xxiT. TERNSTRCEMiACE^. (W. T. Thiselton Dyer.) 293 



2. C. caudata, Wall. PI. As. Rar. iii. 36 ; leaves elliptic-oblong caudate- 

 acuminate sparsely puberulous beneath, peduncles imbricate-bracteate short, 

 stamens and styles hairy. Wall. Gai. 978 ;' Griff. Notid. iv. 559, t. 601, f. ii. ; 

 Trans. Agric. dr Sort. Hoc. Ind. v. (1838), t. A. 



Khasia Mts. and Silhet, Wallich, &o. : Bhotan Himalaya, Sooth; Mishmi Hills. 

 Griffith. 



Brmchlets slender; buds silky.' Leaves 3-4 by|-l in., serrate, membranons with a 

 Btrong midrib pubescent' beneath ; petiole i in., pubescent. Mowers about 1 in. diam., 

 white. Sepals ovate, silky externally. Petals obovate, puberulous externally. Capsule 

 Jin. diam., trigonously-spherioal, 1-oelled, 1-seeded. 



. I Sect. II. Camellia proper. Mowers erect, sepals deciduous. 



3. C. drupifera, Lour. Fl. Cochin. 411, ex Seem, in Tram. Linn. Sac. 

 xxii. 344; leaves elliptic or elliptic-oblong tapering below 'with a long 

 acuminate apex coriaceous, stamens glabrous, styles nearly free woolly at 

 the base. C. Kissi, Wall, in As. Res. xiiL 429 ; Journ. As. Soc. Berig. iv. 48, 

 t. 2 ; PI. As. Rar. iii. 36, t. 256. 0. keina, Don Prodr. 224. C. mastersia, 

 Griff. Notid. iv. 539. C. simplicif olia, ffri^. Notvl. iv. 560, t. 604, f. ii. C. sym- 

 plocifolia. Griff. Itin. 40. C. caudata, ffriy. Itin. 40 {jwi of Wall.). C. oleifolia, 

 Wall. Cat. 976. 



Eastekn Himalaya; alt. 3-7000 ft.; from Nipal, WaUieh, to Bhotan, Griffith; 

 Assam and Khasia Mts., alt. 5-8000 ft. ; Tehassekim and Andaman Islands, Heifer. 



A shrub or small tree, wilh much divided slender branches. Branchlets slightly 

 puberulent ; buds with loose scales, sparingly pubescent. Leaves 3-4 by I-I4 in., serrulate 

 specially towards the apex, often slightly revolute ; veins faint ; petiole J in. Flowers 

 14 in. diam , white, with the odour of cherry-laurel. Sepals orbicular, silky externally. 

 Petals obovate, emarginate, scarcely hairy externally. Ovary woolly. Capsule nearly , 

 1 in. diam., at first pyriform and pubescent, ultimately depressed-globose and smooth. 

 Seeds 1-3. — O. Sasanqua, of China and.Japan, has less, acuminate leaves, obcordate or 

 2-lobed petals and connate styles. 



4. C. lutescens, Dyer; leaves ' elliptic-oblong tapering or rounded 

 below caudate-acuminate membranous, styles short, stigmas recurved, cap- 

 sule drupaceous (when young only ?). 



Mishmi Hills, high np on Laim-planj-thaya, Qriff. Jowrn. p. 38, Kevo Distrih. 777 

 (MMZ779. 



A shiTib with much divided pale grey branches and buds silky within, Leaves 2-34 

 by 1-lJ in., closely serrate ; midrib prominent below and pale ; petiole J in. puberu- 

 lous. Flowers 1 in. diam., crowded towards the ends of the branches, sessile, white, 

 then yellowish, fragrant. Sepals orbicular, membranous, thinly pubescent internally. 

 Setds obovate, smooth. Ova/ry with loug silky hairs. 



5. C. ? sp. m. ; a shrub 10 ft. with puberulous shoots and pubescent buds and 

 petioles. Leaves 4r-7 by lg-2 in., oblong, tapering at both ends, crenate serrate, 

 obtuse acuminate, papery, glabrous on both surfaces ; petiole ^ in. Flowers 

 1 in. diam. erect; the orbicular, minutely mucronate sepals and obovate 

 petals both pubescent externally ; styles 5, distinct, very short; ovary silky. 



■ MoDLMEiN, Lolh, alt. 3000 ft. ; a single specimen. 

 ■I h.ive no means of identifying the plant found by GrifEth on the Mishmi moun- 

 tains {Journ. 38 anc( 45), and called by him fiamellia axillaris. 



14 ARCKVTSA, Martins. 

 Leaves evergreen, semianiplfexicaul, smooth. Mowers on a lateral com- 

 pressed peduncle, 3 or more together, rarely solitary Bracts aubfoUaceous. 



