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52. TERNSTRCEMIACEiE. 
with the ov. or cor. at the base, imbricate. Cor. hypogynous 
mostly subgamopetalous ; pet. mostly 5 rarely 4-9, mostly a 
little coherent at the base, strongly imbricated or contorted. 
Stam. indefinite, sometimes as many or twice as many as 
pet. hypogynous or subperigynous i. e. adnate to pet. and to 
each other at the base. Anthers erect or versatile introrsal ex- 
appendiculate. Hypogynous disk 0. Ov. free or partly im- 
mersed in the torus or fleshy concrete base of cal. 3-5-, rarely 
2-many-celled. Ovules pendulous sometimes erect. Styles as 
many as cells of ov. free or partly connate, stigmas simple. Fr. 
fleshy or woody and indehiscent or capsular and dehiscent. 
Seeds few or many pendulous from the central often permanent 
placenta ; embryo cylindric mostly amphitropal rarely straight ; 
alb. mostly little or 0, rarely copious fleshy ; radicle various in 
form and direction upwards or downwards towards the hilum ; 
cotyled. mostly small or narrow, rarely broad and flat. — Tr. or 
shr. L. mostly alternate simple coriaceous evergreen. Stip. 0 
or minute and caducous. FI. axillary solitary or racemose, 
rarely paniculate, subconspicuous or middle-sized. 
Ternstrcemiaceje are assuredly more closely allied to Ebenacejs 
than to Clusiace.e ( Guttifera DC.), with which they have 
been hitherto associated ; and their transfer to this position 
amongst the Corolliflor^e from the Thalamiflora: has the 
advantage of bringingthem also into proximity with Ericace.e 
and Sapotace.e, to the former of which they approach through 
Saurauja, Visnea and Clethra , whilst through Eurt/a they have 
at least as much affinity with the latter as with Hypericace.f. 
or Dipterocarpacea; &e. 
Tribe I. TERNSTR (EMI EM 
FI. perfect. Pet. imbricate. Stam. subperigynous adnate to 
cor. at base. Anth. erect. Fr. rarely dehiscent. Seeds mostly 
few pendulous or laterally affixed ; embryo amphitropal curved 
or hooked ; alb. fleshy, rarely copious ; cotyled. linear shorter 
than the radicle. — Tr. or shr. L. simple. Fed. axillary 1-fid. 
FI. w. 
1. Visnea. Cal. 5-fid; sep. combined and adnate with the 
ov. at the base, persistent. Pet. 5 coherent at the base ca- 
ducous. Anth. smooth. Ov. nearly free scarcely at all 
immersed in the torus or fleshy base of cal. Styles 3. 
Ovules 2-4 in each cell pendulous. Fr. half-immersed in 
and connate with the fleshy base of cal., involved in the 
persistent sep. ; alb. copious surrounding the embryo. — FI. 
rather large bracteate w. fragrant. 
