ANNESLEA. 



Calyx basi bibrapteatas, profunde j)artltus in lobos 5, subinaquales, persistentes, ycstivatione iinbricatos. Couolla 

 monopetala, ovata, pcrigyna, faucc contracta o-fida, laclnlis lobis calycinis oppositis. Stamina iiuinerosa, erecta, in- 

 clusa, serie duplici disco perigyno inserta, distincta ; antheris linearibiis, adnatis, longe cuspidatis. Ovarium turbi- 

 natum, subinferum, 3-loculare, polysporum ; ovulis ex apice placentit centralis ope funiculonun brcviuni suspensis. 

 Stylus 1, cylindricus, subpersistens. Stigmata 3, subulata. Bacca infera, sicca, j»;lobosa, bracteis binis persisten- 

 tibus suffulta, lobis calycinis coronata, 3-locularis, loculis 1 — 3-sperniis. Semina pendula, arillata, embryone rcpli- 

 cato, cylindrico, inverso. 



Classis Liiniaeana Pohjandria Monogynia. 



Ordo naturalis Termtroemiacece , Mirb. Cleyercs proxiina. 



Habitus : Arbor foliis exstipulatis, integerrimis, sparsis, lloribns axillaribus, longe pedunculatis, fragrantibiis. 



Cum Anneslea Roxburgliii et Salisburii rcvocata sit ad Euryakn et Acaciam, noineii de scientiis optime ineritum 

 denuo restituo, in testimonium rcverentia; erga nobilcm virum Georgium Annesley, Comitem Mountnorris, Societatis 

 Regiai et Linneana; socium, peregrinatorem pra'clarum cujus, tunc Vicecomitis Valentia', exstant itinerum volumina 

 tria, Botanices cultorem et fautorem indefessuni. 



ANNESLEA fragrans. Tab. 5. 



Reperi in sylva prope Moalmeyn, in Martabania, florentem Januario, fructigeram Aprili. 



Arbok 30-pedalis. Ramuli grisei, teretes, uti omnes partes Iseves. Folia versus apices ramomin approximata, S]>arsa, patontia, lan- 

 ceolata, vel oblongo-lanceolata, obtusa, integerrima, basi acuta, coriacea, lucida, atroviridia, siccitate subflavicantia, 2 — 4-pollicaria, 

 subttis pallida, costfi gracili elevata, nervis distantibus, capillaceis, vix prominulis, versus marginem reticulatis. Petiolus brevis, supr^ 

 planus. Stipul^e nulloe. Floues axillares, vel e vestigiis foliorum sunimorum delapsorutn, erecto-nutantes, ex albo flavicantes, majus- 

 culi,.longfe pedunculati, fragrantes, a^stivatione imbricati. Pedunculi teretes, graciles, subclavati, 3-pollicares, foliis parhm breviores, 

 basi nudi, superrife leviter angulati, apice infra calyceni bracteis 2 ovatis, obtusis, concaviusculis, subcarinatis, oppositis, xa.rh altemantibus, 

 persistentibus. Calyx profundi divisus in lobos 5 crassos, coriaceos, ovatos, acutos, mcmbranaceo-inarginatos, subinaiquales, basi latil 

 nunc subcordatos, patentes, persistentes, unguiculares, int^s flavicantes. Corolla monopetala, flavescens, calyce par5m brevior, ventri- 

 coso-ovata, acuta, 5-fida : lacini^ ovato-cordatse, acutoe, conniventes et imbricantes, lobis calycinis oppositae ; faux contracta. Stamina 

 circiter 30, erecta, glabra, a;qualia, corolla pari\m breviora, intra basin hujus, circum verticein ovarii conicam duplici serie inserta, 

 omninci distincta. Filamenta filiformia, brevia. Anther.13 lineares, longa;, utrinque longitudinaliter dehiscentes, connectivo ulteriiis 

 in cuspidem longain, filiformem producto. Ovarium parvum, adnatuin, vertice tantilm intra corollac fundum, liberuin, turbinatuin, 

 carnosum, 3-loculare : ovula plura ad fornicem loculi coaccrvata, obtusa, basi lata ope funiculorum breviuin carnosorum ex apice dis- 

 sepimenti'suspensa. Stylus teres, glaber, corolla pari\in longior, basi persistens. Stigmata 3 brevia, subulata, recurvato-subpatentia. 

 Bacca infera, globosa, nutans, magnitudine cerasi, tuberculis minutis, sublepidotis obtecta, basi munita bracteis calycinis duabus adpressis, 

 fer^ immutatis ; coronata lobis calycis tard^ dilabescentibus, intra quos convexa centroque stylifera ; 3-locularis, deni^in fissunl una 

 alterfive valde i'rregulariter disrumpens. Caro crassa, suberosa. Semina 2 vel 3 in singulo loculo farcto, nunc solitaria, unguicularia, 

 oblonga, pari^in complanata, obtusa, arillo carnoso, tcnui, coccineo obtecta, ex apice dilatata placentae centralis triquetral unc\ cum 

 pluribus' ovulis abortivis et immutatis pendula. Funiculi breves, carnosi, ina^quales. Testa chartacea, nitida, flava. Membrana 

 interna crassiuscula, diaphana. Embryo cylindricus, albus, poUicem fer^ longus, medio replicatus in crura duo parallela, suba^qualia, 

 approximata, mediante processu angusto testaj, e basi ejusdem orto sejuncta. Cotyledones semicylindricoe, intiis planae, radiculam 

 cylindricam, superam longitudine vix excedentes. 



Tliis very elegant tree comes near to Cleycra and Freziera, but differs in having a monopetalous, ventricose 

 corolla with a contracted mouth, and smooth, linear anthers, which in the former genus are hispid, and in the latter 

 subcordate at their base. It seems to unite the first two divisions of tlie family to which it belongs, as established 

 bv Professor Decandolle, by having the monopetalous corolla of the one, and the divided stigma of the other. Its 

 ovarium is semiadherent ; but the berry is absolutely inferior. In habit it much resembles Cleyera ochnacca. The 

 flowers are delightfully fragrant. 



Plate V Fie r Flower opened, the lobes and bracts of the calyx being detached, showing the stamens and style. 2. Corolla, 

 .l.t-u-hed ' 3 The same opened. 4. Flower divided longitudinally, exhibiting the structure of the ovarium and the insertion of the 

 stlmens and s^ Trmen. 6. Berries, natural sizl 7- The same cut across in the middle. 8. Seeds in the. natu^d 

 posTtLn 9. Placenta, showing the abortive ovxila and one ripe seed, the others being removed. 10. Detached sced_ ..The 



sleXided in the middle. 12. The same having the ariUus partly removed, exhibiting the testa. 13. The same, the te.ta being 

 partly removed to show the posture of the embryo. 14. Embryo. 



