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Ternstroemia. | TERNSTROEMIACER. 99 
base, on arather short, broad petiole, acute or acuminate, entire or 
obsoletely crenate, very thick coriaceous, beneath black-dotted, the 
nerves obsolete ; flowers rather large, 2-bracted at base, on about 2 
(in fruit 3) in. long, thick, straight, white pedicels arising from the 
top of the branchlets; calyx coriaceous, white; corolla rose- 
coloured. 
‘Has.—Not unfrequent in the drier hill-forests of Martaban at 5,000 to 
7,000 ft, elevation ; Ava, Kakhyen hills.—Fl. Febr.-March.—l.—SS. = Metam. 
TERNSTROEMIA, L. 
Flowers hermaphrodite or dioecious. Sepals and petals 5, the 
latter connate at base. Stamens many; anthers glabrous. Ovary 
2-3-celled, with 2 or rarely ge Papago ovules in each cell ; 
style simple or none; stigma lobed or almost entire. » Seeds few, 
arillate.—Evergreen trees or shrubs with entire or crenate-serrate 
leaves. Flowers usually 2-bracted at base, axillary. 
Anthers apiculate; calyx smooth. . ag tats hf? & . ZT. Japonica. 
calyx wrinkled . ° . . T. Penangiana. 
Haz.—Common in the damp hill-forests of Martaban at 3,000 to 7,200 ft. 
elevation ; Tenasserim.—Fr. Apr.—s.—SS.—Metam. 
%. T. Penangiana, Chois.; H.f. Ind. Fl. i. 281.—An evergreen 
tree (50—80+30—40+6—7), all parts glabrous; leaves obovate- 
Has.—Not unfrequent in the tropical forests of the Andamans; Tenasserim. 
—Fr. Apr.-May.—s.—SS. =SiS. ; serpentine and chloritic rocks. 
