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XVI. TERNSTECEMIACEiE 



[Cleyera 



tlie enumeration of Oliinese plants, Journ. Linn. Soc. xxiii. 76, lias white petals, other- 

 wise there is no diffeience C. grandiflora, Hook. fil. & Thorns. Khasi hills, with 

 larger leaves and usually solitary flowerb is perhaps not specifically distinct 



4. EURYA, Thiinb. ; M. Brit. Ind. i. 284. 



Slarubs or small trees. Leaves mostly serrate. M. dioeciouSj sepals and petals 

 imbricate, petals united at base, stamens 12-15, attached to the base of the 

 corolla, anthers adnate. Ovary mostly 3-celled, styles 3, distinct or partially 

 united. Pruit indehiscent, seeds numerous, small, angular, albumen copious, 

 oily. 



1. E. japonica, Thunb. ; Kurz, E. M. i. 101. ; Bedd. M. Sylv. t. 92.— Syn, 

 E, Wightiana^ Wight 111. t. 38. Vern. Jhingni, Nep. : Hiditnl^ Nilgiris ; 

 Taung lapet^ Taic lapet {wild teci)^ Burm. 



A shrub or a small tree ; prominent raised lines on branchlets descending on 

 both sides from the insertion of leaves. Leaves 2-5 in., lanceolate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, obtusely serrate, glabrous, rarely pubescent while young. EL 

 small, white, on short nodding pedicels, 2 or 3 together, rarely solitary, in the 

 axils of leaves, sepals quite glabrous, style deeply 3- rarely 4-5-cleft, berries 

 numerous, the size of a peppercorn, mucronate. 



Outer Himalaya, from Sikkim eastwards, 3,000-6,000 ft., AVeb-tern Clliatb and hills 

 adjoining them, from Kanara southwards. Hills of Upper and Lowei Burma. 1^1. 

 throughout the year, chiefly R. S. Also Ceylon, from 4,000 tt. upwards, Malay 

 Archipelago, China, Japan, Korea, Fiji Islands. 



2. E. acuminata, DC; Royle 111. t. 25. Vei^n. Samcjhingm\ Nep. 

 Supposed to differ from E. Japonica by young shoots being hairy, by more 



narrowly lanceolate leaves, often hairy beneath, and by the flowers in dense 

 fascicles of 5 or more. In the F. PL of North-West and Central India, p. 24, 

 I united them ; Kurz, Trimen and the Mora of Brit. Ind. keep them separate. 



Outer Himalaya, from the Jumna eastwards, 3,000-9,000 ft., Khasilhills, Chittagong. 

 Burma hills, often m Pm^is hasya forests Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 

 3, E. symplocina, Blume, Sikkim 5,000-7,000 ft., Bhutan, Assam, Khasi, ami Naga hills, 

 Manipur, Burma, is a middle-sized tree. Leaves 3-5 in., secondary nerves 8-12 pair, 

 fairly distinct, peduncles silky, sepals silky outside, styles united. 4. E. tricliocarpa» 

 Korth. Khasi hills, Bhutan, Amhoina. Pubescent, ovary densely silky, styles united 

 to I of their length. 



5. ANNESLEA, Wall. ; PL Brit. Ind, i. 280. 



,PiG. 25.— Anneslea fragrans. Wall Pruit cut open. |. 



A. fragranSj Wall. ; 

 PL As. Ear. t. 5, the 

 only species ; Pierre, 

 M. For. t. 127. 



A moderate-sized 

 tree. Leaves crowded 

 at the ends of branches, 

 S-5 in., narrowed into 

 petiole 1 in. long, 

 secondary nerves indis- 

 tinot. FL whitOj 

 peduncles 2-3 in. Sta- 

 mens oo, glabrous, 

 anthers long-apiculate, 

 torus enlarged, cup- 

 shaped, passing into a 

 calyx tube adnate to 

 the 3-celled ovary, 



