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exalbuminous seeds. Many genera of TernstrdmiacesB, such as Kielmeyera 
and others, have the habit of Tiliaceae, while the fruit of Laplacea is strikingly 
like that of Luhea ; but the aestivation of the calyx and many other characters 
distinguish them. 
Geography. Although the plants of this order which are known in 
European gardens are chiefly from China or North America, these form but an 
inconsiderable part of the whole : 7 or 8 are all that 'are contained in the first 
of these countries, and 4 in the latter ; while between 60 and 70, all beautiful 
trees or shrubs, are natives of the woods of South America : about a score are 
known in the East Indies, and one in Africa. 
Properties. These are ill understood, but little being known of the 
greater part of the species. The tea which is so extensively consumed bv 
Europeans is produced by different species of Thea and Camellia : its slightly 
stimidating properties become narcotic in very hot latitudes, as at Penang. For 
a most valuable account of this plant see Royles Illustr. p. 107. An excellent 
table oil is expressed from the seeds of CameUia oleifera. The difi’erent species 
and varieties of Camellia japonica are the glory of gardeners. The fruit of a 
species of Saurauja is said to be acidulous, and to resemble Tomatoes in flavour. 
DC. The leaves of Kielmeyera speciosa are employed in Brazil for fomenta- 
tions, for which they are well adapted, on account of the mucilage in which 
' they abound. PL Us. 58. It is believed in Brazil, that a decoction of the 
roots of a plant called Butua do curvo (Wittelsbachia insignis. Mart., Max- 
imilianea regia. Ibid., Cochlospermum insigne, Aug. St. H.) has the power of 
healing internal abscesses. The Brazilians take it for all kinds of internal 
bruises. PI. Us. 57. Cochlospermum tinctorium is used in cases of amenorrhsea, 
and also as a yellow dye. FI. Seneg. 1. 100. The seeds of Cochlospermum 
Gossypium are surrounded with cotton of a soft silky nature, and the tree 
yields the gum called Kuteera, which in the North-Western Provinces of 
India is substituted for Tragacanth. Royle. 
GENERA. 
Cochlospermum, Kth. 
Maximilianea, Mart. 
Wittelsbachia, Mart. 
Ternstromia, Mut. 
Tonabea, Juss. 
Adinandra, Jack. 
Cleyera, Thunb. 
Freziera, Swz. 
Lettsomia, R. et P. 
Eurya, Thunb. 
Saurauja, W. 
Apatelia, DC. 
Palava, R. et P. 
Stewartia, Cav. 
Malachodendron, Cav. 
Laplacea, Kth. 
Hcemocharis, Salisb. 
Gordonia, Ellis. 
Camellia, L. 
Ventenatia, P. de B. 
Bonnetia, Mart. 
Kieseria, Nees. 
Architaea, Mart. 
Mahurea, Aubl. 
Bonnetia, Schreb, 
Marila, Pers. 
Anisosticte, Bartl. 
Kielmeyera, Mart. 
Thea, L. 
Sasanqua, Nees. 
? Anneslea, Wall. 
Wikstrbmia, Schrad. 
Lindleya, Nees. 
Schima, Reinw. 
Geeria, Bl. 
Pyrenaria, Bl. 
Reinwardtia, Bl. 
Blumia, Spr. 
Alliance III. ACERALES. 
Essential Character. Stamens definite in number. Flowers usually unsymmetrical 
in their parts, or if symmetrical more or less irregular ; in the majority small and disposed 
in a compound infiorescence. 
Most nearly connected are all the orders of this alliance. Aceraceie are hardly 
different from Sapindacese, except in their opposite leaves. ALsculaceae used 
to be referred to Sapindacese. Polygalaceae are principally distinguished by 
their papilionaceous calyXj and Vochyaceae are scarcely more than calcarate 
Polygalacesc*. 
