OCHNACE.^:. 201 



A tree 15-20 feet in lieiglit : brandies erect, terete, smooth. 

 Leaves 4 inches long and 1 broad, oblong, slightly acuminate 

 towards the base, distinctly so towards the apex which is ob- 

 tuse, almost nerveless, shining, very smooth : petiole very short. 

 Raceme terminal, corymbose, composed of numerous showy 

 yellow flowers : divisions of the peduncle short, spreading : 

 pedicels longer than the subdivisions of the peduncle, articu- 

 lated. Sepals 5, ovate, greenish-yellow, concave, membranace- 

 ous. Petals 5, spreading, oblong, length of the sepals, narrow 

 towards the base, rounded and somewhat crisped at the apex. 

 Stamens 10, hypogynous ; filaments short : anthers much longer 

 than the filaments, linear, opening at the apex by means of two 

 pores. Ovary of 5 green adherent projecting partile carpels : 

 style short, thick, green : stigma simple. Gynobase subrotund, 

 fleshy. Drupes 3-5, globose. Stvcafz. 



This, when in flower, is a very beautiful tree. 



2. * Gompliia nitida. Shining Gomphia. 



Leaves ovato-lanceolate acuminate serrated at the 

 apex, sepals of the same size as the petals, berries 

 ovate. 



Stcartz, Fl. Lid. Occ. 740 De Cand. Ann. Mies. XVII. t. 



13. 



HAB. Woods in the interior of the Island. 



FL. ? 



' A tree of moderate height : branches terete, glabrous. 

 Leaves 2-3 inches in length, serrated, very glabrous : petiole 

 short. Racemes terminal, compound, with the branches spread- 

 ing : flowers numerous, pedicelled. Sepals ovate. Petals sub- 

 rotund, scarcely longer than the sepals, shortly clawed, emar- 

 ginate, yellow. Filaments none : anthers 10, subsessile, erect. 

 Glandules 10, occupying the place of the filaments, surrounding 

 the ovary? Ovary of 5 partile carpels: style 1: stigma 

 simple. Receptacle subrotund, fleshy, bearing 2-5 globose 

 1-celled shining drupes, size of a large pea: nut solitary, glo- 

 bose. — Swarfz. 



