Mjthroxylon.] xxix. LiNEiE. (J. D. Hookpr.) 415 



obtuse or emarginate glaucous beneath nerves horizontal faint not forming 

 an intramarginal nerve, pedicels J-| in. solitary or geminate. E. suma- 

 tranum, Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. Supply i. 572. E. retusuni, Bauer ex Teysm. 

 & Binnend. in Tydschr. v. Naturch. Ver. Ned. /wd xxviii. 71 {according 

 to Kurz). i 



Easteeh PENiNsunA, Tenasseeim, and Andaman Isldb., Heifer ; Meeshi, Oriffith; 

 'Mi.hAooA, Griffith, Maingay ; FKTixsa, Phillips. — Disteib. Sumatra. ■ ' 



Very near to S. Kunthianum, bat with more obovate aad more obtuse leaves jj it is 

 further described as a tall tree, whilst the Kh-asia plant is a mere bush. The Penatjg 

 and some Malaccan specimens have much smaller leaves than the Mergui ones. — Ihave 

 Been no Sumatran specimens. 



**-^Lec(i'es not glaucous beneath, but more or less shining on both sur- 

 faces. .,,, ,_, . 



4. E. lanceolatum, Wight III. i. 136 (Sethia) ; leaves 2-4 by J-in: 

 eUiptic-lanceolate obtuse sliining on,both surfaces nerves oblique, pedun- 

 cles i7-| in. very slender. S^t'liiS" lanceolata, Thwaites Mnum. 54. 

 S. erythroxyloides, Wight, I.e. ^ . . " '■ , 



Western Peninsula ; Courtallum, Wight; Ceylon, ba'niks of streams, Galagama dis- 

 trict, alt. 2-3000 ft., Tkwaites, &o. , ' , 



An erect branching shrub. Leaves sometimes slightly contracted towards thfe base, 

 nerves not connate into a distinct intramarginal one ; petiole -rs— 's in. — Wight's var. 

 obtusifolium and his 8. eryfhoxyloides are hardly distinguishable ; the latter is a 

 short-styled form, with alternately longer stamens ; another form with lon'gfer styles and- 

 shorter stamens Occurs; as is the case with the t*o,&ll.owing'SpgcieS; — all. are np .doubt 

 dimorphous. ' 



51 E. lucidum, Moon Gat. Ceyl. PI. 36;' leaves 2-3 by j-l in.. 

 ellipticTlanceolate obtusely caudate-acuijiinate, opaque or shining aboy^ 

 shining beneath nerves nearly horizontal, pedicels J^-iin. Sethia acu- 

 minata. Am. in Act. Acad. Nat., Cur. xviii. 324 ; Wight III. i. 135 ; Thwaite^ 



Enum. 54. ■ . • :■ '' . - -i ; 



Ceylon ; Ambagamowa and Saffragam districts, alt. 1000 ft., Wather. 

 ' This differs from E. lanceolatum in the long points to the comparatively 

 broader 'lea-^es, 'which have fdrthermore' horizontal nerves; and in- the short stout! 

 peduncles. Thwaites notices two forms of Oower, ane (stylosa) with the alternate' 

 stamens longer, and a shorter style; the other (staminea)_ with equal ^stamens and a 

 longer style. — The expressed juice of the fresb leaves is given by the Cinghalese as an 

 anthelmintic to children. There is a very similar specieS to this, a variety of it, in 

 Borneo. * 



6. E. obtusifolium, -2%2caito Enum. 54; leaves 2-34 by.lf-ljin. 

 obovate-obtuse or broadly oblong tip rounded or obtusely poii^t^ed. rather 

 shining on both, surfaces neryes rather oblique elevated,, pedicels ?hort 



stout. , ' ; 



Ceylon; Central Provinces, alt. 2-4000 ft., Thwaites. 



I follow Thwaites in retaining this as a distinct species, though I pan scaroelj^-doubt 

 Its being a broad-leaved state ^ E. laneeolatum, its nerves are less obliqae^ however. 

 It occurs undei; the two forms of Iqng stamens and, short style and vice versa. Fruit 

 in Thwailes's 'drawing ^ in. long, linear-oblong, straight, red. Thwaitetf refers to_ this 

 the S. lanceolata, y&r. obtusifolia of Wight, which is, however, clearly a very trifling 

 vmiety q{ 8i lanceqlgtwn.. i ' .' - ' , ■ 



DOnETFDL SPECIES. ' ) 



E. SIDEROXYLOIDES, Lomh. This is a Mauritian species, .mentioned by Roxburgh (ii. 

 449) as having been' sent from Ceylon to the Botanic .Grarden of Calcutta by General 

 MaodoTivall, and as'being also a native of Ooromandel. As, no description is.given J 

 cannot say to which of the above Roxburgh's Coromandel species it should be referred. 



