Ternstrcemia .] 
XIX. TERNSTRGEMIACE^E. 
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3 . TERNSTRCEMIA, L. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves coriaceous entire or crenate serrate; 
peduncles solitary axillary in the axils of leaves, or of minute 
bracts, or fascicled. Flowers usually unisexual white or yellow. 
Sepals 5 umbricate. Petals 5 connate at the base. Stamens many 
adherent to corolla-base; anthers glabrous. Ovary 2- or 3-celled; 
ovules 2 in each cell; style simple or o. Stigma 2- or 3-lobed. Fruit 
baccate. Seeds few large. Tropical Asia and America, about 
300 species. 
Flowers about 1 in. across. 
Leaves very thick; nerves almost or quite 
invisible. 
Fruit 1 -25 in. long; seeds 1 or 2 . . . (1) T. bancana 
Fruits *75 in. long; seeds 4 . . . (2) T. penangiana 
Leaves oblanceolate thinner; nerves visible; 
fruit very large.(3) T. Wallichiana 
Flowers under 1 in. across. 
Leaves 4-5 in. long; peduncles *5 in. long . (4) T. Scortechinii 
Leaves 3 in. long; flowers small; peduncles ’15 
in. long.(5) T. Maclellandiana 
Leaves 3 in. long, obovate 
Leaves 3 in. long oblanceolate . . . (6) T. montana 
(1) T. bancana Miq. FI. Ind. Bol. Supp. 477. Adinandra 
Miquelii King, l.c. 192. 
Tree 30 ft. or more tall. Bark pale. Leaves thickly coriaceous 
oblanceolate-obovate or elliptic obtuse, with a short abruptly 
blunt point, narrowed at base to petiole, entire; nerves invisible 
when alive, inconspicuous 5 to 7 pairs when dry, 4 to 6 in. long, 
i’5 to 2’25 in. wide; petioles '6 to *75 in. long, thick. Flowers 
about 75 in. across, white scattered about below the upper leaves 
axillary and extra-axillary; peduncles 75 to 1 in. long. Sepals 
coriaceous rounded, outer ones larger than inner. Petals larger 
round clawed. Stamens pubescent. Ovary globose. Stigma bifid. 
Fruit sub-drupaceous ovate-oblong 1-25 in. long, strawberry 
coloured. Seeds 1 or 2 oblong brilliant red, 75 in. long. Hab. 
Usually near the sea, occasionally in land. Singapore, Selitar; 
top of Bukit Timah Hill; Johor, Tana Merah. Dindings, Lumut; 
Bruas and Pangkor. Pahang, Rumpin River (Evans). Distrib. 
Banca. Native names : Kwak ; Tengah Hutan; Medang Pergam. 
The Singapore plant has short thick rounded leaves obovate. The 
Dindings ones are oblanceolate with more conspicuous nerves, like the Banca 
one. 
(2) T. penangiana Choisy, Mem. Ternslr. 30; King, l.c. 193. 
Tree. Leaves thick coriaceous obovate blunt, base narrowed; 
nerves 5 to 9 pairs inconspicuous, 4 to 6 in. long, 175 to 2*5 in. 
wide; petioles 1 in. long. Flowers unisexual solitary axillaiy ; 
peduncles 1*5 in. long. Sepals round. Petals larger cream colour. 
Stamens numerous in males, none in females. Stigmas 2, 6- to 
