152 OCHNACEJE. Ocuna. 
10, or indefinite, inserted on the hypogynous disk : filaments persist- 
ent: anthers 2-celled, erect, opening by pores. Ovaries as many as 
petals, distinct or rarely combined, seated upon the enlarged tumid 
torus: ovules solitary, erect: styles combined into one, which springs 
directly from the torus from between the bases of the ovaries. Fruit 
(a sarcobase) of several indehiscent drupaceous carpella, articulated 
with the torus. Seeds solitary. Albumen none. Embryo straight: 
radicle short, inferior: cotyledons thick.— Glabrous trees or shrubs. 
Leaves alternate, simple, stipulate. Pedicels jointed in the middle. 
I. OCHNA. Linn.; Schreb.; Lam. ill. t. 472. 
Petals 5-10. Stamens numerous; filaments filiform, persistent. Anthers 
ovate or linear, opening by a double cleft at the apex. Ovaries distinct. 
—Leaf-buds scaly. Flowers yellow, usually springing from below the leaves 
from the wood of the preceding year. 
484. (1) O. squarrosa (Linn.:) leaves from narrow-oblong to oblong-ovate 
or obovate, obtuse or mucronate or acute or acuminated, serrated: flowers 
racemose, from the apex of very short lateral almost or quite leafless shoots: 
pedicels elongated: sepals oval, obtuse: petals and ovaries 7—12: stigma ca- 
pitate: anthers linear, elongated.— Linn. sp. p. 781 ; Roxb. fl. Ind. 2. p. 643; 
Cor. 1. t. 89; Wight! cat. n. 471, 472, 473.—O. obtusata, DC. prod. 1. p. 135; 
Spr. syst. 2. p. 596; Wall.! L. n. 2805.—0O. lucida, Lam. ill. t. 472. f. 13 
DC. l. c. ; Spr. l. e. p. 591.—O. nitida, Wall.! L. n. 2804. b. 
re is often so complete a transition on the same individuals from the 
obtuse to the acute leaves, that we cannot Hesitate to unite De Candolle's 
two species and restore the Linnean name. Wallich’s L. n. 2805. b., has the 
leaves linear-oblong and acuminated at both ends. O. nana, Ham.! (Wall. 
L. n. 3761) differs : it has leaves oblong-lanceolate, 5 petals larger than the 
ealyx, and the inflorescence consists of an axillary compressed longish pe- - 
duncle bearing at the top three loosely pedicellate flowers. 
485. (2) O. Wightiana (Wall.:) leaves ovate, bluntish, rounded at the 
se, conspicuously veined, very slightly serrulated : pedicels solitary or in 
pairs from the apex of a very short leafless shoot: sepals oval, obtuse: petals 
and ovaries 5: stigma eapitate.—Wall.! L. n. 2808; Wight! cat. n. 470.— 
Travancore. : 
486. (3) O. Heyneana (W. & A.:) leaves oblong-lanceolate, tapering at 
both ends, bluntish at the point, serrulated ; veins inconspicuous : pedicels | 
solitary, springing from the old wood (from a very short leafless branch): 
rump re ong, obtuse.—O. parvifolia, herb. Heyne ; herb. Madr.; Wall.! 
We have only seen an imperfect specimen in Dr Hooker's herbarium ; but 
we cannot believe this to be the same with O. parvifolia of Vahl, whether we- 
consult the descriptions given by that botanist and by De Candolle, or look 
to the different countries from which they come: we have more dou 
it be distinct from O. Wightiana. 
II. GOMPHIA.  Sehreb. 
Petals 5. Stamens 10: filaments scarcely any: anthers long, pyramidal, 
erect, opening at the apex by a double pore. Ovaria distinct.—Racemes | 
from the apex of a leaf-bearing branch. Í 
487. (1) G. angustifolia (Vahl:) leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminated at both 
ends, slightly serrulated, shining: racemes compound xs ‘sepals broadly oval, 
