5(J XVI. TEENSTEOEMIACEiE [Mestca 



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

 green forests. Commonly cultivated. Fl. February- April. Albo in Ceylon and tlie 

 Malay Peninsula. 



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



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

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

 long, filiform, stigma 4-fid. Fruit 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. PL As. Ear. t. 210. 



A large tree. Leaves 6-9 in., coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate. Fl. in large 

 terminal panicles, sepals gx^een, 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, Kha&i hills, Burma hillb, east of Toungoo. 2. K. nervosa, 

 T. Anders. ; Knrz, F. FL i. 96. Tenasserim. Leaves chartaceous, 2-4 in., elliptic- 

 lanceolate. FL 13 in. diam., solitary or 2-3 together, terminal or axillary, petals obovate. 

 Fruit supported by but not enclosed in the enlarged calyx. 8. K. Manii, Iving, Ann. 

 G-ard. Calc. v. 2, 144. Andamans. Leaves coriaceous, 5-7 in. Fl. l-\ in. diam. on 

 slender pedicels in fasciculate racemes. 



OederXVI. TERNSTRCEMIACE^. Gen. PI. i. 177. 



{Theacem, Engler und Prantl iii. 6. 175, with the exception of Saiiratija and 



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



constitutes Grilg's Order Stadiyitracem [I.e. 192].) 



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

 stipules 0. Fl. usually showy and bisexual, regular, generally pentamei'ous, 

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

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

 as many as cells. 



A. Peduncles 1-flowered, anthers ba&iiixed, embr3^o curved. 



Ovary free, fl. bisexual as a rule, anthers glabrous . 1. Ti:rnstr<emia. 

 Ovary free, fl. bisexual, anthers pilose. 



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



Ovary 2-4 celled, seeds few 3. Cleyera. 



Ovary free, fl. dioecious 4, Ecrya. 



Ovarj^ half inferior 5. Anxkslea. 



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



Fruit indehiscent .6. Pyrknaria. 



Fruit dehiscent. 



Seeds winged, radicle inferior . . . . 7. Schima. 



Seeds winged, radicle supg^rior ..... 8. Gorbonia. 



Seeds wingless 9. Camellia. 



V>. Fl. in cymes or panicles, anthers versatile, fruit pulpy, embryo stx'aight in 

 copious albumen. 

 FL pentamerous, stamens many. 



Styles numerous 10. Actinidia. 



Styles 3-5 . . • 11. BArRAUJA. 



FL tetramerous, stamens few ...... Staohyurus (p- 6S). 



1. TERNSTROEMIA, Linn, fil.; FL Brit. Ind. i 280. 



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

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

 at base. Stamens many^ free, jB.laments generally short, anthers basifixed. 



