300 148. THEACEAE — I49. GUTTIFERAE 



FAMILY 148. THEACEAE 

 Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, undivided, without stipules. Sepals 5, 

 free or united at the base, imbricate in bud. Petals 5, free or united below, 

 with imbricate or contorted aestivation. Stamens 10 or more, rarely [Thom- 

 asseiia) 5. Ovary superior or almost so, 2 — 5-celled, with 2 or more ovules in 

 each cell. Fniit a capsule or a nut. Albumen scanty or wanting. — Genera 6, 

 speciesi2. Tropics and Canary Islands. {TERNSTKOHM lAC EA E.) (PlategS.) 



1. Flowers in cymes or panicles. Fruit a capsule. [Tribe ASTEROPEI- 



EAE.] 2 



Flowers solitary or in pairs in the axils of the leaves 4 



2. Fertile stamens 5, alternating with staminodes which are united in 



5 bundles. Ovary 5-celled. Flowers in long-stalked, axillary clusters. 



— Species i. Seychelles Thomassetia L. 



Fertile stamens 10 or more. Flowers in panicles 3 



3. Stamens 10 — 15, united at the base. Anthers versatile, turned inwards. 



Ovary 3-celled. Sepals enlarged and wing-like in fruit. Low trees or 

 chmbing shrubs. — Species 6. Madagascar. (Including Rhodoclada 



Bak.) Asteropeia Thouars 



Stamens numerous. Ovary 5-celled. Fruit with 5 wing-like ribs. Tall 

 trees. Inflorescence terminal, scantil}^ branched. — Species i. Mad- 

 agascar. Yields timber Nesogordonia Baill. 



4. Anthers versatile, turned outwards. Stamens numerous, the outer ones 



united at the base. Ovules 4 — 6 in each ovary-cell. Fruit a capsule. 

 Seeds wingless, exalbuminous ; embryo straight. — Species 2. Culti- 

 vated and occasionally naturalized in the tropics. One of them [Th. 

 sinensis L.) is the tea-plant, the other [Th. japonica L., cameHia) is an 

 ornamental plant and yields wood and oily seeds. (Including CanieUia 



L.) [Tribe THEEAE.] Thea L. 



Anthers adnate. Fruit a nut. Seeds albuminous ; embryo curved. 

 [Tribe TERNSTROEMIEAE.] . 5 



5. Ovules 2 — 3 in each cell, axile, descending. Styles 3. Fruit half-inlerior. 



— Species i. Canary Islands. It has edible fruits and is used in 

 medicine and as an ornamental plant. (Plate q8.) . . Visnea L. f. 



Ovules many in each cell, attached to a pendulous placenta. Style i, 

 simple. — Species i. West Africa Adinandra Jacks. 



FAMILY 149. GUTTIFERAE 



Leaves opposite, rarely whorlcd, undivided. Flowers regular. Petals with 

 imbricate or contorted aestivation. Stamens numerous, hypogynous. Ovary 

 superior. Seeds exalbuminous. — Genera 16, species 180. (Including CLU SI- 

 ACE AE and HYPERICINEA E.) (Plate 99.) 

 T. Ovary-cells and styles numerous (17 — 24). Ovules 2 in each cell, one 

 ascending, the other pendulous. Filaments free. Shrubs. — Species i. 



Seychelles Medusagyne Bak. 



Ovary-cells i — 12. Styles i — 5 2 



