376 JACK’S MALAYAN PLANTS, 
in a long acumen or point, spinuloso-denticulate, smooth 
with the exception of a few appressed scales on the lower 
surface; about a foot in length. Petioles short, scaly. 
Peduncles axillary, solitary, one-flowered, scarcely so long as 
the petioles, covered with small scales. Calyx five-leaved, 
the three outer leaflets with appressed scalets. Corolla 
white, five-petaled, little longer than the calyx. Stamina 
many, inserted on the base pr the petals; anthers large, 
truncate and opening by two pores at the top. mn three- 
celled, many-seeded. Styles three. 
Oss. This agrees with the T. pentapetala, in having the 
corolla divided to the base, but the leaves are more acuminate 
and the flowers are solitary and axillary. 
TERNSTROEMIA SERRATA. W.J. 
Foliis obovato-oblongis cartilagineo-serratis glabris, pedun- 
culis axillaribus binis, floribus monadelphis, laciniis corollæ 
emarginatis, fructu triloculari. 
Frequent on the island of Pulo Nias. 
A small tree; young parts furnished with brownish 
scales. Leaves alternate, petiolate, obovato-oblong, acumi- 
nate, serrate with irregular cartilaginous uncinate serratures, 
smooth, pretty strongly nerved; 7—8 inches long.  Petioles 
brown, scaly. Peduncles generally two, axillary, one-flowered, 
slender, about an inch long. Calyx five-parted, whitish; 
leaflets unequal. Corolla white, monopetalous, quinquefid, 
longer than the calyx, cup-shaped, lobes bifid or emarginate, 
generally oblique. Stamina shorter than the corolla, and 
inserted on its base; filaments united below ; anthers oblong, 
bifid, two-celled, each cell opening at top by an“oblique 
cucullate pore. Ovary hairy, three-celled, many-seeded ; 
placentz central. Styles three, longer than the corolla, 
irregularly bent. Berry three-celled, many-seeded. Seeds 
angled, foveolate. 
Ons. This differs from the other Sumatran species in 
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