OCHNACE#. 
racemose, for the most part yellow; pedicels jointed in the 
middle or beneath the middle, rarely solitary. The roots and 
leaves of Walkéra serrata are used in Malabar in decoction, 
either in milk or water, as a tonic, stimulant, stomachic, and 
anti-emetic, 
Synopsis of the genera. 
1 O'cuna. Petals 5-10. Stamens numerous ; filaments fili- 
form ; anthers linear or ovate, bursting lengthwise by 2 chinks. 
°2 Go’menra. Petals 5. Stamens 10; filaments almost want- 
ing ; anthers long, erect, bursting by 2 pores at the apex. 
3 WarxE Ra. Petals 5. Stamens 5.  Anthers ovate. 
4 Enva'sta. Sepals and petals 4. Stamens 8; filaments 
longish; anthers opening by 2 pores at the apex. 
5 Castera. Calyx 4-toothed. Petals 4. Stamens 8. An- 
thers inverted. 
I, O’CHNA (from oxvn, ochne, the Greek name for the wild 
pear; the present genus has some resemblance to a pear in 
foliage). Schreb. gen. no. 354. D. C. in mem. mus. 17, p. 
410. prod. 1. p. 735.—O’chna, spec. Lin. 
Lin. syst. Polydndria, Monogynia. Petals 5-10. Stamens 
numerous ; filaments filiform, permanent; anthers linear or 
ovate, opening from the base to the top by a double chink.— 
Buds scaly. Flowers all yellow, rising in racemes from below 
the leaves from the wood of the preceding year. 
* Stigmas capitate. 
1 O. ostusa‘ra (D.C. in ann. mus. 17. p. 411. t. 1.) petals 
8-10; leaves obovate, very blunt, serrated. h. S. Native 
of the East Indies. O’chna squarrésa, Lin. spec. 731.2? Roxb. 
cor. t. 89. This tree is called Bokaerae in Ceylon, and Yerra- 
juvre by the Telingas. Flowers large, inodorous. 
Obtuse-leaved Ochna. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1790. Tr. 12 ft. 
2 O. tu'cipa (D.C. l. c. no. 2.) petals 7-10; leaves obovate 
or oblong-ovate, acute, serrated. h.S. Native of the East 
Indies. 
Var. a; leaves obovate. O. lucida, Lam. ill. t. 472. f. 1. 
Var. B; leaves oblong-ovate. O. squarrdsa, Rottb. in act. 
dan. 2. p. 445. t. 6. exclusive of the synonyms. 
Shining-leaved Ochna. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1819. Sh. 6 ft. 
3 O. niripa (Thunb. prod. 67.) petals 5; leaves oblong, 
acute, serrated; racemes short, crowded. h. S. Native of 
the East Indies. D.C.1.¢. no. 3. t, 2. Petals scarcely longer 
than the calyx. 
Nitid-leaved Ochna. Clt. 1816. Shrub 6 feet. 
4 O. muttiriéra (D. C. l. c. no. 4. t. 8.) petals 5; leaves 
oval-oblong, acuminated, almost entire; racemes and pedicels 
very long. h. S. Native of Sierra Leone, in bushy places 
near the river-side, about Freetown. 
Many-flowered Ochna. Fl. Feb. May. Cit. 1823. Sh. 6 ft. 
5 O. crita‘ra (Lam. dict. 4. p. 511.) stigma a little lobed ; 
petals 5; leaves oval-oblong, serrately-fringed ; racemes short, 
few-flowered. h.S. Native of Madagascar. 
Fringed-leaved Ochna. Shrub 6 feet. 
6 O. arropurru'res (D. C. 1. c. no. 5.) pedicels solitary, 1- 
flowered; petals 5? leaves ovate, acutely toothletted ; lobes of 
calyx ovate. h. S. Native of the Cape of Good Hope.— 
Pluk. alm. t. 263. f. 1 and 2. Burch. cat. no. 4126. Calyx 
purple. Petals yellow. 
Dark-purple-calyxed Ochna. Clt. 1816. Shrub 4 feet. 
