Tas. 5262, 
GOMPHIA otivrormtis. 
Olive-fruited Gomphia. 
Nat. Ord. OchNacEZ.—PENTANDRIA Monooynia. 
Gen. Char. Calyx pentaphyllus, seepissime coloratus ; /oliolis imbricatis, deci- 
duis. Corolle petala 5, hypogyna, sepissime obovata, unguiculata, patentia, 
Stamina 10, hypogyna, erecta, conniventia; filamenta brevissima; anthere in- 
trorsze, biloculares, basi affixee, subulato-tetragone, transversim annulato-rugose, 
apice poris duobus dehiscentes. _ Ovarium columna centrali stylifera depressis- 
sima, quinque-sexpartitum, lobis gynophori obconici apice oblique insidentibus 
obovatis obtusissimis, ovulo unico e basi adscendente anatropo feetis ;_stylo inter 
lobos centrali simplicissimo ; stigmate minimo. acca 5, v. abortu pauciores, 
gynophoro demum ampliato insidentes, ‘uniloculares, monospermee. Semen erec- 
tum; ¢esta membranacea. Hmbryonis exalbuminosi orthotropi cotyledones car- 
nose, plano-convexe ; radicula brevissima, infera——Arbores, frutices, v. suf- 
frutices in Asia et Africa, multo frequentius in America tropica crescentes ; foliis 
alternis, persistentibus, simplicibus, breve petiolatis, coriaceis, nitidis, ovalibus v. 
oblongis, subintegerrimis v. argute serratis ; stipulis axillaribus, geminis, nune dis- 
tinctis, caducis, nunc in unicam, intrafoliaceam, persistentem coalitis ; paniculis 
aut racemis terminalibus v. interdum simul axillaribus, bracteatis ; floribus luteis ; 
pedicellis angulatis, basi articulatis. Endl. 
Gomputa oliveformis ; foliis latis lanceolato-ellipticis acuminatis obsolete serru- 
latis basi integerrimis, racemis (compositis subthyrsoideis) terminalibus, 
antheris leviusculis, gynobasi in fructu turbinata. St. Hil. 
Gompura oliveeformis. S¢. Hil. Fl. Bras. Merid. v. 1. p. 67. Walp. hepert. 
Bot. v. 1. p. 526. 
Gomputa decorans. Lemaire, Jard. Fleur. v. 4. t, 415. 
Gomphia is a very handsome tropical genus of shrubby or 
arborescent plants, with copious bright-yellow flowers, abundant 
in South America, very rare in collections in England, but of 
which an African representative, viz. Ochna atro-purpurea, has 
flowered at Kew, and is represented at our Tab. 4519. We 
owe the possession of the present species of Gomphia to Messrs. 
Henderson, of the Wellington Road Nursery. It is a native of 
Brazil, and produced its panicle of bright-yellow flowers in our 
stove in May of the present year, 1861. Mr. Henderson ap- 
pears to have received it from the Continent, under the name of 
AuGusT Ist, 1861. 
