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TERNSTiwEMiACE^. [Temsiroemioeea^ 



ovary-ceUs. Seeds either without albumen, or with a Afshy f- granular albu- 

 men: usuaUy not abundant. Embryo straight or folded lengthwise the radicle 

 next the hilum.— Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, or very rarely opposite, 

 undivided, entire, serrate or crenate, without stipules. 



A considerable Order, chiefly tropical, ranging over both the New and the Old World, with 

 a very few species extending northward of the tropics in Asia or in America. 



Tkibe 1 SaurauieK. Anthers versatile. Fruit succulent, seldom dehiscent. Seeds 

 albuminous. Smbryo straight. Mowers in axillary panicles, or on several-flowered, K- 



Sepals slightly imbricate. Carpels free at the top, ending in distinct styles 1, ^ctinidia. 

 Sepals much imbricate. Styles united or close together at the base . 2. hAuaAUjA. 



TaiBE 2 Ternstroemiese. Anthers adnate or innate. Fruit succulent or hard and 

 indehiscent or seldom dehiscent. Seeds albuminous. Embryo folded or much curved. 

 Flowers on short, simple, usually recurved, axillary or lateral pedtcels. 

 Stamens indefinite (more than 10). Fruit indehiscent. 



Flowers hermaphrodite, rather large. Ovules 2 to 4 in each cell . 3. Teknstikemia. 



Flowers dioecious, very small. Ovules 8 or more in each cell . . 4. Eueta. 



Stamens 5. Capsule 5-valved 5. Pentaphyiax. 



Tkibe 3. Gordonieee. Anthers versatile. Fruit dehiscent, the valves loculicidal. 

 Albumen little or none. Embryo curved or straight, the cotyledons large. Flowers on 

 short, simple, erect or recurved, axillary or terminal pedicels. 



Capsule globular. Seeds flat, reniform ' . .6. Schima. 



Capsule oblong. Seeds winged at the top .• ■ • 7. Gordoijia. 



Capsule ovoid or nearly globular. Seeds very thick, without winga . 8. Camellia. 



1. ACTINIDIA, Lindl. 



Mowers dioecious or polygamous. Sepals very slightly imbricated. Petals 

 5. Stamens very numerous. Anthers versatile, short, opening in longitudinal 

 slits. Ovary of B or usually more cells ; the carpels scarcely meeting in the 

 centre, diverging at the summit, and tapering into as many distinct diverging 

 styles. Ovules several in each cell. Fruit succulent, indehiscent. Seeds 

 small, with a rather copious albumen. Embryo straight, rather small. — Climb- 

 ing or trailing shrubs. Flowers in axillary pedunculate cymes. 



A genus of several species, natives of India, China, and Japan. 



1. A. Championi, Benth. A shrubby climber, the young branches to- 

 mentose, at length glabrous. Leaves alternate, on rather long stalks, broadly 

 ovate or almost cordate, shortly acuminate, 2 to 3 in. long, entire or with 

 minute callous teeth, glabrous above, white and toraentose underneath. Pe- 

 duncles axillary, bearing a dense cyme of white flowers, each about \ in. dia- 

 meter. Sepals very tomentose, only slightly overlapping on the edges. — Hep- 

 taca? latifolia, Gardn. and Champ, in Kew Journ. Bot. i. 343. 



Common in the island, Ghampion and others. Not received from elsewhere. It is very 

 near the A. ehinensis. Planch,, from the adjoining continent, but differs in the acuminate and 

 more entire leaves, and in the smaller and much more numerous flowers in dense pedunculate 

 cymes. In both species the sepals are united at the base, very obtuse, and but very slightly 

 imbricate in the bud, appearing valvate as the flower opens, but really overlapping each other 

 at an earlier stage. 



2. SAURAUJA, Willd. 



Flowers mostly hermaphrodite. Sepals much imbricated. Petals 5, usually 



