Ternstroemiaceae dc . 
Endl. Gen. piant. Ordo 217. 
Flores perfecti v. abortu unisexuales, 
regulares, pentameri. 
Calyx plerumque liber ac persistens, 
bibracteolatus, raro 3 v. 4 merus, rariusve 
polymerus; foliolis subinaequalibus, di- 
stinctis v. paullo connatis, saepe coriaceis 
imbricatis. Corolla calyci raro aequi- 
Dumera saepius polyphylla petalis (6 —9) 
basi connatis inaequilateris , aestivatione 
imbricata v. subcontorta. 
Staminaplura, nunc petalorum basi 
insidentia, nunc imo calyci inserta nunc 
hypogyna ; filamenta saepe brevia libera 
aut basi polyadelpha; antherae introrsae, 
nunc basi nunc dorso insertae nonnun- 
quam connectivo varie efformato discretae 
rimis v. poris apicalibus dehiscentes. 
Germenliberumv. calyci accretum, 
2, 3, 5 v. polymerum , primitus saepe uni- 
locularis postea plerumque plurilocularis. 
Styli loculorum numero, basi plus minusve 
coaliti, stigmata conspicua. Ovula in pla- 
centa centrali, nunc pauca v. indefinita 
nunc plura, pendula v. adscendentia, ana- 
tropa v. campylotropa. 
Fru ctu s var i us, nucamentaceus, co- 
riaceus v. carnosus, v. capsularis loculi- 
cide dehiscens, valvulis medio septa, mar- 
gine semina gerens, vel margine nuda se- 
mina ad columellam centralem affixa. Se- 
mina pauca aut solitaria, conduplicata, 
directione varia interdum arillo aucta, 
testa nunc crustacea glabra vel rarius la- 
nata, nunc membranacea vario modo alata; 
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