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toothed : teeth terminated with a gland ; flowers polygamous, in racemiform panicles; berry 

 purple, globose (2"'-3"' diam.) : seeds obovate, flat on the ventral, convex and grooved on the 

 dorsal side.- Plum. ed. Burm. t. 259. /. 3 ; SI. t. 210./. 4 ; Desc. Fl. 5. t. 310.— Cissus 

 cordifolia, L. (ex cit. Plum.). Vitis indica, Sw. V. Labrusca, Desc. (non L.).— Young 

 shoots occur with the leaves green on both sides, and obsoletely lobed (as in Sloane's figure). 

 — Hab. Jamaica!, Mac/., Al., March; Leeward Islands; [Cuba!, Mexico!, Venezuela!]. 



XXXII. TERNSTRCEMIACEiE. 



Sepals imbricative, in two or several 2-3-leaved whorls. Stamens indefinite, often adhe- 

 ring to the corolla at their base. Pistil syncarpous. Embryo cylindrical, or with the coty- 

 ledons foliaceous : albumen thin, or none. — Woody plants; leaves simple, alternate, exsli- 

 pulate, usually leathery. 



No general property is known, but that mucilage and tannic acid are present : the peculiar 

 principle of Thea is confined to that genus. 



1. TERNSTRCEMIA, L. 



Sepals in three whorls : two exterior smaller, two in the middle, three interior. Petals 5, 

 coherent at the base, staminiferous. Anthers linear, erect. Ovary 2-5-celled : cells 2-4- 

 ovulate ; style simple. Pericarp dry, cartilaginous : seeds wingless, albuminous. Embryo 

 cylindrical, semiannular: radicle superior. — Shrubs, or low trees; leaves polished: veins 

 usually inconspicuous ; peduncles axillary, simple ; flowers white. 



I. T, elliptica, Sw., V. Leaves spathulate or elliptical, bluntish, quite entire, without 

 black dots : veins obsolete ; peduncles solitary, about twice as long as the petiole, much ex- 

 ceeded by the leaf, subcompressed ; sepals rounded (2"'-3"' long) ; fruit ovate. — DC. Ternstr. 

 in Mem. Geneve, 1. t. 1 : a narrow-leaved form. — T. meridionalis, W. (non Sw.) : a name 

 better suppressed, as Mutis's homonym is probably T. clusiifolia, Kth. (T. brevipes, DC), 

 which is distinguished by emarginate leaves. T. peduncularis, DC, Rich. Cub. T. lineata, 

 &G. — A low tree; leaves variable, 3" long, 1£''-1" broad; peduncles cernuous, about 8'" 

 long. — Hab. Dominica!, Imr., in mountain-woods; [Cuba, Guadeloupe !, Mexico, Panama!]. 

 /2. T. obovalis, Rich. Leaves obovate or spathulate, rounded or subemarginato at the 

 top, cuneate at the base, quite entire, without black dots : veins inconspicuous ; peduncles 

 solitary, nearly as long as the leaf, subcompressed ; sepals roundish, submucronate (3'"-4'" 

 long) ; fruit globose. — Rich. Cub. t. 25. — T. meridionalis, Sw., V., Macf. ! — A low tree ; 

 leaves stiff, revolute on the margin, 2£"-2" long, 12"'-6"' broad: petiole short, l'"-2'"long; 

 fruit 6'" diam. : seeds silky, scarlet. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., in mountain-woods ; Dominica 

 (Sic.) j [Cuba, Guadeloupe !]. 



2. CLEYERA, Thunb. CUn/l , 



Sepals and petals of Ternstrcemia. Anthers erect. Ovary 3-2(-4)-celled : cells 2-4- 

 ovulate; style 3-2 (-4) -lobed. Pericarp baccate, at length dry. Seeds of Ternstrcemia: 

 testa crustaceous. j — Shrubs, or low trees ; peduncles axillary ; flowers yellowish or white. 



3. CI. theoides, Planch. (MS.). Glabrous or glabrate; leaves obovate-oblong or lan- 

 ceolate-elliptical, tapering at the base, serrate ; peduncles subsolitary, simple, cernuous, 3-4 

 times exceeding the petiole : bracteoles small, deciduous ; sepals oval, ciliate (2'" long) ; an- 

 thers obovate, biporose, mucronate, with a few bristles; style 3 (-4) -lobed. — Sw. Pi. t. 19: 

 anal. Pot. Mag. t. 4546.— Freziera, Sw. F. Nimanimse, Tul.l F. ilicioides, Tul. F. ele- 

 gans, Tul. CI. elegans, Chois.—K low tree; leaves 2$"-2" long, 12"'-8"' broad, somewhat 

 veiny beneath ; petals whitish, exceeding the calyx ; stamens included : anthers opening by 

 two oblong, iutrorse pores, which are almost half as long as the cells ; berry globose, purple : 

 seeds oval, compressed, 1^'" long, wur m eacn ce ^> or fewer by abortion. — Hab. Jamaica !, 

 Macf., Wils., in the higher mountains ; [Cuba!, Guadeloupe; Veraguas!]. 



3. FREZIERA, Sw. (exclus. sp.). 

 Sepals of Ternstrcemia. Petals 5, distinct. Anthers erect. Ovary 3-6-celled : cells 



