458 NYSSOPSfS 



Nyssopsis O. Ktze. = Camptotheca Decne. (Corn.)- 

 Oak, QIU-/-CHS ; American turkey -, Querc us obiusiloba ; Ceylon -, Schlei- 

 chera trijuga Willcl.; cork-, Quercus Suber L. ; Dominica-, Ilex 

 sideroxyloidesGrKeb.; -fern, Dryopteris Linneana C. Chr. ; forest-, 

 Casuarina ; dyer's -, Quercus linctoria Bartr. ; live -, Quercus 

 virginiana Mill, and other evergr. sp. ; patana - (Ceylon), Careya 

 arboiea Roxb. ; holly-, Quercus Ilex L. ; Quebec-, Quercus alba L. ; 

 she-, Casuarina; silky-, Grevillea; Turkey-, Quercus Cerris L. ; 

 white -, Quercus alba L. 



Oakesia S. Wats. (Uvularia EP.}. Liliaceae (i). 2 N. Am. 

 Oakesiella Small (Uvularia p.p.). Liliaceae (i). 3 N. Am. 

 Oat, Avena saliva L.; -grass, Arena fatua L., &c.; side-, Boute- 



loiia. 



Oaxacania Robinson et Greenman. Compositae (2). i Mexico. 

 Ob- (Lat. pref.), inverted ; -diplostemonous (sta.), in two whorls, the 

 outer opp. to the pets., Burseraceae, Caryophyllaceae, Crassulaceae, 

 Oxalidaceae, Saxifragaceae, Zygophyllaceae ; -lanceolate, -lique, 

 -long, -ovate, &c. , see Leaf; -solete, aborted. 

 Obbea Hook. f. Rubiaceae (11. 2). i Hawaiian Is. 

 Obeliscaria Cass. = Lepachys Rafin. (BH. ) . = Rudbeckia L. p.p. 

 Oberonia Lindl. Orchidaceae (n. 4). 80 palaeotrop. 

 Obetia Gaudich. Urticaceae (i). i Madagascar, Bourbon. 

 Obione Gaertn. = Atriplex L. p.p. (Chenop.). 

 Obolaria L. Gentianaceae (i). i N. Am. Saprophyte (<./. Bartonia) 



of a purplish green colour with scaly 1. 

 Occidentalis (Lat.), western. 

 Oceanium (Cl.), an ocean formation. 



Oceanorus Small (Amiauthiitm A. Gray). Liliaceae (i). i N. Am. 

 Ochagavia Phil. Bromeliaceae (4). i Juan Fernandez. 

 Ochanostachys Mast. Olacaceae. i Malay Peninsula, Borneo. 

 Ochlandra Thw. Gramineae (13). 6 India, Ceylon. 

 Ochna L. Ochnaceae. 45 trop. As., Afr., Cape Col. K coloured. 

 Cpls. 3 15, free below, but with a common style. After fert. the 

 style falls and each cpl. gives a drupe, while the recept. becomes 

 fleshy under them. The 1. shows veining well. 



Ochnaceae (EP.\ BH. place Sanvagesia, &c. in Violaceae). Dicots. 

 (Archichl. Parietales ; Geranialer BH.}. 17 gen., 210 sp., trop. 

 Most are trees or shrubs with alt. usu. simple slip. 1. and panicles, 

 racemes or cymes (Sauvagesia, &c.) of? , usu. reg. fls. K 5, free or 

 united at base, imbr.; C 5, rarely 10, contorted ; A 5, 10, or oo , hypog. 

 or on an elongated axis ; G (2 5), rarely (10 15), often free below 

 with common style (cf. Apocynaceae). Ovules i 2 oo in each cpl., 

 erect or rarely pend., always with ventral raphe. The axis swells and 

 becomes fleshy under the fr. , which is usually a cluster of drupes, but 

 sometimes a berry or capsule. Endosp. or not. Chief genera: 

 Ochna, Gomphia, Sauvagesia. 



Ochocoa Pierre (Scyphocephalium EP. ). Myristicaceae. i trop. Afr. 

 Ochra, Hibiscus esculentns L. 

 Ochradenus Delile. Resedaceae. 5 S. Medit. 

 Ochrea, ocrea, sheathing stipule, Polygonaceae. 

 Ochrocarpus Thou. Guttiferae (iv). 10 palaeotrop. 



