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70 ENUMERATION OF lOchnocem. 



LI. SIMAEUBE.^. 



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1. SAMADERA, Geertu. 



1. S. Indica^ Gaertn. (W. et A. Prod. i. 151, cum syn.) — c.v. 2766. 

 Hab. South of the island; not uncommon, Nom. vulg. '* Samadara- 

 gass." 



' The root of this plant is used as a medicine by the Ciiighalese, and so also is the 

 fruit. 



LII. OCHNACE.E. 



I. OCHWA, Linn. 



(Nom. vulg, *' Mal-kaara-gass.") 



1. O. squarrosa, Linn. (Wight, lUust. i. 172. t. 69 ; Roxb. Cor. i. 



t. 89.)— c.p. 1223. 



Hab. Batticaloa and Jaffna, Gardner. 



2. O. cordata, Thw. ; foliis cllipticis vol ohovatis, obtusis, dcntatis, 

 baai cordatis ; racemis ramulos foliosos terminantibus, brevibtis, 3-6- 

 floris ; sepalis 3-5 ; ipetalis carpelUsqxxQ circiter 7. — c,p. 1222. 



Hab. Jaffna, Gardner. 



Folia 1-2 poll. longa; i-li lata, petiolo circiter 1 lin. longo. PediceJIi poUi- 

 cares, prope basin articulati. Tetala rotundata, longe unguiculata, \ poll, longa. 

 Antherce fiiamentia plus quam dupio longiores. Stigma capitatum. 



But for the cordate base of the leaves I should have referred this, without much 

 doubt, to the 0, obtusata, DC, but that author would scarcely have passed over, un- 

 noticed, so striking a characteristic of the present species. I have not sufficient ma- 

 terials to give so detailed a description as would be desirable. 



' 3. O. IHoonii; Thw. — 0. squarrosa, Moon's CdX.-, foliis lanceolatis, 

 utrinque angustatis, denticulatis, venis venulisqne promincntibua ; 

 racemis 6-12-floris, ramulos inferiores breves denudatos terminantibus ; 

 pedicellis floribus subduplo longioribus, ad partem inferiorem tertiam 

 vel quartam articulatis.— c.p. 1224. 



Yar. )3; foliis minoribus, utrinque subobtusis. — c.p. 2554. 



Hab. Warmer parts of the island, up to an elevation of 2000 feet. 

 Var. )3. Jaffna, Gardner. 



Folia 3-7 poll, longa, 1-|— 2 poll, lata, petiola circiter 1 hn. longo. Flores 41-5 

 lin. longi. Peiala 5, oblonga, sepalis se^uilonga. Anthera filamentis subduplo 

 longiores. Carpella 5-7* 



,4. O, rxife'scensj Thw. ; /bZm lanceolatis, acuminatis, argute denta- 

 tifl, nitidis, conspicue et minutissime veuulosis, basi angustatis ; racemis 

 6-12-floris, ramulos inferiores breves denudatos terminantibus ; pedi- 

 cellis floribus subtriplo longioribus, prope basin articulatis. — c.p. 3455. 

 Hab. Hinidoon Corle, at an elevation of about 1000 feet. 



Folia 4-6 poll, longa, circiter \\ poll. \^id.j petiolo 2 Un. longo, juniora rufescentia. 

 Floi-es 3-3^ ha. lougi. Carpella 7-8* 



Closely aUied to the preceding, but distinguished by its much smaller flowers, and 

 the relatively much shorter inferior articulation of the pedicel. In many respects 

 it would seem to resemble the 0. nitida, Thunb., also said to occur in Ceylon, hut 

 the character of the inflorescence is different. 



5. O. "Wightiana, WaU. (W. et A. Prod. i. 152: ? Wight, Icon. 



