104 OCHNACE^. 



multiovulate : stigmas distinct. Pericarp dry. Seeds of Ternstrotmia. — Trees; leaves 

 v pined ; flowers axillary, clustered, usually polygamous. 



\4/ P. undulata, Sw. Branchlets glabrate : down subsericeous, very early disappearing ; 

 leaves lanceolate, acuminate, oblique at the base, obtusely serrate, glabrous ; flowers fas- 

 cicled : pedicels nearly as long as the petiole ; sepals rounded, ciliate, three times exceeded 

 by the obovate-oblong petals-, outer series half as long; stigma shortly 3-lobed.— V. Perro- 

 tetiana, Tul. Ternstrremia salicifolia, DC. T. dentata, Sieb. Mart. 315 !— A high tree; 

 leaves 6"-3" long, 20"'-12'" broad : veins conspicuous on both sides, tertiary ones minutely 

 reticulated ; pedicels usually 3-5, 3'" long ; petals whitish, 3'" long j stamens in ? provided 

 with an oblong anther, but devoid of polleu •, fruit globose, mucronate : cells about 6-8- 

 seeded. — Hab. S. Kitts!, Mass.; Montserrat, Dominica!, Imr.; Trinidad!, Sieb. 



5. P. hirsuta, Sm. Branchlets and petioles densely villous, or at length glahrescent : 

 hairs long, spreading, ferruginous ; leaves oblong, pointleted, oblique at the base, obtusely 

 serrate, hairy beneath along the nerves ; flowers glomerate : pedicels nearly as long as the 

 calyx, much exceeded by the petiole ; sepals rounded, ciliate, three times exceeded by the 

 oval-oblong petals : outer series shorter ; stigma 3-globose. — Eroteum undulaturn, V. Teru- 

 stroemia crenata, Macf. Nearly related to the preceding ; but the down, which so soon dis- 

 appears in the young branchlets of the latter, is quite different. — Hab. Jamaica!, March; 

 S. Vincent !, Guild. 



4. LAPLACEA, Kth. 



(Hsemocharis, Salisb.) 



Sepals in 3-2 whorls. Petals 5 (-10), distinct. Anthers roundish, incumbent. Ovary 

 5(-2)-celled : stigmas distinct. Capsule woody, loculicidal. Seeds compressed, produced at 

 the top into an oblong, membranaceous wing •. testa woody, in the cylindrical hole of which 

 the straight exalbuminous embryo is imbedded. — Trees or shrubs ; flowers large, solitary, 

 shortly peduncled. 



Gordonia is distinguished by leafy, biplicate cotyledons ; Stuartia by the wingless seeds, 

 and the albuminous embryo. 



6. Ii. hsematoxylon, Camb. Branchlets puberulous, glabrescent ; leaves elliptical, 

 shortly petioled, obtusely serrate, glabrous or glabrate ; sepals 7, glabrous : exterior whorls 

 smaller ; petals 5, obcordate, white ; ovary tomentose : stigmas 5, subsessile ; capsule oblong- 

 lanceolate, 5 (-3) -angular: cells 2-seeded.~Goriom&, Sio. — A tree, 20'-30' high; leaves 

 bluntish at both ends, 3"-4" loug, lV'-2" broad; petals 10"' long ; capsule- valves l"long: 

 seeds 2-3 times exceeded by the wing. — Hab. Jamaica !, Macf., in mountain-woods. 



7. I*, villosa, Gr. Branchlets villous ; leaves obovate, blunt, subsessile, crenate or 

 subentire, villous or glabrate beneath : down persistent along the midrib ; sepals 7, pubes- 

 cent externally : exterior whorls smaller ; petals 5, obovate, silky on the outside ; ovary 

 villous •. styles 5 ; capsule oblong-linear, 5-angular : " cells 5-seeded." — Gordonia, Macf. I 



A shrub, 5'-8' high ; leaves usually 2" long, li" broad ; capsule 1" long.— Hab. Jamaica !, 

 Macf., in the mountains. 



XXXIII. OCHNACE^E. 



Sepals imbricative : two exterior. Stamens inserted into a short carpophore : anthers 

 articulated with the filament, long, opening with two terminal pores. Pistil mostly syncar- 

 pous: ovary usually 5 -lobed. Embryo straight. — Woody plants; leaves simple, alternate, 

 stipulate, shining ; pedicels articulated. 



No remarkable properties are known, but an astringent principle exists in the bark and 

 pericarp, and a fat oil in the seeds. 



1. GOMPHIA, Schreb. 



Sepals 5. Petals 5. Stamens 10: anthers erect, oblong. Ovary deeply 5 -lobed : cells 

 uniovulate ; style simple, central. Drupes 5 (-1), inserted into the convex carpophore. 

 Embryo exalbuminous. — Leaves petioled .- veins curved, reticulated: (stipules in the 

 American species lateral) ; cymes terminal, racemiform or paniculate ; flowers yellow. 



1. G. laurifolia, Su>. Leaves quite entire, elliptical-lanceolate: veins prominulous ; 



