:74 TEBNSTB(EMIACEJE, [Eueya. 



A glabrous rather sncculenfc aquatic herb. Stems procumbent, root- 

 ing, 6-12 in, long. Leaves 1-1| in., spreading, elliptic-lanceolate, acute, 

 faintly erenate-serrate. Stipules 5, narrowly deltoid, acute, toothed. 

 Sepals 5, narrowly lanceolate, obliquely acuminate, midrib herbaceous. 

 Petals 5. Capsule globose, ovoid. Seeds minute, slightly curved, ribbed 

 and: transversely rugose. 



Agra District, in marshy ground (Munro). Distbib.: S, India, Ceylon, 

 Burma ; widely spread in tropical countries. 



XIX.-TERNSTRCEMIACE,aS. 



Shetjbs rarely climbing, or trees. Leaves alternate, simple, usually 

 coriaceous, exstipulate. Floioers axillary, usually subtended by 2 sepal- 

 like bracts, 1 or more together, rarely in lateral or terminal racemes 

 or panicles. Sepals and petals usually 5, free or connate below. 

 Petals imbricate or contorted, free or connate below. Stamens 

 few or many, free or connate, usually adnate to the base of the decid- 

 uous corolla ; anthers basifixed or versatile, dehiecing by slits or termi- 

 nal pores. Ovary usually free, sessile, 3-5-celled ; styles as many, 

 free or connate ; ovules 2-many in each cell, rarely solitaiy. Fruit 

 a berry or capsule. Seeds few or many ; albumen scanty or O.—JRare 

 in temperate regions, abundant in tropical Asia and America. 

 The Tea plant {Qamellia iheifera, Griff.) was introduced into Dehra 

 Dun in 1844, and since that date the industry has been carried on with 

 varying success. For particular information regarding the discovery of 

 the wild Tea plant in Assam, and the history of tea cultivation in India 

 up to recent times, reference should be made to Dr. Watt's " Dictionary 

 of the Economic Products of India." 

 .Saurauja napaulensis, DC, a small tree with prominently penniveined 

 serrate leaves and panicles of pink flowers, has been found as low down 

 as Sahansadhara in Dehra Dun. It occurs on the outer Himalayan 

 ranges, usually in damp shady valleys, up to 7,000 ft., from Garhwal east- 

 ward to Bhutan. 



EURYA. Thunb.; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 284. 



Shrubs. Leaves glabrous, usually erenate-serrate. Flowers small, 

 dioecions, sessile or shortly pedicelled, in axillary fascicles, rarely 

 solitary ; bracteoles persistent. Sepals 5. Petals 5, united at the 

 base. Stamens 15 or less, rarely 5 ; anthers glabrous. Ovary S- 

 celled ; styles 3, free or united ; ovules many, attached to the inner, 

 angle of each cell. Fruit a berry ; albumen fleshy. 



E. symplocina, Blume Mus. Bot. ii, 114 ; F. B. I. i, 284. 

 A slender shrub. Branches striate, silky at the apex. Leaves 3-5 in. 



long, oblong, elliptic, entire or serrate towards the apex, obtusely 



