Ternatroemia] 



XVI. TEl; XSTRtEMIACE.E 



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glabrous, obtuse or shortly apieulate. Ovary 2-3 celled, ovules 2, rarely 1 

 or more than 2 in each cell, pendulous from the apex. Seeds 2-4. testa bony, 

 albumen 0, embryo horseshoe-shaped. Species 

 80, tropical Asia and America. 



1. T. japonica, Thunb.— Syn. T. gymnan- 

 tJiera, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 91 : Cleyi ra gymnan- 

 thera, W. et A. : Wight Ic. t. 47.' ' Vera. 

 Kaymone, Kamoni, Xilgiris. 



A larj^e trpe, stunted at high elevations. 

 Leaves crowded at the ends of branches, entire, 

 2-3 in. long, gradually narrowed into a petiole 

 .',-1 in. long, secondary nerves indistinct. Ped- 

 uncles i-1 in., axillary, or more often above 

 the scars of fallen leaves. Fl. pale yellow, 

 corolla spreading \-'i in. diam. Fruit | in. 

 diam., tipped with persistent style, and sup- 

 ported by bracteoles and sepals. Seeds 3-4, red. 



Sikkiiu 7,000-8,000 ft.. Kliasi hills. Upper ami 

 Lower Burma. Nilgiris. Fl. December to June. 

 Also Ceylon, China, Japan. 2. T. penangiana, < Ihoisy : 

 Km/.. F. PI. i. 99. Andamans anil Tenasserim, 

 Malay Peninsula, Cochinchina. Leaves 4-8 in.. 

 obovate. PI. diOBCious, nearly 1 in. across, anthers 

 no1 apieulate. Fr.lJ in. diam., seeds I. covered by 

 :i reddish pulp, resembling that of Bixa orellana. 



10. 24. — TernstroBmia japonica, 

 Thunb. Seed cu1 open. J. 



2. ADINANDRA, dark. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 281. 



Species 12, one African, one in China and Formosa, the rest in the Malay 

 Peninsula ami Indian Archipelago. 



1. A. villosa, Choisy : Eurz, F. Fl. i. lm. 



A middle-sized tree, young branches, leafbuds, petioles, under side of leaves 

 as well as back of sepals and petals clothed with long silky hairs. Leaves 

 1-.") in., coriaceous, shortly acuminate. Fl. axillary, mostly bisexual, on short 

 pedieels. bracteoles caducous, some distance below the flower. Stamens 

 20-30 free, slightly attached to base of petals, silky, apieulate. ( tvarv 

 Bj-celled, hairy, style eylindric, glabrous, Stigma minute, ovules numerous, 

 pendulous from the apex. Fruit ] in. diam.. silky, seeds numerous, reniform, 

 embryo horseshoe-shaped, albumen 0. 



Lower Burma, chiefly in Eng forest. Fl. II. s. Also in Perak. Pierre, Fl. For. t. 

 125, unites this with A. integerrima, T. Ami. Bang, Joum. As. Soo. Bengal, vol.59 

 (1891), 190, keeps them separate. '-'. A. Grifflthii, Dyer, a small tree, Khasi hi IK. has gla- 

 brous buds, leaves and Bowers, the stamens sparingly hairy, ami the style deeply 5-fid. 



:;. CLEYERA, lx". : Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 2S3. 

 (Included under Bhirya in Engler u. l'rantl iii. 8. 189, 

 Species 6, India, China. Japan. Central America and the West Indies. 



1. C. ochnacea, DC. 



A small tree. Leaves 3-6 in. Fl. yellow, axillary, Fascicled, peduncles 

 j-\ in. Long, thickened towards the apex, bracteoles minute. Stamens numerous 

 anthers pilose, shorter than filaments. Ovary generally 1-celled, stvlo filiform, 

 stigma 2 3- partite. 



Nepal, Khasi hills. Ruby Mines district, Upper Burma. Fl. R, s. Also china, 

 .In i ..i n. ( '. japonica, si.-i>. \ Zi , (no! Thunb.), with which this species is identified in 



