446 Contributions towards a Flora of Ceylon. 



Griffith from Malacca, Freziera dioica, Macf., and Pentland's 

 n. 193 from Bolivia. 



Section II. — Freziera. Flores hermaphroditi. 



5. Eurya lasiopetala, Gardn. 



E. arborea, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis vel subacu- 

 minatis retusis margine revolutis minute denticulatis glabris, 

 floribus axillaribus solitariis, pedicellis elongatis cernuis apice 

 incrassatis, petalis extus sericeo-tomentosis, staminibus nu- 

 merosis, antheris linearibus mucronatis pilosis, stylis elongatis 

 filiformibus, stigmatibus 3 cylindricis obtusis, bacca globosa. 



Cleyera lasiopetala, R. W. y Illust. Ind. Bot. 1 . p. 99. 



Hab. — Rambodde pass, Newera Ellia, and the Horton 

 plains, at an elevation of from 5,000 to 6,000 feet. Flowers 

 in May. 



Descr. — A tree 20-30 feet high. Branches round. Leaves alter- 

 nate, petiolate, pennivenous, with coarse reticulations, about 4 inches 

 long, and from 9-12 lines broad, the margins very much revolute at 

 the base. Pedicels 10 lines long. Calyx bibractiolate at the base. 

 Sepals 5, free, imbricate, roundish, nearly equal, reticulated, mar- 

 gins membranous, externally sericeo -pilose, 4^ lines long. Petals 5, 

 hypogynous, alternating with the calycine segments, between ellipti- 

 cal and orbicular, slightly cohering at the base, sericeo-tomentose ex- 

 ternally, except the margins which are glabrous, 6 lines long, with 

 an imbricated aestivation. Stamens numerous, adhering in a single 

 series to the base of the petals : filaments complanate, 2 lines long. 

 Anthers introrse, linear, 2-celled, mucronate, covered with scattered 

 erect hairs, attached by the base, and dehiscing longitudinally. 

 Ovary free, 3-celled. Ovules numerous, campylotropous, attached to 

 two placentas which project from the inner angles of the cells. Style 

 filiform : stigmas 3, cylindrical, obtuse. Berry dry, globose, 5 lines 

 in diameter, crowned by the persistent style, 3-celled, but apparently 

 6-celled, from the protruded plantse reaching nearly to the outer 



