Ternstroemia' 



XYI. TERNSTBOEMIACE^ 



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glabrous, obtuse or shortly apiculate. 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 ' 



30, tropical Asia and America. 



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

 fheraj Bedd. Tl. Sylv. t. 91 ; Oleyera gymnan- 

 fhera^ W. et A. ; Wight Ic. t. 47. Vern. 

 Kaymone, Kamoni, Mlgiris. 



A large tree, stu.nted 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 |~1 in., axillary, or more often above 

 the scars of fallen leaves. M. pale yellow, 

 corolla spreading |-| in. diam. 'Fmit f in. 

 diam., tipped with persistent style, and sup- 

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



Sikkim 7,000-8,000 ft., K.lia&i liills, Upper and 

 Lower Burma, Nilgiris. Fl. December to June. 

 Al&o Ceylon, China, Japan. 2. T. peEangiana, Choisy ; 

 Kurz, F. Fl. i. 99. Andamans and Tenassei-im, 

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

 ohovate. PI. dioecious, nearly 1 in. across, anthers 

 not apiculate. Fr. 1-| in. diam., seeds 4, covered by Fig. 24. — Ternstroemia japonica, 

 a reddish pulp, resembling that of Bixa orellarm. Thunb. Seed cut open. |. 



2. ADINANDRA, Jack. ; M. Brit. Ind. i. 281. 



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

 Peninsula and Indian Archipelago. 



1. A. villosa, Choisy ; Kurz, F. FL i. 100. 



A middle-sized tree, yoting branches, leafbnds, petioles, under side of leaves 

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

 4-5 in., coriaceons, shortly acuminate. Fl. axillaiy, mostly bisexual, on short 

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

 20-30 free, slightly attached to base of petals, silky, apiculate. Ovary 

 5-celled, hairy, style cylindric, 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. H. S. Also in Perak. Pierre, Fl. For. t. 

 125, unites this with A. integerrima, T. And. King, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, vol. 59 

 (1891), 190, keeps them separate. 2. A, GrtffitMi, Dyer, a small tree, Ehasi hills, has gla- 

 broxis bncls, leaves and flowers, the stamens sparingly hairy, and the style deeply 5-fid. 



3. CLEYERA, DC. ; FL Brit. Ind. i. 283. 

 (Included under Eurya in Engler u. Prantl iii. 6. 189.) 

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



1. C. ochnacea, DC. 



A small tree. Leaves 3-5 in. FL yellow, axillary, fascicled, peduncles 

 |-1 in. long, thickened towards the apex, bracteoles minute. Stamens numerous, 

 anthers pilose, shorter than filaments. Ovary generally 4-celled, style filiform, 

 stigma 2-3- partite. 



Kepal, Khasi hills, Euby Mines district, Upper Burma. Fl, B. S. Also China, 

 Japap.. C.jaijonica, Sieb. & Zncc. (not Thunb.), with which this species is identified in 



