DES TERNSTROEMIACÉES ET DES GUTTIFÈRES. Hot 
TERNSTRŒMIACEZÆ. 
Ternstræmiaceæ Xunth, Ach. Rich. — Ternstræœmieæ et 
Theaceæ Mirb. — Ternstræmiaceæ et Camellieæ DC. 
Carvx 3-5-rarissimè-4-phyllus, rarius magis mins profundè 
5-partitus; foliola imbricata, sæpè inæqualia. Perara 5-0, raris- 
simè 4, receptaculo sæpissimè carnoso inserta, foliolis calycinis al- 
terna , sæpè basi inter se coalita. Sramwa receptaculo inserta, sæpè 
basi petalorum adhærentia, libera vel inter se basi magis minüs 
coalita , rariùs in phalanges distinctas disposita : antheræ basi vel 
dorso insertæ , adnatæ vel mobiles, anticæ vel posticæ, 2-rariüs- 
4-loculares , loculis rimä longitudinali, rariüs poro , dehisceutibus : 
pollen ( madefactum ) trilobum vel trigonum , angulis nonnumquäm 
in papillam pellucidam productis. Pisricrum superum. Sryii 1-7. 
 SriGmara. terminalia. Ovarium 2-7-loculare, loculis 2-multi-ovu- 
latis, sæpè septis incompletis subuniloculare. Ovura angulo interno 
loculorum affixa. Frucrus nunc capsularis et dehiscens, nunc coria- 
ceus et indehiscens , 2-7 locularis, sæpissimè columnam centralem 
placentiferam gerens. Sema aptera vel alata, compressa vel subro- 
tunda, rarissimè (in Cochlospermo) arillata. INTEGUMENTUN sæpius 
duplex. PerisPermum carnosum vel nullum. Eusryo arcuatus, subar- 
cuatus, vel rectus : radicula ad hilum versa : cotyledones integer- 
rimæ, rarissimè (in Gordonid) longitudinaliter plicatæ. 
ARBORES, FRUTICES , SUFFRUTICESVE. Fozi4 alterna, rarissimè oppo- 
sita, sæpè ad apicem ramorum fasciculatim approximata , sæpissimè 
exstipulata, integra, rarissimè (in Cochlospermo) lobata, coriacea, 
rarissimè (in Mahureë et Marilé ) pellucido-punctata : petioli basi 
articulati. FLores hermaphroditi, in genero unico (Eury&) poly- 
gami , axillares terminalesque, sæpissimè albi, rariüs rosei seu 
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