Temstroemia. polyandria monogynia. 5Sl 



COM ARUM. Schreh. gen. n. 869. 



Calyx teu-cleft. Petals five, smaller than the calyx. 

 Receptacle (of the seed) roundish, spongy, villous, per- 

 manent. Seeds naked, smooth. 



C. fiavum. Buck. 



Annual, with slender, short, dichotomous, villous 

 branches. Leaves pinnate, quinate and ternate, with obo- 

 vate, gashed, villous leaflets ; stipules lanceolate. 



A native of Nepal. It flowers about the beginning of the 

 hot season in the Botanic garden at Calcutta. 



CLASS XIII. 



POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



TERNSTROEMIA. Schreb. gen. n. 872. 



Gen. Char. Calyx five-leaved. Coro^ one-petalled, 

 with a staminiferous tube, and five-parted border. Anthers 

 turbinate, with biperforate apices. Germ from three to 

 five-celled ; cells many-seeded; attachment interior. Ber^ 

 ties superior, from three to five-celled, many seeded. 



1. T. serrata. R. 



Leaves alternate, lanceolate, serrate, acuminate. Pe- 

 duncles in lateral fascicles, compound and decompound. 

 Berries five-ceiled. 



Daloop the vernacular name in Silhet, where it is indi- 

 genous, and grows to the size of the apple, or pear tree. 

 It is used for fuel only. Flowering time April and May, 

 the seed ripens in July and August. 



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