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TERNSTRCEMIACEJi. II. ANNESLEA. III. GEERIA. IV. EURYA. V. CLEYERA. 



LIN. SYST. Polyandria, Monogywa. Calyx bibracteolate at 

 the base, profoundly divided into 5 nearly equal lobes, imbri- 

 cate in aestivation. Corolla monopetalous, 5-cleft, contracted at 

 the throat, with the segments opposite the calycine lobes. Sta- 

 mens numerous, distinct, erect, inclosed, disposed in a double 

 series on the receptacle. Anthers linear, smooth, adnate, end- 

 ing in a long point. Style 1, cylindrical, crowned by 3 awl- 

 shaped stigmas. Berry dry, globose, crowned by the calycine 

 lobes, 3-celled; cells 1-3-seeded. Seeds red, hanging from 

 the top of the central placenta, arillate. Embryo replicate, 

 cylindrical, inverted. A tree with exstipulate, entire, scat- 

 tered leaves, and axillary, fragrant, ventricose, yellowish-white 

 flowers on long peduncles. This genus approaches Cleyera, 

 from which it differs in the linear, smooth anthers, while in Cley- 

 era they are hispid. 



1 A. FRAGRANS (Wall. 1. c.) Jj . S. Native of the East 

 Indies in woods near Moalmeyn, in Martabania. Leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, obtuse, shining above, pale beneath. Peduncles 

 long, axillary. 



Fragrant Anneslea. Fl. Jan. Tree 30 feet. 



Cult. A mixture of turfy loam and peat will suit this tree, 

 and ripened cuttings will root in sand under a hand-glass, in heat. 



III. GEE'RIA (Geer, the name of some botanist known to 

 Blume ?) Blum, bijdr. ex Schlecht. Linnaea. 1. p. 660. 



LIN. SYST. Dice cia, Poly&ndria. Flowers dioecious. Calyx 

 of 5 sepals, furnished with 2 bracteas at the base. Corolla 5- 

 parted, with rounded segments. Male flowers with numerous 

 stamens, adhering to the base of the corolla, and with a sterile 

 ovary. Female flowers with a globose ovary, and 3-5 styles, which 

 are connected at the base, crowned by as many acute stigmas. 

 Berry 5-celled, many-seeded. Seeds in 2 series, fixed to the 

 top of the central axis. Albumen somewhat cartilaginous. 

 Cotyledons flat-convex. This genus comes near to Eurya, but 

 differs in the flowers being dioecious, not polygamous. Trees or 

 shrubs, with alternate, serrated, exstipulate leaves, and axillary 

 1 -flowered peduncles. 



1 G. SERRA'TA (Blum. 1. c.) ultimate branches tomentose ; 

 leaves lanceolate, acuminated, puberulous beneath ; flowers 

 crowded, axillary ; female ones pentagynous. Tj . S. Native of 

 Java. 



Var. |3, sericea (Blum. 1. c. p. 661.) ultimate branches silky ; 

 leaves puberulous on the nerves beneath. Tj . S. Native of 

 Java. 



Serrated-leaved Geeria. Tree. 



2 G. ANGUSTIFOLIA (Blum. 1. c.) leaves narrow-lanceolate, 

 acuminated, serrated, silky beneath, as well as the ultimate 

 branchlets ; female flowers tri-pentagynous. J? . S. Native of 

 Java. 



Narrow-leaved Geeria. Tree. 



3 G. GLA'BRA (Blum. 1. c.) branches smooth ; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, acuminated, smooth ; flowers crowded, axillary. tj . 

 S. Native of Java. 



Smooth Geeria. Tree. 



4 G. OBOVATA (Blum. 1. c.) branches smooth; leaves ob- 

 ovate, entire at the base, retuse, and obtusely serrated at the 

 apex, smooth ; flowers few, axillary. >j . S. Native of Java. 



Obovate-leaved Geeria. Tree. 



Cult. The species will thrive in a mixture of loam and peat, 

 and ripened cuttings will root in sand under a hand-glass, in a 

 moist heat. 



IV. ELTRYA (from mpi/c, eurys, large; flowers large.) 

 Thunb. fl. jap. p. 11. Browne, pi. chin. diss. p. 7. D. C. prod. 

 1. p. 525. 



^ LIN. SYST. Polygdmia, Moncecia. Flowers polygamous. 

 Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5, roundish, somewhat connected at 



the base. Stamens 12-15, in one series. Anthers smooth, tetra- 

 gonal. Style 3-5-cleft at the apex. Berry 3-celled, many- 

 seeded. Seeds reticulated. Asiatic evergreen shrubs, with 

 axillary pedicels and white flowers. 



