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TERNSTREEMIACEE. VI. Freziera. VII. Lerrsomia. VIII. Sauravsa. 
Var. B Wallichidna (D. C. prod. 1. p. 524.) Ternstræ'mia 
Lushia, Hamilt. mss. in D.Don, prod. 1. p. 225. Flowers yellow? 
Lushia Cleyera. Fl. June. Tree 20 feet. 
Cult. The species of Cleyéra will thrive well in a mixture of 
loam, sand, and peat; and ripe cuttings will root in sand under 
` a hand-glass, in heat. 
VI. FREZIE'RA (this genus is dedicated by Swartz to A. F. 
Frezier, a French engineer and traveller in Chili and the South 
Sea, who published his travels in 1716). Swartz fl. ind. occid. 
2. 2: 971. D.C. prod. 1. p. 524,—Eréteum, Swartz. prod. 
p. 85. 
Lin. syst. Polydndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-sepalled. Petals 
5, broadest at the base. Filaments free. Anthers smooth, some- 
what cordate. Style 3 or 5-cleft at the apex. Berry dry, 3-5- 
celled ; cells many-seeded. American trees, with the habit of 
Latrus. Pedicels axillary. 
1 F. tHxoipes (Swartz, fl. ind. occid. p. 972.) leaves ovate- 
lanceolate, serrulate-toothed, smooth on both surfaces ; pedicels 
solitary, 1-flowered. h. S. Native of the mountains of Ja- 
maica. Eroteum theeoides, Swartz. prod. p. 85. Flowers white ; 
anthers yellow. . 
Tea-like Freziera. - Clt. 1818. Tree 40 feet. 
_ 2 F. unpura‘ta (Swartz. fl. ind. occid. p. 974.) leaves ellip- 
tical-lanceolate, acuminate, serrated, smooth; flowers axillary, 
crowded. h.S. Native of the Caribbee Islands. Erdteum 
undulatum, Swartz, prod. 85. Flowers white. 
Waved-leaved Freziera. Tree 50 feet. 
3 F. nervosa (H. et B. pl. equin. 1. p. 31. t. 9.) leaves lan- 
ceolate, toothed, smooth above, pubescent beneath; pedicels 
many, in fascicles. h.S. Native of South America in cold 
parts of the province of Pasto. . Flowers white. 
Nerved-leaved Freziera. Tree 40 feet. 
4 F. sericea (H. B. pl. equin. 1. p. 29. t. 8.) leaves elliptic- 
lanceolate, acuminated, serrulate, silvery beneath ; flowers 2 or 
3 together, axillary, sessile. h.S. Native of South America 
between Quito and Popayan. Flowers white. 
Silky-leaved Freziera. Tree 40 feet. 
5 F. curysopny’txia (H. B. pl. equin. 1. p. 27. t. 7.) leaves 
lanceolate-oblong, smooth above, villous beneath from golden 
silky down; pedicels axillary, few, short. h.S. Native of 
South America about Popayan. Flowers white. 
Golden-leaved Freziera. Tree 30 feet. ` 
6 F. cann’scens (H. B. pl. equin. 1. p. 25. t. 6. nov. gen. 
amer, 5. p. 211. t. 463. f. 2.) leaves elliptic-oblong, serrulated, 
hoary from down beneath ; pedicels 1-2, axillary. h.S. Na- 
tive of the Andes of Peru. Flowers white. . 
Hoary-leaved Freziera. Tree 30 feet. 
7 F. reTIcuLara (H. B. pl. equin. 1. p. 23. t 5.) leaves 
ovate-lanceolate, serrated, downy beneath; pedicels 3-5 toge- 
ther, axillary, fascicled. h. S. Native of the Andes of Peru 
near Almaguer, Flowers white. 
Reticulate-leaved Freziera. Tree 40 feet. 
Cult. These trees will thrive well in a mixture of sand, loam, 
nd peat; and cuttings will root in sand under a hand-glass, 
n heat. 
\ VII. LETTSO'MIA (in honour of John Cockley Lettsom, 
M. D. F.R.S. an English naturalist, who has given a history of 
the tea-tree, as well as a work on the means of preserving 
objects of natural history, in 1772). Ruiz et Pav. prod. fl. per. 
P: 77. t.14. D.C. prod. 1. p. 525. 
IN. syst. Polyándria, Monogynia. Calyx 7-sepalled. Pe- 
tals 5-6, overlapping each other at the bottom, inner ones nar- 
. Towest. Filaments free. Style very short. Stigmas 3-5. Berry 
3-5-celled ; cells many-seeded. 
