Ternslrcemta.] xix. ternstrcemiace^. 197 



3. TERNSTRCEMIA, L. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves coriaceous entire or crenate serrate; 

 peduncles solitary axillary in the axils of leaves, or of minute 

 bracts, or fascicled. Flowers usually unisexual white or yellow. 

 Sepals 5 umbricate. Petals 5 connate at the base. Stamens many 

 adherent to corolla-base; anthers glabrous. Ovary 2- or 3-celled; 

 ovules 2 in each cell; style simple or o. Stigma 2- or 3-lobed. Fruit 

 baccate. Seeds few large. Tropical Asia and America, about 

 300 species. 



Flowers about i in. across. 



Leaves very thick; nerves almost or quite 

 invisible. 

 Fruit 1-25 in. long; seeds i or 2 . . . (i) T. bancana 



Fruits 75 in. long; seeds 4 . . . (2) T. penangiana 



Leaves oblanceolate thinner ; nerves visible ; 



fruit very large (3) T. Wallichiana 



Flowers under i in. across. 

 Leaves 4-5 in. long ; peduncles -5 in. long . (4) T. Scortechinii 

 Leaves 3 in. long; flowers small; peduncles 'i^ 



in. long . . . ^ . . (5) T. Maclellandiana 



Leaves 3 in. long, obovate — " ^ 



Leaves 3 in. long oblanceolate , . • (6) T. montana 



(i) T. bancana Miq. Fl. Ind. Bot. Sup p. ^yy. Adinandra 

 Miquelii King, I.e. 192. 



Tree 30 ft. or more tall. Bark pale. Leaves thickly coriaceous 

 oblanceolate-obovate or elliptic obtuse, with a short abruptly 

 blunt point, narrowed at base to petiole, entire; nerves invisible 

 when alive, inconspicuous 5 to 7 pairs when dry, 4 to 6 in. long, 

 i"5 to 2*25 in. wide; petioles "6 to 75 in. long, thick. Flowers 

 about 75 in. across, white scattered about below the upper leaves 

 axillary and extra-axillary; peduncles 75 to i in. long. Sepals 

 coriaceous rounded, outer ones larger than inner. Petals larger 

 round clawed. Stamens pubescent. Ovary globose. Stigma bifid. 

 Fruit sub-drupaceous ovate-oblong i"25 in. long, strawberry 

 coloured. Seeds i or 2 oblong brilhant red, 75 in. long. Hah. 

 Usually near the sea, occasionally in land. Singapore, Selitar; 

 top of Bukit Timah Hill; Johor, Tana Merah. Bindings, Lumut; 

 Bruas and Pangkor. Pahang, Rumpin River (Evans). Disirih. 

 Banca. Native names : Kwak ; Tengah Hutan ; Medang Pergam. 



The Singapore plant has short thick rounded leaves obovate. The 

 Bindings ones are oblanceolate with more conspicuous nerves, like the Banca 

 one. 



(2) T. penangiana Choisy, Mem. Ternsir. 30 ; King, I.e. 193. 



Tree. Leaves thick coriaceous obovate blunt, base narrowed ; 

 nerves 5 to 9 pairs inconspicuous, 4 to 6 in. long, 175 to 2 '5 in. 

 wide; petioles i in. long. Flowers unisexual solitary axillar}^; 

 peduncles i'5 in. long. Sepals round. Petals larger cream colour. 

 Stamens numerous in males, none in females. Stigmas 2, 6- to 