1 E. JAPO'NICA (Thunb. jap. p. 191. t. 25.) branches smooth ; 

 leaves elliptical, acute ; flowers axillary. ^ G. Native of Japan 

 near Nagasaki. Flowers white. 



Japan Eurya. Shrub 4 feet. 



2 E. CHINE'NSIS (Brown. 1. c. with a figure.) ultimate 

 branches pubescent ; leaves oval-cuneated ; flowers axillary. Tj . 

 G. Native of China in the province of Kiang-si and Quangtong, 

 in fields and on hills. Lodd. bot. cab. t. 1213. Flowers white. 



Chinese Eurya. Fl. Feb. Clt. 1818. Shrub 2 feet. 



3 E. MULTIFLORA (D. C. 1. c. and prod. 1. p. 525.) branches 

 hairy ; leaves elliptical-oblong, acuminate ; flowers axillary, dis- 

 posed along the branches in fascicles, usually beneath the leaves. 

 1? . G. Native of Nipaul. Flowers white. 



Many-flowered Eurya. Clt. 1823. Shrub 4 feet. 



4 E. ACUMINA'TA (D. C. 1. c. and prod. 1. p. 525.) branchlets 

 villous ; leaves elliptical- oblong, acuminate ; flowers few, axil- 

 lary. Tj . G. Native of Nipaul. Flowers white ? 



Acuminate-leaved Eurya. Shrub 3 feet. 



Cult. All the species of Eurya will thrive in a mixture of 

 loam, peat, and sand; and cuttings will root in sand or mould 

 under a hand-glass, in a moderate heat. 



Tribe III. 



FREZIE'REjE (plants agreeing with Frezieria in the petals 

 being distinct, and in the style being cleft at the apex). D. C. 

 prod. 1. p. 525. Calyx furnished with 2 bracteas at the base. 

 Petals unconnected, alternating with the sepals. Anthers adnate. 

 Style 1. Stigmas 2-5, distinct. Seeds wingless, with fleshy 

 albumen and a somewhat curved embryo. 



V. CLEYERA (Andrew Cleyer, M. D. a Dutch physician, 

 once resident in Batavia). Thunb. fl. jap. p. 12. D. C. prod. 

 1. p. 525. 



LIN. SYST. Polyandria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-sepalled. 

 Petals 5, unconnected. Stamens adhering to the base of the 

 petals. Anthers hispid from retrograde bristles. Style filiform. 

 Stigmas 2-3. Berry dry, 2-3-celled. Shrubs with the habit of 

 Ternstrce'mia. All natives of Asia. 



1 C. JAPO'NICA (Thunb. fl. jap. p. 224.) leaves oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, veinless, serrulated at the apex, tj . G. Native of 

 Japan near Nagasaki. Ksempf. amcen. 5. p. 774. icon. Tern- 

 stroe'mia Japonica, Thunb. in Lin. soc. trans. 2. p. 335. Flowers 

 white or yellowish. 



Japan Cleyera. Clt. 1820. Tree 20 feet. 



2 C. OCHNA'CEA (D.C. mem. soc. his. nat. gen. vol. 1. p. 524.) 

 leaves oval-oblong, acute at both extremities, entire, veiny above ; 

 peduncles 1 -flowered, axillary, solitary or in fours, twice as long 

 as petioles. Jj . G. Native of Japan. Sakaki, Kaempf. amocn. 

 777. Banks, icon. Kaampf. t. 33. Flowers yellow. 



Ochnaceous Cleyera. Tree 20 feet. 



5 C. OCHNOIDES (Wall. mss. in herb. Lin. soc.) leaves cori- 

 aceous, oblong, tapering to both ends, smooth, entire, obtuse or 

 acuminate ; pedicels solitary or numerous, rising from a short 

 peduncle, drooping, fy . S. Native of the East Indies. In 

 the specimen we can see no trace of bracteas, and the calyx is 

 5-lobed, not of 5 sepals. It is therefore probably a distinct 

 genus. Freziera ochnoides, Wall. 1. c. 



Ochna-like Cleyera. Shrub. 



4 C. LU'SHIA ; leaves obovate or elliptical, quite entire, 

 almost veinless, and are as well as branches smooth ; peduncles 

 1 -flowered, axillary, solitary, or in fours, smooth, straight, 

 twice as long as -petioles. Tj . G. Native of Upper Nipaul at 

 Sirinagur, where it is called Lushi-swa, C. ochnacea. 