1 L. romenrdsa (Ruiz et Pav. syst. 134.) leaves lanceolate, 
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quite entire, clothed with silky down beneath ; berry 5-celled. 
h. S. Native of Peru in groves. Flowers white. 
Donny Lettsomia. Clt. 1823. Shrub 4 feet. 
2 L. vana‘ta (Ruiz et Pav. syst. p. 135.) leaves lanceolate, 
obsoletely serrulated, woolly ; berry 3-celled. h.S. Native of 
Peru in groves. Flowers white ? 
Woolly-leaved Lettsomia. Shrub 4 feet. 
Cult. Lettsdmia is a genus of beautiful shrubs. The spe- 
cies will thrive well in a mixture of loam and peat; and ripened 
cuttings will root in sand under a hand-glass, in heat. 
Tribe IV. 
SAURA’UJE/ (plants agreeing with Saurauja in important 
characters). D.C. prod. 1. p. 525. Calyx furnished with 2-3 
bracteas. Petals alternating with the sepals, which are more or 
less connected at their base into a monopetalous corolla. Stamens 
numerous, monadelphous at the base, adhering to the lower 
part of the corolla. Anthers inserted by their back, not adnate, 
opening by 2 pores at the apex. Styles 3-5, distinct from the 
ovary, but sometimes connected together at the base. Seeds 
not sufficiently known. 
VIII. SAURAU‘JA (from Sauraujo, the name of some Por- 
tuguese botanist, known to Willdenow). Willd. nov. act. soc. 
nat. cur. berol. 3. p. 406. t. 4. D. C. prod. 1. p. 525. 
Lin. syst. Polydndria, Tetra-Pentagynia. Calyx 5-parted, 
Petals 5, connected together to their middle. Styles 3-5, some- 
times connected at the base. Berry furrowed, filled with a 
shining pulp, with as many cells as there are styles, many- 
seeded; seeds minute, angular. Albumen fleshy. Embryo 
linear, with short cotyledons and an obtuse, terete radicle. 
American and Asiatic trees and shrubs with the habit of Laurus. 
Leaves serrated. Flowers of all white, axillary and lateral. 
1 S. excr’tsa (Willd. 1. c.) leaves oblong-obovate, acutish, 
quite entire, scabrous above, hairy beneath at the veins; pe- 
duncles long, covered with brown hairs, trichotomously-panicled 
at the apex. h. S. Native of South America on wooded 
mountains in the province of Caraccas. 
Tall Saurauja. Fl.? Clt. 1824. Tree 50 feet. 
2 S. vitzdsa (fl. mex. icon. ined. under the name of Davya) 
leaves elliptic, acuminated at both ends, serrated from the 
middle to the top, villous beneath as well as the branchlets and 
peduncles. .S. Native of Mexico. 
. Villous Saurauja. Tree 20 feet. 
3 S. pantcura‘ta (Wall. mss. in herb. soc. Lin.) leaves long, 
oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, with spinose serratures, clothed 
with rusty tomentum beneath, with the midrib and petioles beset 
with bristles; peduncles extra-axillary, panicled at the top, 
shorter than the leaves. h. S. Native of the East Indies. 
Panicled-flowered Saurauja. Tree. 
4 S. serra‘ta (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. under 
Davya. D. C. prod. 1. p. 526.) leaves elliptic, tapering to the 
base, acute, serrated, smooth ; branches, petioles, and pedun- 
cles velvety with rusty down. h.S. Native of Mexico. | 
Serrated-leaved Saurauja. Tree? . 
5 S. Nivaute’nsis (D. C. mem. soc. gen. 1. p. 421.) leaves 
lenceolate, acuminated, serrated, smooth above, covered with 
brown down beneath as well as the branchlets ; racemes many- 
flowered, panicled, on long peduncles. k. S. Native of Ni- 
paul at Narainhetty, where it is called Tonshi. Ternstrae'mia 
racemosa, D. Don, prod. fi, nep. p. 225. Tonshia polypetala 
and Dillénia racemdsa, Hamilt. mss. Leaves a span long and 
2 or 3 inches in breadth. 
Nipaul Saurauja. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1824. Tree 30 feet. 
6 S. tancrota‘’ra (D. C. mem. soc. gen. 1. p. 241.) leaves 
oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, very minutely serrated, adult ones 
smooth, younger ones furnished with rufous scales at the nerves ; 
