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TERNSTRCEMIACEjE. I. TERNSTRCEMIA. 



many-stigmas. Fruit 3-5-celled. Albumen fleshy or wanting. 

 Seeds compressed or winged, rarely cochleale. 



10 COCHJLOSPE'RMUM. Calyx of 5 unequal sepals (f. 97. a.). 

 Petals 5, emarginate at the apex (f. 97. d.). Filaments free. 

 Anthers acuminated, 4-sided, opening by one pore. Style simple. 

 Capsule globose, 3-5-celled. Seeds numerous, cochleate, woolly 

 (f. 97. h. g.). Albumen fleshy. 



11 LAPLA'CEA. Calyx of 4-5 sepals. Petals 5-9, equal. Sta- 

 mens in 3 series, adnate to the base of the petals. Anthers kid- 

 ney-shaped, 2-celled. Capsule 5-7-celled, 5-7-valved, woody ; 

 cells 3-seeded. Seeds winged, hanging from the central axis. 



12 BONNE'TIA. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5. Anthers 2- 

 celled. Style trifid at the apex. Capsule 3-celled, 3-valved ; 

 valves bent in at the edges so much as to constitute dissepi- 

 ments. Seeds linear, winged at both ends. 



13 MAHU REA. Calyx 5-sepalled. Petals 5. Anthers ad- 

 nate. Style crowned by a 3-5-lobed stigma. Capsule 3-celled, 3- 

 valved ; valves bent in so much at the margins as to constitute 

 dissepiments. Seeds minute, compressed, winged at both ends. 



14 MARI'LA. Calyx of 4, rarely of 5 sepals. Petals 4-5. 

 Stamens numerous, joined at the base ; anthers adnate. Style 

 crowned by a capitate 3-4-lobed stigma. Capsule 3-4-valved, 

 3-4-celled, with the margins of the valves bent inwards so as to 

 form dissepiments, which are fixed to the central placenta. Seeds 

 numerous, girded by a yellow fringe. 



15 VENTENA'TIA. Calyx 3-sepalled (f. 98. a.), deciduous. 

 Petals 11-12 (f. 98. 6.). Anthers adnate, 2-celled (f. 98. c.). 

 Capsule 5-celled (f. 98. e.) ; cells many-seeded. 



16 CARAIPA. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5, inferior. Anthers 

 fixed by the back. Style crowned by a 3-lobed stigma. Capsule 

 3-celled, 3-valved. Seeds sub-solitary, compressed, inserted in 

 the large, trigonal, 3-winged, central placenta, 



17 KIELMIE'RA. Calyx 5-parted, unequal. Petals 5. An- 

 thers oblong, 2-celled, fixed by the back. Style crowned by 3 

 stigmas. Capsule 3-celled, 3-valved; valves bent in at the 

 margins so much as to constitute dissepiments. Seeds girded by 

 a membranous margin, extended at both ends. 



18 ARCHITS'A. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5. Stamens connate 

 into 5 bundles at the base. Anthers 2-celled. Style simple. 

 Capsule 5-celled, incompletely 5-valved. Seeds linear, rather 

 winged. 



19 GODOYA. Calyx of many deciduous sepals. Petals 5. 

 Stamens numerous, disposed in many rows, or collected into 5 

 bundles. Anthers long, biporose. Style simple. Capsule 3- 

 5-valved, 3-5-celled, with the edges of the valves bent inwards, 

 forming the dissepiments, many-seeded ; seeds winged. 



TRIBE VI. 



GORDONIE'JE. Sepals 5, free, or joined together at the base. 

 Petals usually connected at the base. Stamens numerous, mona- 

 delphous at the base. Anthers ovate, oscillatory. Styles 5, 

 distinct or connected. Carpels 5, capsular, few or many- 

 seeded, sometimes distinct, sometimes connected into a single 

 fruit, with a dissepiment in the middle. Albumen wanting. 



Embryo straight, with an oblong radicle, and leafy cotyledons, 

 which are wrinkled and plaited lengthwise, with an inconspicuous 

 plumule. 



20 MALACHODE'NDRON. Calyx 5-cleft, furnished with 2 brae- 

 teas. Petals 5, crenulated. Ovary 5-furrowed. Styles 5, free. 

 Stigmas capitate. Carpels 5, capsular, connected, 1-2-seeded. 



21 STUA'RTIA. Sepals 5, connected almost to the middle, bi- 

 bracteate. Petals 5. Style crowned by a 5-lobed stigma. Capsule 

 woody, 5-celled, 5-valved; cells 1-2-seeded. Seeds wingless. 



22 GORDONIA. Sepals 5, coriaceous (f. 99. a.). Petals 5, 

 adhering to the tube of the stamens, and connected together at 

 the base (f. 99. d.). Style crowned by 5 stigmas (f. 99./.). 

 Capsule 5-celled, 5-valved (f. 99. c.) ; cells 2-5-seeded. Seeds 

 ending in a leafy wing. 



23 BLU'MEA. Calyx 5-parted, unequal. Petals 5, obovate, 

 free. Anthers almost sessile, disposed in a ring around the 

 style, which is 5-cleft at the apex. Capsule 5-celled ; cells 

 many-seeded. 



24 SCHIMA. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 5, connected together at 

 the base, and adnate to the urceolus of the stamens, unequal, one 

 of them is cucullate. Style crowned by a 3-lobed stigma. Cap- 

 sule globose, 5-celled ; valves with a dissepiment in the middle ; 

 cells 1-2-seeded. Seeds ending in a wing. 



25 POLY'SPOUA. Calyx girded by some deciduous accessary 

 bracteas. Sepals and petals 5. Stamens monadelphous at the 

 base. Style crowded by 5 stigmas. Capsule conical, 5-celled, 



5-valved. Seeds numerous, imbricate, ending in a wing. 







TRIBE VII. 



CAMELLIE\E. Sepals 5-9. Petals 5-7-9, usually cohering at 

 the base. Stamens numerous, monadelphous, or polyadelphous at 

 the base. Anthers versatile, 2-celled. Styles 8-5, connected at 

 the base. Fruit 3-celled, S-valved, fen-seeded; valves with a 

 dissepiment in the middle, or bent in at the margins so much as to 

 form dissepiments. Albumen wanting. 



26 CAMELLIA. Calyx girded by some accessary bracteas or 

 sepals. Stamens polyadelphous, or monadelphous at the base. 

 Valves of capsule bearing a dissepiment in the middle of each ; 

 central axis triquetrous. 



27 THE V A. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5-9, in 2-3 series. 

 Stamens adhering to the base of the petals. Style 3-cleft. 

 Capsule 3-lobed, 3-seeded ; dissepiments formed from the in- 

 flexed margins of the valves. 



Tribe I. 



TERNSTRCEMIE V ^E (plants agreeing with Ternstrcemia in 

 important characters.) D. C. prod. 1. p. 523. 



Calyx with 2 bracteas at the base. Sepals connected together 

 at the base, and opposite the petals. Anthers adnate. Style 1. 

 Stigma simple. Albumen fleshy. 



I. TERNSTRCE'MIA (Ternstrcem, a Swedish naturalist 

 and traveller in China, who died at Palicandre in 1745.) Lin. 

 fil. suppl. 39. D. C. prod. 1. p. 523. Tonabea, Juss. Toana- 

 beo, Aubl. guian. 1. p. 569. 



LIN. SYST. Polydndria, Monogynia, Calyx of 5 unequal 

 sepals, furnished with 2 bracteas at the base. Petals 5, con- 

 nected at the base into a monopetalous corolla. Stamens inde- 



