290 xxiv. TERNSTRCEMIACEJE. (W. T. Thiselton Dyer.) [Pyrcnaria. 



woody testa ; albumen ; cotyledons large, crumpled or conduplicate ; radicle 

 inferior, inflexed DISTREB. Malay Penins. & Ind. Arch. Species about 7. 



* Leaves pubescent beneath. 



1. P. acuminata, Planch, ex Choisy Mem. Temstr. 84; bracts and 

 sepals ovate acute. Ternstixemia ? macropliylla, Wall. Cat. 3663 /// ////>. 

 Linn. Soc. Gordonia (Camellia?) acuniinat;i, Wall. Cat. 3C64 in 1I< rl>. l\< n\ 



EASTERN PENINSULA, Malacca and Sincapore, WttUich, &c. 



Branches densely hairy. Leaves 8-12 by 24-4 in., oblanceolate, obscurely serrulate, 

 shortly acuminate, glabrous above ; petiole - in., pubescent. Flowers \\ in. diain , 

 shortly stalked. Bracts and sepals velvety externally. / <'//.< round, si.ky externally, 

 purplish-brown within. Ovary silky. Fruit 14 by 1 in. wheu dry, poniaceoua, wrinkled, 

 finally nearly glabrous. 



** Leaves glabrous beneath. 



2. P. camelliaeflora, Kurz in J<i,-n. An. Xc. />V//r/. 1871, ii. 46; leaves 

 oblong or elliptic-oblong subacuminate creiiato-serrulate. 



1'iuu, Kurz; MARTABAN, Brui" 



A small tree, 25-30 ft. high. Leaves 5-7 by 1^-2 in., yellowish-green even when 

 dried; }>etiole \ in. Flowers f in. uiam., white; bracteoles small and as well as tin; 

 sepals and petals silky externally. Ovary silky. Jh-u/x- about 1 in. long, obovoid, 

 succulent, at first slightly pubescent, then pruinose. Steds 2. 



3. P. attenuata, Seem, in Linn. Trans, xxii. 340 ; leaves obovate serru- 

 late, flowers , in tliaiu. Frezieni? attenuata, WH.C<tt. 14">1. Theaviridis 

 /'//-. ussainica, Clioisy Mtnt. T> n^lr. yi. Tliea assamica, aflf. sp., ' 



I.e. 68. 



TAVOY, Gomez. 



Branches glabrous; buds silky. Leaves 6-7 by 24-3 in., obtuse or vory shortly 

 acuminate ; petiole in. very shortly ptdunclecL l'>r<i<-t*, .- //f//x. and / /<//.% 



01 In', tilar, pul>e.-e.-i;t rxtrrnall y. Ovary pubescent ; styles united below, glabrotU above. 



4. P. barring'toniaefolia, ticwn. in I>n/>/. vii. 49 ; leaves spathulate 



nnmly serrute, flOwera i | in. diain. Eusynaxis barringtoiiijfifolia, d'ri/. 

 A.-////, iv. -)(,(), t. (i()3. f. 1, i, 3. 



ASSAM, (ifiiitli: ( I arrow hills in Iv\>: I:K\ r.i.M;,u.. Lnltb. 



A shrub G It., with glabrous branches and pubescent buds. Lriivi't 8-10 by 2.^-3 -, in., 

 tip rounded or truncate, ru>p date-aeuminate ; petiole^ in. Fl.nn r* yellowisji-white, 

 veiv shortly pi'duncled. Hmrt^ xt'jxil*, and //- t>/l.t orbicular, erose cienate, pubt;,s- 

 c.i nt exte'iially. Ovary silky, grooved ; styles distinct. Fruit ovoid, l in. long when 

 dry, longitudinally wrinkled, glabrous. 



12. GORDONIA, Ellis. 



Trees with evergreen entire or crenate leaves. Flwerx usually handsome, 

 often subscssilr, solitary in the axils of the leaves or collected at the ends of 

 the branches, 2-4-bracteolate. tiejtals usually 5, unequal, graduating from 

 the bracts to the petals. Petals free or often slightly connate at the base, the 

 innermost larger. Stamens 5-adelphous or all connate, adnate to the petals. 

 (hir;i 3-5- (rarely 6-) celled; style single with a stout spreading stigma; 

 ovules 4-8 in each cell. Capsule oblong, woody, loculicidal with a persistent 

 axis. Seeds flat or compressed, prolonged upwards into an oblong wing 

 (rarely obsolete) albumen ; embryo mostly straight, oblique, with ovate 

 flat or slightly crumpled cotyledons ; radicle superior. DISTRIB. N. America, 

 Tropical Asia, Malay Archipelago. Species about 10. 



