TEENSTECEMIACEiE. 103 



toothed ! tfeeth terminated yrith a gland ; flowers polygamous, in raeemifonn panicles ; berry 

 purple, globose (2"'-3"' diam.) : seeds cbovate, flat on the ventral, convex and grooved on the 

 dorsal side — P&m. ed. Burm, t. 259. /. 3 ; SI. t. 210./ 4 j Hesa. Fl. 5. t. 310.— Cissus 

 cordifolia, L. {ex cit. Plum.), Yitis indicai Sw, V, Labrnsca, Desc, {npn L.). — Young 

 shoots occur with the leaves green on both sides, and obsoletely lobed (as in Sloane's figure), 

 ^Hab. Jamaica!, Macf., Al., March; Leeward Islands ; [Cuba I, Mexico 1, Venezuela!], 



XXXII. TERNSTECBMIACE^, 



Sepals imbricative, in two or several 2-3-leaved whorls. Stamens indefinite, often adhe- 

 ring to the corolla at their base. Pistil syncarpous, Embryo cylindrical, or with the coty- 

 ledons foliaceous : albumen thin, or none. — ^Woody plants ; leaves simple^ alternate, exsti- 



No general property is known, but that mucilage and tannic acid are present :, the peculiar 

 principle of Thea ia confined to that genus. ' 



L.TERNSTKCEMIA, L. 



Sepals in three whorls : two exterior smaller, two in the middle, three interior. Petals 3, 

 coherent at the base, staminiferous. Anthers linear, erect. Ovary 2-5-celled : cells 3-4- 

 ovulate ; style simple. Pericarp dry, cartilaginous : seeds wingless, albuminous. Emiryo 

 cylindrical, semiannular : radicle superior, — Shrubs, or low trees; \emei polished: veins 

 usually inconspicuous ; peduncles axillary, simple ; flowers white. 



1. T. elliptica, Suj., V. Leaves spathulate or elliptical, bluntish, quite entire, without 

 black dots : veins obsolete ; peduncles solitary, about twice as long as the petiole„m\ich ex- 

 ceeded by the leaf, subcompressed ; sepals rounded (2'"-3"'long) ; fruit ovate. — BO. Ternstr. 



in Mem. Genh)e, \. t.\: a narrow-leaved form, — T. meridionalis, W. {non Sw.) : a name ( 

 better suppressed, as Mutis's homonym is probably T. clusiifolia, Mth. (T, brevipes, DO.), / 

 which is distinguished by emarginate leaves, T, peduncularis, SO., Bich. Oub. T, lineatai 

 DC. — A low tree ; leaves variable, 3" long, 1^"-1" broad ; peduncles cemuous, about 8'" 

 long, — Has. Dominica!, Imr., in mountain- woods ; [Cuba, Guadeloupe I, Mexico, Panama!]. 



2. T. obovalis, JBich. Leaves obovate or spathulate, rounded or subemarginate at the 

 top, cuneate at the base, quite entire, without black dots: veins inconspicuous; peduncles 

 solitary, nearly as loiig as the leaf, subcompressed; sepals roundish, submucronate (S'"-4"' 

 long) ; fruit globose. — Bich. Oub. t. 25, — T, meridionalis, Sw., V., Macf. I — A low iree ; 

 leaves stiff, revolute oii the margin, 2i"-2" long, 12'":-6"' broad : petiole short, l"'-2"' long; 

 fruit 6'" diam. : seeds sifty, scarlet. — Hab. Jamaica!, Pd., in mountain-woods; Dominica 

 (*.); [Cuba, Guadeloupe 1]. cA^ 



2. CLEYEBA, fifem*. S-i-^ /»< 7 (^^ 



Sepals &uS. petals of Temstrosmia. Anthers erect. Ovary 3-2(T4)-celled: cells 2-4- 

 ovulate; style 3-2(-4)-lobed. Pericarp baccate, at length dry. Seeds of Temstrcemia: 

 testa crustaceous, — Shrubs, or low trees ; peduncles axillary ; flowers yellowish or white. 



3. CI, theoides, Planch. {MS.). Glabrous or glabrate; leaves obovate-oblong or lan- 

 ceolate-elliptical, tapering at the base, serrate ; peduncles subsolitary, simple, cemuous, 3-4 

 times exceeding the petiole : bracteoles small, deciduous ; sepals oval, ciliate (2'" long) ; an- 

 thers obovate, biporose, mucronate, vrith a few bristles; style 3(-4)-lobed, — Sw. PI. i. 19 : 

 anal. Sot. Mag. #. 4546,— I'reziera, Sw. F, Nimanimse, Tul.l F, ilicioides, Tul. F, ele- 

 gans, Tul. CI. elegans, Chois.—A low tree; leaves 3V'-3" long, 12"'-8;"' broad, somewhat 

 veiny beneath ; petals whitish, exceeding the calyx ; stamens included : anthers opening by 

 two oblong, introrse pores, which are almost half as long ^s the cells ; berry globose, purple : 

 seeds oval, compressed, li'" long, four in each cell, or fewer by abortion, — Hab. Jamaica !, 

 Macf., Wils., in the higher mountains ; [Cuba I, Guadeloupe ; Veraguas !]. 



3. FREZIEKA, Sw. {exclus. sp.). 

 Sepals .oi Ternstroemia. Prfa?« 5, distinct. Anthers ett<A. . Owy 3-5-celled: cells 



