Odina.] | TEREBINTACEE (Sond.) 503 
TABLE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN GENERA. 
Sub-order 1. Anacarnpmx. Qvary of one unilocular, fertile carpel, 
with or without 3-4-abortive carpels ; ovule solitary. 
D-2 TT. Odina.— Petals 4. Stamens 8. Styles 4. 
' G-&3 IL. Rhus.—Petals s ovate. Stam. 5- Styles 3. Drupe wingless, longer than 
ie the calyx. 
mt ...407, Smodinglum.— Petals §, oblong. Stam. §. Styles 3. Samara sub-orbicular, 
with a broad wing. : : 
O-/} IV. Botryceras.—Petals 4-5, lanceolate. Stam. 4-5. Style 1; stigma trifid. Drupe 
oval, compressed, small, winged. : 
O-] V. Loxostylis.— Petals 5, lanceolate, Stam. 5. Styles 1-4, Drupe oval, oblique, 
enclosed in an enlarged, leafy, and coloured calyx. : ’ 
Sub-order 2, Sponpinm. Ovary solid, 2-5-celled; styles 2-5 ; ovules 
solitary in each cell. Fruit plurilocular ; 2-5-seeded. 
- O-] . 
oe : VI. Sclerocarya.—Male-flowers spicate. Stamens 12-15. 
©-/ VII, Harpephyllum.—Male-flowers panicled. Stamens 8-9. 
Sub-order 8. Burserea. Ovary solid, 2—5-celled ; ovules two in each 
_ cell. Fruit plurilocular, one or several seeded. 
-O~) VIEL, Balsamodendron.—Sepals and petals 4. Stamens 8, Ovary 2-celled. 
APPENDIX. 
O-! IX. ? Cathastrum.— Flowers bisexual, pentamerous. Stamens 5. Ovary unilocular ; 
ovules 6-8, in two rows, sutural ; stigma peltate. eaves simple, opposite. 
Flowers axillary. 
I. ODINA, Roxburgh. 
Polygamous. Calyx shortly 4-lobed, persistent, segments ovate or 
Satele Petals 4, aie ps spreading, estivation imbricative. 
Stamens 8, inserted below the margin of the disc ; anthers ovate. Torus 
discoid, fleshy, 8-crenated, the crenatures alternating with the stamens. 
Rudimentary pistillum (in the male) 4-partite ; segments erect, jm 9 
pressed, clavate. Ovary (in the female) free, oblong, 1-celled ; ovw 
solitary, pendulous from one side near the apex of the cell, Styles és 
from the top of the ovary, short, erect; stigmas simple. Drupe sub- 
baccate, with a hard, one-seeded putamen. Seed of the same shape = 
nut. Lmbryo slightly curved, inverted; cotyledons fleshy, flat. Wig. 
et Arnott, Prod. Flor. Pen. Ind. p. 171. Spay ee ae 
Large the ends of the branches, 
nated ; ahee Pirate; Groat Piucin fin Se oblong-ovate, entire, paler ae 
Racemes terminal, fascicles, filiform. Flowers small, fasciled.—Name unexplained, 
probably a native appellation in India. 
i i tomentose ; leaves 
1. 0. edulis (Sond.); branchlets, petioles and leaves ; leav 
2-3-jugate, oka A TRE oblong-ovate or obovate-obtuse, or with 
a short obtuse acumen, entire, green and shining above, rufo-tomentose 
beneath, reticulate ; racemes short, tomentose ; drupe ovate, sub-globose. 
Haz. On rocks at the north side weg — Burke, Zeyh. No. 349. Flow. 
May-Jun. ; fruit, Dec. erb., H “9 : , , 
a ‘iat long. Prick 3-4 inches long, as well as the rachis prone 
above. Leaflets 7 or 5, inferior pair on very short petioles, parse pairs “§ 
sile, terminal leaflets on a half uncial stalk, 3-4 inches long, 2-24 inches wide, os 
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