Jf'ruit 14 by 1 in. when dry, pomaceous, wrinkled, 

 finally nearly glabrous. 



** fceaves glabrous beneath. 



2. P. camelllaeflora, Kurz in Joum. As. Soc. Beng. 1871, ii. 46 ; leaves 

 (^long or elliptic-oblong subacuminate crenato-serrulate. 



Pebu, Kurz ; Martaban, Brandis. 



A small tree, 25-30 ft. high. Leaves 5-7 by 1^-2 in., yellowish-green even when 

 dried; petiole j in. Flowers | in. diam., white; bracteoles small and as well as the 

 sepals and petals silky externally. Ovary silky. Drupe about 1 in. long, obovoid, 

 succulent, at- first slightly pubescent, then pruinose. Seeds 2. 



3. P. attenuata, Seem.'in Linn. Trans, xxii. 340 ; leaves obovate serru- 

 late, flowers J in. diam. Freziera? attenuata, Wall. Cat. 1451. Thea viridis 

 var. assamica, Choisy Mim. Temstr. 91. Thea assamica, affi sp., Choisy 

 I.e. 68. 



Tavoy, Gomez. 



Branches glabrous; buds silky. Leaves 6—7 by 2i— 3 in., obtuse or very shortly 

 acuminate ; petiole 4 iu. Flowers very shortly peduncled. Bracts, sepals, and petals 

 orbicular, pubescent externally. Ovary pubescent ; styles united below, glabrous above. 



4. P. barring'toniaefolia, Seem, in Bonpl. vii. 49 ; leaves spathulate' 

 strongly serrate, flowers 1| in. diam. Eusynaids barringtonisefoua, Griff. 

 Notvl. iv. 560, t. 603, f. 1, 2, 3. 



Assam, Griffith; Garrow hills in Eastern Benoal, Lohb. 



A shrub 6 it., with glabrous branches and pubescent buds. Leaves 8-10 by 24-3s in., 

 tip rounded or truncate, cuspidate-acuminate ; petiole ^ in. Flowers yellowish-white, 

 very shortly peduncled. Bracts, sepals, and petals orbicular, erose-crenate, pubes- 

 cent externally. Ovary silky, grooved ; styles distinct. Fruit ovoid, IJ in. long when 

 dry, longitudinally wrinkled, glabrous. 



^ 12. GORDONIA, Ellis. 



Trees with evergreen entire or cr«nate leaves. Mowers usually handsome, 

 often subsessile, solitary in the axils of the leaves or collected at the ends of 

 the branches, 2-4-bracteolate. Sepals usually 5, unequal, graduating from 

 the bracts to the petals. Petals free or often slightly connate at the base, the 

 innermost krger. Stamps 5-adelphous or all connate, adnate to the petals. 

 Omry 3-5- (rarely 6-) celled ; style single with a stout spreading stigma ; 

 ovules 4-8 in each cell CapmLe oblong, woody, loculicidal with a persistent 

 axis. Seeds flat or compressed, prolonged upwards into an oblong wing 

 frarely obsolete) albumen ; embryo, mostly straight, oblique, with ovate 

 flat or slightly crumpled cotyledons ; radicle superior.— Disteib. N.America, 

 Tropical Asia, Malay Archipelago. Species about 10. 



