56 XVI. TERNSTRCEMIACEiE [Mesua 



Andaman Islands, western coast from "North Kanara southwards. Generally in ever- 

 green forests. Co mm only cultivated. PI. February- April. Also in Ceylon and the 

 Malay Peninsula. 



6. KAYEA, Wall. ; El. Brit, Ind. i. 276. 



Trees glabrous, secondary nerves distant, not prominent. Sepals 4, petals 4, 

 imbricate, stamens oo distinct, ovary 1-celled, ovules 4, rarely 8, erect, style 

 long, filiform, stigma 4-fid. Eruit indehiscent, in most species enclosed in the 

 greatly enlarged calyx, pericarp coriaceous, seeds 1-4, cotyledons large, fleshy. 

 Species 20. eastern peninsula and Indian Archipelago. 



1. K. floribunda, Wall. PI. As. Ear. t. 210. 



A large tree. Leaves 5-9 in., coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate. El. in large 

 terminal panicles, sepals green, nearly orbicular, petals white with pink edges, 

 a athers golden-yellow. Fruit 1 -seeded, enclosed by the thick wrinkled yellow 

 much enlarged calyx. 



Sikkim to 3,000 ft., Assam, Khasi hills, Burma hills, east of Toungoo. 2. K. nervosa, 

 T. Anders. ; Kurz, P. PI. i. 96. Tenasserim. Leaves chartaceons, 2-4 in., elliptic- 

 lanceolate. PI. If in. diam., solitary or 2-3 together, terminal or axillary, petals obovate. 

 Fruit supported by but not enclosed in the enlarged calyx. 3. K. Manii, King, Ann. 

 Gard. Calc. v. 2, 144. Andamans. Leaves coriaceous, 5-7 in. Fl. J-i in. diam. on 

 slender pedicels in fasciculate racemes. 



Order XVI. TERNSTRCEMIACE^. Gen. PI, i. 177. 



(Theacece, Engler und Prantl iii. 6. 175, with the exception of Saurauja and 



Actinidia, placed under Dilleniacece [I.e. 125, 126] and Stachyurus, which 



constitutes Gilg's Order Stachyuracece [I.e. 192].) 



Shrubs or trees, rarely climbing. Leaves alternate, simple, often serrate, 

 stipules 0. El. usually showy and bisexual, regular, generally pentamerous, 

 sepals and petals in a few cases more numerous. Stamens generally numerous. 

 Ovary free (half inferior in Anneslea), cells 3-5, numerous in Actinidia, styles 

 as many as cells. 



A. Peduncles 1-flowered, anthers basifixed, embryo curved. 



Ovary free, fl. bisexual as a rule, anthers glabrous . 1. Ternstrcemia. 



Ovary free, fl. bisexual, anthers pilose. 

 Ovary 3-5 celled, seeds numerous . . . .2. Adinandea, 

 Ovary 2—4 celled, seeds few . . . . .3. Cleteea. 



Ovary free, fl. dioecious 4. Eueya. 



Ovary half inferior 5. Anneslea. 



B. Peduncles 1-flowered, anthers versatile, embryo straight. 



Fruit indehiscent .6. Pyrenarta. 



Fruit dehiscent. 



Seeds winged, radicle inferior . . . . .7. Schijia. 



Seeds winged, radicle superior . . . . .8. Goedonia. 



Seeds wingless 9. Camellia. 



C. Fl. in cymes or panicles, anthers versatile, fruit pulpy, embryo straight in 



copious albumen. 

 Fl. pentamerous, stamens many. 



Styles numerous 10. Actinidia. 



Styles 3-5 11. Saurauja. 



Fl. tetramerous, stamens few Stachvurus (p. 63). 



1. TERNSTRCEMIA, Linn. fil. ; El. Brit, Ind. i. 280. 



Glabrous trees or shrubs. Leaves coriaceous, entire or dentate. El. solitary, 

 calyx supported by 2 bracteoles. Sepals 5, petals 5, both imbricate and connate 

 at base. Stamens many, free, filaments generally short, anthers basifixed, 



