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laribus 2-4 breviter pedicellatis glabris, sepalis rotundatis 

 emarginatis, petalis obovatis, staminibus 14, antheris oblongis 

 obtusis, stigmatibus 3 subsessilibus reflexis, bacca globosa 

 pilosiuscula. 



Eurya Ceylanica, R. Wight, Must, of Ind. Bot. I, p. 98. 



Hab. — Pussilawa, Newera Ellia, and Adam's Peak, at an 

 elevation of from 3,000 to 7 5 000 feet. Flowers all the year. 



Descr. — A shrub 12-16 feet high. Branchlets round, pilose. 

 Leaves shortly petiolate, 2-3|- inches long, 12-18 lines broad. 



4. Eurya parvifolia, Gardn. 



E. ramulis subflexuoso-ancipitis pilosis, foliis parvis obo- 

 vato-ellipticis obtuse acuminatis retusis margine valde revo- 

 lutis acute mucronato-serratis, floribus axillaribus 2-3 sub- 

 sessilibus, sepalis orbicularibus emarginatis glabris, petalis 

 obovatis, staminibus 9, antheris ovato-cordatis obtusis. 



Hab. — Common on the margins of streams between Newera 

 Ellia and the Horton plains. Flowers in February. 



Descr. — A shrub 3-12 feet high. Branches round, covered with 

 black patent hairs. Leaves shortly petiolate, 9-15 lines long, 6-8 

 lines broad, glabrous, or with the mid- rib occasionally slightly 

 pilose. 



Obs. — A very distinct species, easily recognised by its 

 somewhat two-edged branchlets and small leaves. 



To this Section also belongs all the Indian species with 

 which I am acquainted, viz. E. acuminata, DC, E. angusti- 

 folia, Wall., E. Roxburghii, Wall., E. tristyla, W. and A., 

 E. Wightiana, Wall., besides what I believe to be two new 

 species from the Neilgherries, two which I possess from 



