. The vegetable kingdom : or, The structure, classification, and uses of plants, illustrated upon the natural system. Fig. CCLXXVIIl. Fig. CCLXXVIIl.—Lophira alata.—Dccaisne. a an anther ; b a perpendicular section of an ovaryc a fruit; d a perpendicular section of a fruit. 396 TERNSTROMIACEiE. [Hypogynous Exogens. Order. CXLII. TERNSTROMIACEiE.—Theads. TemstrOmiese, Mirhel. Bull. Philom. 381. (1813).—Ternstromiaceae, DC. Mem. Soc. H. N. Gemv. vol. 1(1823); Prodr. 1. 523. (1824) ; CamhesscdesMimoire, (1828) ; Endl. Gen. ccxv.; Meisn. Gen. p. 40.;Wight Illustr. 1. p. 94.—Theaceae, Mh-b. Bull. P
. The vegetable kingdom : or, The structure, classification, and uses of plants, illustrated upon the natural system. Fig. CCLXXVIIl. Fig. CCLXXVIIl.—Lophira alata.—Dccaisne. a an anther ; b a perpendicular section of an ovaryc a fruit; d a perpendicular section of a fruit. 396 TERNSTROMIACEiE. [Hypogynous Exogens. Order. CXLII. TERNSTROMIACEiE.—Theads. TemstrOmiese, Mirhel. Bull. Philom. 381. (1813).—Ternstromiaceae, DC. Mem. Soc. H. N. Gemv. vol. 1(1823); Prodr. 1. 523. (1824) ; CamhesscdesMimoire, (1828) ; Endl. Gen. ccxv.; Meisn. Gen. p. 40.;Wight Illustr. 1. p. 94.—Theaceae, Mh-b. Bull. Phil. (1813).—Camellieae, DC. Thdor. El^. ed. 1.(1813); Prodr. 1. 529. (1824). Diagnosis.—Guttlferal Exogens, with simple alternate leaves, tvithout stipules or with verysmall ones, syrnmetrical flowers, equilateral petals, versatile anthers, few or singleseeds, and stigmas on a long or shinibs. Leaves alternate, coriaceous, generally without stipules, usually undivided, now and then with pellucid dots. Peduncles axillary or terminal, articulated. at the base. Flowers generally white, seldom pmk or red, occasionally 5 or 7, imbricated in cestivation, concave, coriaceous, deciduous, the innermostoften the largest. Petals 5, 6, or 9, not equal in number to the sepals, often combinedat the base. Stamens 00, hj-pogjaious ; filaments fihfoi*m, monadelphous or polyadel-phous, or distinct; anthers versatile, or adnate, 2-celled, opening longitudinally ; ovarysuperior, with several cells ; styles from 3 to 7, filifonn, more or less combined; ovulespendulous, or erect, or peltate. Capsule •2-7-celled and capsular, with the deluscencetaking place in various ways ; sometimes coiiaceous and indeliiscent ; usually with acentral column. Seeds attached to the axis, large, very few ; albmnen none, orin very small quantity; embryo straight, bowed, or folded back, the radicle tmned tothe hilum ; cotyledons very large, often filled with oil, occasional
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