7 O. parvirosia (Vahl. symb. 1. p. 33.) pedicels solitary, 
1-flowered; leaves ovate, serrulated; petals 5? lobes of calyx 
I. Ocuna. 
815 
oval-oblong. “h.S. Native of Arabia Felix. D.C. 1, c. no. 
9.t. 19. Euónymus inérmis, Forsk. ægyp. t. 204. 
Small-leaved Ochna. Shrub 5 feet. 
8 O. LAxNcEoLA ra (Spreng. syst, 2. p. 597.) leaves lanceolate, 
crenated ; peduncles usually solitary, shorter than the leaves. 
k. S. Native of Malabar. 
Lanceolate-leaved Ochna. Shrub 6 feet. 
9 O. pu'mita (Hamilt. in D. Don, prod. fl. nep. 224.) stigma 
capitate? flowers subumbellate, terminal; pedicels much longer 
than the peduncle, furnished with numerous bractea-like scales: 
stem simple, erect. h. G. Native of Nipaul, in a wood 
called Terriany. 
Dwarf Ochna. 
II. Gomruia. 
Fl. Mar. Shrub 1 foot. 
** Stigmas many-parted, 
10 O. Mavrirta‘na (Lam. dict. 
4. p. 522.) petals 5-6; leaves ob- 
long-oval, acute, toothletted ; petals 
3-times longer than the calyx. h. 
S. Native of the Mauritius, where 
it is called Bois de Jasmin. D.C. 
l. c. no. 8. t. 5. Racemes short; 
pedicels long. An elegant shrub, 
with whitish flowers, resembling 
those of jasmine. 
Mauritian Ochna. Cit. 1822. 
Shrub 6 feet, 
11 O. Mapacascartie’nsis (D. 
C.l. c. no. 7.) petals 5; leaves 
oblong, shining, a little serrated ; 
petals equal in length to the calyx. 
b. S. Native of Madagascar. 
Racemes simple, many-flowered. 
Madagascar Ochna. Shrub 6 feet. 
12 O. argo'rea (Burch. cat. ined. no. 4012. D.C. prod. I. p. 
736.) flowers solitary, or 2 or 3 in a raceme ; petals 5; anthers 
linear, with 2 pores at the apex; leaves oval-oblong, almost 
entire. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Tree Ochna. Cilt. 1823. Tree 20 feet. 
Cult. Fine shrubs, bearing beautiful leaves and flowers, 
therefore the species are worth cultivating in every collection of 
stove plants. They will thrive well in a mixture of loam and 
peat; and cuttings will strike root if planted in a pot of sand, 
with a hand-glass placed over them, in a moderate heat. 
II. GOMPHIA (from yopudoc, gomphos, a club; shape of 
fruit). Schreb. gen. p. 291. D. C. in mem. mus. 17. p. 414. 
prod. 1. p. 736.—Ochna species, Lin. 
Lin. syst. Decdndria, Monogiynia. Petals 5. Stamens 10; 
filaments almost wanting ; anthers long, pyramidal, erect, open- 
ing at the apex by 2 pores.—Racemes simple or compound, ter- 
minal. Flowers of all yellow. 
* Leaves quite entire. 
1 G. cranpiriora (D. C. 1. e. no. 19. t. 17.) leaves ovate- 
lanceolate, blunt at the base, long-acuminated ; petals large, 
rather orbicular, a little longer than the calyx ; racemes panicled. 
h.S. Native of Brazil at Rio Negro. 
Great-flowered Gomphia. Shrub 4 feet. 
2 G. aqua’tica (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 14.) 
leaves oblong, acutish, rounded at the base, obsoletely veined ; 
racemes elongated, almost simple; petals a little longer than 
the calyx. h.S. Native of South America, on the banks of 
the river Orinoco, near Javita. Cittorhynchus Javiténsis, Willd. 
herb. 
Aquatic Gomphia. Tree 20 feet. 
3 G. cassineFouia (D. C. l.c. no. 21. t, 18.) leaves ovate, 
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