558 TERNSTREMIACE. 
Stigmata various, styles sometimes deeply bipartite, either 
spathulate at the apex or as in the Pringitt plants, but varies 
with 4 cells, to the ovary. 
2. Camellia (Thea) Theifera, Gr. Pl. DCI. Figs. I. III. 
Pedicelli pluri bracteati, bracteis basi latis sursum in sepa- 
lis abeuntibus. 
Sepala 5-7 rotundata imbricata, petala 5-7 imbricata, 
ovalia vel rotundata, exteriora bracteis abeuntia, intima 
petaliformia pluri-venosa, intermedia marginibus membrana- 
ceis, basi inter se mediante filamentorum annulo adherentia, 
Stam. 00, hypogyna basin versus coalita inter se et cum 
petalis leviter cohzrentia czeterum distincta. 
ilam. filiformia glabra. Anth. introrsz, basi affixe bilocu- 
lares longit. dehiscent. connectivo latiusculo. 
y rmis hirsutiusculus apice tripartit. stigmata 
totidem reflexa, stylorum apicium facies internas occupant. 
Ovarium globosum sursum in stylum productum pilis rigidis 
brevibus hirsutiusculum, 3-loculare, loculis 4-ovulatis. 
Ovula biseriata 2 superiore externa ascendentia, foramen : 
supero, 2 inferiore interne pendula foramine intus et deorsum 
spectante. * Tegument utpote e siccis conspicere licet unicum, 
distinctum. 
Capsula 3-loba, coriacea, endocarpio tenuissimo membra- 
nacea loculicida, septis persistentibus ex axi centrali solu- 
tis, lobosum sinubus oppositis, 3-locularis loculis sepius l- 
raro 2 spermis. 
Sem. pendula si singula globosa si bina hzmisphzerica. 1 
Hilum magnum micropyle satis conspicuum, hili latere €x- . | 
terioris contiguam, 
Testa coriaceo crustaceo crassiuscula. Tegument inter. 
membranacea tenuissime inter hoc et testam materies cellulosa 
vasis spiralibus et ductubus creberrimis interspersa. Semen 
exalbuminos. Cotyled. hemisphzrice, Radicula brevissima 
supera plumula conspicua, 
