146 MELJJE.. [CI 13. 



Ternstromia (Tonabea Juss. being the same genus), 

 Thea and Camellia. These serve to connect the Au- 

 rantia and Melice, without much real affinity perhaps 

 to either. They have some points of relationship to 

 the Alalvacece, Ord. 74 ; at least to Gordonia and 

 Stuartia. 



Ord. 71. Meli/e. " Calyx of 1 leaf, more or less 

 deeply divided. Petals 4 or 5, with broad claws, 

 generally connected at the base. Stamens definite, 

 as many, or more frequently twice as many ; their 

 Filaments united into a tube, or cup, toothed at the 

 summit, each tooth either bearing, or overshadowing, 

 a close-pressed internal Anther. Germen and Style 

 single. Stigma rarely divided. Fruit pulpy, or more 

 frequently capsular, of many cells, with 1 or 2 Seeds 

 in each, the valves as many as the cells, each with 

 a central partition. Stem shrubby or arboreous, with 

 alternate branches. Leaves simple or compound, 

 alternate, without Stipulas." 



Sect. 1. Leaves simple. Canella ( Winterania Juss.), 

 Symphonia, Tinas, excluding the "Peruvian shrub," 

 which is StrigUia of Cavanilles, Monad, t. 201., Ge- 

 ruma Forsk., Aitonia, Qaivisia Commers. Lam. II- 

 lustr. t. 302, and Turrcta, fig. 225, see Sm. Plant. 

 1c. t. 10-12. 



Sect. 2. Leaves compound. Ozophyllum Schreb. 

 (Ticorea Aubl.), SandoricumTLum-ph., Portesia Juss. 

 Lam. Illustr. t. 302, Trichilia, Elcaja Forsk., Guarea, 

 Ekebergia, Melia and Aquilicia (which is Leea). 



