Theaceae 



629 



ovoid, 5-anglcd, glabrous, about 1.5 cm. across, terminated by 

 a portion of the persistent style; seeds planconvex, brown, ob- 

 ovate, about 8 mm. long, narrowly wing-margined. Hon- 

 shu (Tokaido and s. Kinki Distr.), Shikoku, Kyushu. 



Forma epitricha (Nakai) Ohwi. S. epitriclni Nakai Ichi- 



BUSA-HIME-SH.\RA. Leaves sparingly callose-pilose on upper 



side. Kyushu (Mount Ichibusa in Higo). Forma sericea 



(Nakai) Hara. S. scrrata \ar. sericea Nakai Togoku-hime- 



SHARA. Leaves pilose, especially on midrib beneath. Hon- 

 shu (Tokaido Distr.). 



3. Stewartia monadelpha Sieb. & Zucc. Hime-shara. 

 Shrub with slender, reddish brown branches, the branchlets 

 glabrous or sparsely ascending-pilose; leaves chartaceous, ovate- 

 elliptic or elliptic to oblong, 4-8 cm. long, 2-3 cm. wide, acumi- 



nate, acute at base, short mucronate-toothed, pilose on both 

 sides or only on midrib on upper side, with axillary tufts of 

 hairs beneath, the petioles slender, 2-12 mm. long, often red- 

 dish; flowers axillary, white, 1.5-2 cm. across, the pedicels 5-10 

 mm. long, the bracteoles longer than the sepals; sepals broadly 

 lanceolate to ovate, 4—7 mm. long, entire, ciliatc; petals obo- 

 vate, 12-15 mm. long, obtusely toothed, white-silky on back; 

 ovary white-pilose; capsules 5-angled, ovoid-pyramidal, nar- 

 rowed above to a beak about 1 cm. across, white-pilose; seeds 

 planoconvex, dark brown, smooth, obovate, about 5 mm. long, 



narrowly winged. July-Aug. Mountains; Honshu (Kanto 



and s. Kinki Distr.), Shikoku, Kyushu. Korea (Quelpaert 



Isl.). 



4. TERNSTROEMIA Mutis Mokkoku Zoku 



Evergreen trees or shrubs; leaves coriaceous, entire or with undulate obtuse teeth; flowers bisexual (sometimes functionally uni- 

 sexual, in ours), solitary or fasciculate, axillary, deflexed, bibracteolate; sepals 5, imbricate, persistent; petals 5, imbricate, connate at 

 base, deciduous; stamens numerous, adnate to the base of the petals, the anthers glabrous, basifixed; ovary 2- or 3-locular; styles 

 connate or nearly absent, the stigma 2- or 3-lobed or nearly entire; ovules 2, rarely i-6 in each locule, pendulous; fruit fleshy, in- 

 dehiscent or ultimately dehiscent; seeds rather large, the endosperm fleshy, sometimes absent, the embryo incurved. About 100 



species, in the Tropics of Asia and America, few in Africa. 



1. Temstroeniia gymnanthera (Wight &Arn.) Sprague. 

 Cleycra gymnanthera Wight Sc Arn.; C. japonica Thunb., pro 



parte; Taonabo japonica (Thunb.) Szysz. Mokkoku. 



Glabrous evergreen tree with rather thick, rusty-gray branches; 

 leaves alternate, often closely approximate near the top of 

 branchlets, narrowly cuneate-obovate, 4-7 cm. long, 1.5-2.5 

 cm. wide, rounded to very obtuse, cuneate to acuminate at 

 base, entire, slighdy recurved on margin, deep green and the 

 midrib impressed on upper side, slightly paler and the midrib 

 raised beneath, the lateral nerves and veinlets obscure, the 

 petioles reddish, 5-10 mm. long; flowers axillary, deflexed, 



white, the pedicels simple, 1-2 cm. long, curved downward; 

 sepals 5, orbicular, 3.5^ mm. long, longer than the ovate 

 acute bracteoles, irregularly denticulate; petals obovate-cuneate, 

 about 8 mm. long; stamens many, the anthers longer than the 

 filaments; fruit globose, about 10-12 mm. across, later de- 

 hiscent; seeds red. July. Near seashores; Honshu (To- 

 kaido and westw.), Shikoku, Kyushu. s. Korea, Ryukyus, 



Formosa, China, India, and Borneo. Forma subserrata 



(Makino) Ohwi. T. japonica var. subserrata Makino 



HiME-MOKKOKU. Leaves obtusely serrate on upper margin. 



5. CLEYERA Thunb. Sakaki Zoku 



Evergreen trees or shrubs; leaves alternate, coriaceous, petiolate, entire; flowers bisexual, solitary or fasciculate, usually axillary, 

 relatively small, acrinomorphic, pedicellate, the bracteoles minute or absent; sepals 5, imbricate; petals 5, imbricate, free or 

 connate at base; stamens many, inserted on the base of the petals, the anthers bearded, basifixed, erect; ovary 2- or 3-locular; 

 styles often elongate, shortly 2- or 3-fid; ovules centrally attached; fruit indehiscent, more or less fleshy, the endosperm fleshy. 

 Few species, in e. and s. Asia, also Central and S. America. 



1. Cleyera japonica Thunb., pro parte, emend. Sieb. & 

 Zucc. C. ochnacea DC; Etirya ochnacea (DC.) Szysz.; Tri- 

 stylium ochnaceiim (DC.) Merr.; Sa\akta ochnacea (DC.) 



Nakai Sakaki. Evergreen glabrous tree with green 



branches; leaves alternate, coriaceous, narrowly oblong or 

 ovate-oblong, 7-10 cm. long, 2-4 cm. wide, acute with an ob- 

 tuse tip, acute at base, entire, deep green and lustrous on 

 upper side, paler and the midrib raised beneath, the lateral 

 nerves rather obscure, the petioles 5-10 mm. long; flowers 1-3, 



axillary, white, becoming yellowish with age, the pedicels 

 1-1.5 cm. long, the bracteoles minute, ovate-orbicular, cadu- 

 cous; sepals ovate-orbicular, about 3 mm. long, ciliolate; 

 petals rather thick, narrowly oblong, 8-10 mm. long; anthers 

 ovate, cuspidate, white, much shorter than the filaments; fruit 

 globose, black, indehiscent. — — (June)-July. Honshu (ccntr. 



distr. and westw.), Shikoku, Kyushu. Korea, Ryukyus, 



Formosa, and China. 



6. EURYA Thunb. 



Hi-sAK.\Ki Zoku 



Evergreen dioecious shrubs, usually with serrate leaves; flowers small, unisexual, sessile or short-pedicellate, solitary or in 

 axillary fascicles, the bracteoles persistent; sepals 5, imbricate; petals 5, imbricate, connate at base; stamens rather many, rarely 

 5, adnate to the base of petals, glabrous, the anthers basifixed; styles 3, sometimes 2 or up to 5, nearly free to connate; ovules 



many in the center of each locule; fruit a berry, the seeds with fleshy endosperm. About 100 species, chiefly in s. and e. Asia, 



a few in Central America. 



lA. Branchlets glabrous or thinly ascending-pilose; leaves elliptic to oblong-Ianceolatc, acute with an obtuse tip or very obtuse at apex. 



1 . E. japonica 

 IB. Branchlets densely pilose; leaves narrowly obovate, rounded, often cmarginatc at apex 2. H. emarginata 



