Ochna.] xxxv. ocHNACEiE (oltveb). 319 



Matamma. Of this I have seen only a specimen in leaf, which may well belong to Hoch- 

 stetter's species. 



9. O. macrocalyx, Oliv. A low glabrous shrub of ^-2 ft., from a 

 thick woody stock. Leaves narrowly oblanceolate-oval, acute or subacute, 

 base rather obtuse, serrulate, reticulation rather prominent on both surfaces, 

 3-4 in. long, f— 1 in. broad ; petiole 1 line or obsolete. Flowers in very 

 short, axillary, 3-7-flowered racemes, sometimes collected near the end of 

 the branches ; common peduncle $~ J in. or obsolete ; pedicels articulated a 

 little above the base, 1 in. long. Sepals obtuse. Petals rotundate, ungui- 

 culate. Anthers dehiscing by subapical pores, equalling or exceeding the 

 filaments. Carpels 5. Styles connate very nearly to the apex; stigmas 

 capitellate. Fruit sepals erect, f-1 in. long. 



Moxamb. Distr. Sotshi, Dr. Kirk ! Manganya mountains, 1-3000 ft., Dr. Metier ! 

 Waller! E. tropical Africa, lat. 6° 56' S., 1700 ft., Speke and Grant! 



10. O, Afzelii, R. Br. mss. in Herb. Mus. Brit. Wholly glabrous. Extremities minutely 

 lenticelkte. Leaves oblaneeolate, rather obtuse or obtusely apiculate, narrowed to the base 

 from above the middle, distinctly serrulate, finely reticulate especially above, 2\-2>\ in. long, 

 4-H in. broad ; petioles 1-2 lines. Flowers in lateral, few-flowered, subsessile fascicles or 

 on peduncles of 1-2 lines. Pedicels 4 in. more or less. Fruit-sepals reflexed, about \ in. 

 loD g- Petals shortly clawed. Stamens . . ? 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Jfzelius ! 



This may prove identical with one of the above. I have not had sufficient material for 

 mmination. Nearly allied to it and chiefly differing in having somewhat glaucous leaves 

 «e fruiting specimens in the Kew herbarium from the Niger (Barter!). 



2. GOMPHIA, Schreb. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PL i. 318. 



Differs from Ochna in having only 10 stamens. The anthers are elongate 

 often rather abruptly produced, rugulose, and opening by terminal extrorse 

 Pwes. Lobes of the ovary usually 5. Style simple— Trees or shrubs, per- 

 tly glabrous. Leaves as in Ochna, in a few species with closely parallel 

 ve "is ; stipules intra-axillary more or less connnate, or lateral. Eacemes or 

 Panicles terminal or axillary, or the flowers rarely in axillary fascicles. 



A large genus, by far most numerous in tropical S. America. The following species ap- 

 r~ to he endemic. It is very difficult to determine their probable limits, and the follow- 

 g synopsis of our specimens can only be regarded as tentative. 



enatwn closely parallel from the midrib to the margin. 

 waves thinly coriaceous, oval or elliptic-oblong, usually with a 

 narrow acumen ; 2-4 in. Flowers in short, often loosely panicled 



racemes. Fruit-sepals * in 1- G - <#»"' 



^ves coriaceous, 4-7 in., broadly oblaneeolate. Flowers in lateral 



Pri ?°n e8 of 2-4 in. Fruit-sepals i in 2. O. ealophylla. 



•pal lateral veins curving forward, more or less distant, with in- 

 termediate veinlets. 

 °wers in terminal paniculate simple or compound racemes, 

 waves 3-6 in., oblaneeolate or oblong-oval, acute or acuminate, 

 "uit-sepals patent or reflexed, 3-4 lines. Stipules intra-axil- 

 ■*y, triangular, 2-fid 3 - G- reticulata. 



