294 XXIV. TERXSTR(EMiACE^. (W. T. Thiselton Dyer.) [Archi/iaa. 



Sepals and petals each 5. Stamens numerous, 5-adelphous ; anthers versa- 

 tile. Oi;ar?/5-celled; styles distmct or wholly united; ovules numerous 

 in many imbricating rows. Capsule acuminate, septicidal from below, 

 with a persistent central axis. Seeds linear-subcylindric, albumen scanty, 

 — DiSTBiB. Trop. Amer. and Indian Archipelago. Species 3. 



1. A. VahlU, Choisy Mem. Ternstr. 73. Hypericum altemifoliuTD, 



2 : no. Prodr, i. 545 : Wall. Cat. 4806. Ploiarium elegans, 



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Eastern Peninsula; Malacca, Griffith; Sincapore, WalKch; Penang, Jack. 

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A shrub or small tree. Leaves crowded at the ends of the branches, narrow obian- 

 ceolate, acute ; margins and midrib red. Flowers 1 in. long, pink. Styles 4 in. long, 

 distinct. 



A plant of which I have seen only specimens in fruit, collected by Maingay at ^^"^°^ 

 and described below, is probably the type of a new Ternstroemiaceous genus.— -i>carfi« 

 alternate, 2-3 by 1-1 4 in., elliptic, acute, coriaceous, with close patent lateral vejns , 

 petiole 1 in. Flowers from the axils of fallen leaves, formiug a terminal panicle, 

 peduncle | in. long, thickened upwards. Sepals 5, imbricate, immature fruit ovoi , 

 apiculale, drupaceous, containing 2 1-seeded cells. 



DIPTEROCARPE^ 



Resinous trees, rarely climbing shrubs. Leaves alternate, simple, quue 

 entire, rarelv sinuate-crenate, with parallel lateral nerves ; stipules ^^^^'^^ 

 small and deciduous, or inconspicuous, sometimes larger and persistent, o 

 fugitive, leaving an annular scar. Flowers usually sweet-scented in f^^",? 



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minute or 0, rarely larger and persistent. Calyxdube free and camj>anuiaie, 

 or very short and adnate to the base of the ovary. Petals contorted, conuaie 

 at the base or free. Stamens qo, 15, 10 or 5, hypogynous or subperigynous, 

 free, connate, or adnate to the petals, filaments short, often dilated at in 

 base; anthers 2-celled, the outer valves sometimes larger, connecu> 

 often aristate or with an obtuse appendage. Ovary slightly immersed in in 

 torus, usually 3- rarely 2-, or 1-ceJled; style subtilate or fleshy, ^"Y lous 

 with 3 minute stigmatic lobes ; ovules anatropous, :i in each cell, P^^,^^*|^* 

 or laterally affixed (solitary and erect in Ancistrocladm). Fruit ^^^^7 . Vy 

 like, sometimes capsular and 3-valved, 1- rarely 2-seeded, ^^^^{^'P/^^^^i^ijJl 

 the variously accrescent calyx of which two or more lobes are usuailydeveiop 

 into linear wings. Seed exalbumoiis ^albumen fleshy and ^^^^^^^^ r^i^ga 

 Ancistrocladiis); cotyledons fleshy, equal or unequal, straight or more or 

 plaited and cruuipled ; radicle directed towards the hilum, ^^"r^y/^African 

 between the cotyledons.— Distrib. Ctaifined (except 3 Tropical Aint* 

 species) to Tropical Eastern Asia : genera about 13. snecies about 17U. 



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Calyx in fmit with a distinct tube. ^na^ ^ 



Fruit free, . .■ 1. DiPTEBOCARPU«\,,y 



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Fruit adnate to the calyx. 



All the calyx-lobes enlarged. Stamens 5-10, ovary 1- bOCLAd'i^S. 



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