448 OCHNACE (Harv.) _[Ochna. 
Orver XLI. OCHNACEZ, DC. 
(By W. H. Harvey.) 
(Ochnacex, DC, An. Mus. 17. p. 398. Prod. 1. p. 735. Endl, Gen. 
‘No, coxlviii. Lindl. Veg. King. clxxviii. Pl in Lond. Journ. Bot. vol. 
v. p. 584, 644, and vol. 6, p. 1.) : 
Flowers perfect, regular. Calyx free, 4-6 parted, mostly persistent, 
frequently coloured, imbricate in estivation. Petals 4-6 (rarely twice 
as many), deciduous, inserted at the base of a fleshy torus (gynophore). 
Stamens definite or indefinite, hypogynous, free; anthers 2-celled, 
elongate, erect, hard and dry, articulated with the end of the filament, 
opening by pores or splitting. Ovary of 4-6 separate or connate, one 
or many ovuled carpels; style single or none. Fruit drupaceous, or 
berry-like; rarely capsular. Seeds exalbuminous, or rarely with a thin 
fleshy albumen. 
Tropical and sub-tropical trees or shrubs of both hemispheres, mostly glabrous, 
with glossy foliage and bright yellow or orange flowers. Leaves alternate, simple, 
shortly petioled, coriaceous or membranous, entire or serrulate, finely veined. Sti- 
pules separate and deciduous, or united in one intra-axillary, persistent stipule. 
Bitter tonics, and stomachics ; but only in local use. About 120 species, of which $ 
- are American, { African, and 1 Asiatic, are known, 
I. OCHNA, Schreb. 
Calyx 5-6 leaved, coloured, persistent. Petals 5-10, deciduous. Sta- 
‘mens numerous; anthers linear, erect, basifixed, opening by short or 
long pores. Ovary deeply 3-6 lobed, on a hemispheric torus; style 
central, between the lobes, sub-entire or deeply 3-6-cleft. Drupes 3-6 
or fewer, separate, on an enlarged, fleshy torus. Seed exalbuminous, DC. 
Prod. 1. p. 735. Endl. Gen. 5959. Diporidium, Wendl. 
African and Asiatic trees and shrubs, chiefly tropical. Flowers yellow; the calyx 
frequently red or vinous purple, brightening as the fruit advances. Name, 0x” 
the wild-pear, fancifully applied to this genus, 
__1, O. atropurpurea (DC. An. Mus, 17. p. 398) ; leaves elliptical, 
oblong or ovate, obtuse, coriaceous, sharply serrulate; pedicels solitary 
or racemulose, on depauperated, naked branchlets, shorter than the 
leaves; sepals elliptical, obtuse, enlarged and deep red in fruit; anthers 
longer than the filaments, opening by short, terminal pores. DC. 
I. p. 736. Diporidium atropurpureum, Wendl.—E. § Z.! No. 925. De 
_ serrulatum, Hochst! in Pl. Krauss, No. 473. 
' 8. natalitia; leaves larger, lanceolate-oblong ; flowers corymbos0- 
—. Diporidium Natalitium, Meisn! in Hook. Lond. Journ. 2: 
Has. Woods in the eastern districts of Caffraria, frequent; extending ,to Port 
ag B., bale’ rig Erouse! bea repas Geb ToD! Hook Son.) Ms 
shrub, high, igs with greyish bark, often ro’ wi 
pustules. Petioles ik line Jong Leaves } inch to Tho Bg 4-6 lines 
wile, SES eee with , closely set, raised veinlets, either rounded at 
end, or tapering to a more or less acute point. Pedicels }-$ inch long, from 
the ends of minute, denuded branchlets, j-1 inch long, solitary ; or in 8. 4-6 OF 
