Anneslea.] xix. ternstrcemiace^. 193 



Peduncles i -flowered. 



Fruit half inferior, drupaceous . . . .1. Anneslea 



Fruit superior ; anthers basifixed ; flowers bisexual. 



Fruit drupaceous . . . . . .2. Adinandra 



Flowers large, long-pedicelled ; fruit large . 3. Ternstrcemia 



Flowers small, short-pedicelled ; fruit very small. 4. Eurya 

 Anthers versatile ; peduncle i-flowered. 



Fruit large, indehiscent . . . . • 5- Pyrenaria 



Fruit dehiscent, globose ; seed winged . . 6. Schima 



Fruit dehiscent, oblong ; seed winged . . 7. Gordonia 



Fruit small, dehiscent ; flowers small . . 8. Pentaphylax 



Peduncles many-flowered. 



Climber; flowers unisexual ..... 9. Actinidia 



Trees (or shrubs) ; flowers bisexual lateral cymose, 



baccate ....... 10. Saurauja 



Flowers in terminal crowded panicles; capsule de- 

 hiscing from base . . . . .11. Arch yt^a 



1. ANNESLEA, Wall. 



Glabrous trees or shrubs. Flowers in terminal corymbs, large, 

 white. Sepals 5, lower part fleshy, connate and adherent to ovary. 

 Petals 5 connate by bases. Stamens numerous, filaments short, 

 inserted on a torus ; anthers elongate 2-celled with a long apiculus. 

 Ovary half immersed in torus, 3-celled ; style cylindric trifid ; ovules 

 many. Fruit a berry crowned by sepals. Seed oblong flattened, 

 testa hard. Species 2, Burma and Cambodia and Malay Peninsula. 



(i) A. crassipes Hook. fil. in Choisy, Mem. Ternst. 41 ; Dyer, 

 in Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 280 ; King, I.e. 187. 



A stout shrub or small tree. Leaves coriaceous obovate or 

 oblanceolate with a blunt point or oblong-lanceolate acute, base 

 narrowed; nerves 6 to 8 pairs very inconspicuous, margin often 

 crenulate, midrib prominent, 2*5 to 6 in. long, 1*5 to 2*25 in. 

 wide; petioles '6 to i in. long. Flowers i to 1-25 in. across in 

 corymbs of 3 to 6; pedicels '5 to i-25 in. long recurved thick. 

 Free part of sepals yellow or red, "65 in. long. Petals smaller 

 acute white. Stamens about 30. Fruit ovoid i to 1*5 in. long 

 bearing the much enlarged sepals near the top. Hah. Mountains 

 in open spots and woods at from 3000 to 7000 ft. altitude. Malacca, 

 Mt. Ophir. Pahang, Gunong Tahan. Perak, Gunong Inas (Yapp) ; 

 Gunong Batu Putih (Wray) ; Gunong Kerbau (Haniff) ; Gunong 

 Bintang, Kedah boundary (Kloss). Distrib. Cochin-China. The 

 var. obovata King, I.e. is not worth keeping up. 



2. ADINANDRA, Jack. 



Trees, of medium size. Leaves coriaceous. Peduncles solitary 

 axillary recurved bibracteate at the apex. Flowers white. Sepals 5 

 orbicular coriaceous usually slightly unequal often silky outside. 

 Petals 5 connate at the base. Stamens many often i- to 4-delphous, 

 inner ones smaller; anther-cells narrow, connective prolonged to a 

 point usually silky. Ovary 3- to 5-cened ; style elongating entire 



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