266 ocTANDRiA MONOGYNIA. Omitrophe. 



scarcely so long as the petals, surrounding the germ on all 

 sides, woolly. Anthers oblong. Germ two-lobed, hairy, 

 two-celled, with one ovula in each, attached to (he bot- 

 tom of its cell. Style short. Stigmas two, as long as the 

 style, recurved. 



3. O. serrata. Willd. 2. 322. R. Corom. pL 1. N. Gl. 

 Polygamous, shrubby. Leaves ternate ; leaflets oval, 

 serrate. Racemes axillary. Petals cuneate, woolly in 

 the centre. Berries obovate. 

 Hind. Rakhal-phul. 

 Teling. Tauatikee. 



It is one of the most common plants on the Coast of 

 Corom andel ; amongst the mountains it grov\s to be 

 a small tree ; on the low lands nearer the sea, it is al- 

 ways a ramous shrub, with grey spotted bark. It flow- 

 ers during the wet season. It is also common in Ben- 

 gal. 



Leaves ternate. Leaflets OYdite, pointed, serrate, gener- 

 ally bubbled, with frequently reflected margins, smooth on 

 the back ; from two to three inches long, and about one 

 and a half broad. Racemes axillary, single, erect. Flowers 

 numerous, small, white, fascicled. Male and Herma- 

 phrodite flowers mixed on the same tree, and sometimes 

 on separate ones- 



Hermaphrodite. C«/?/jc four-leaved. Petals four, uni- 

 lateral. Nectarial scales lacerated. Filaments very 

 woolly near the base. Germ superior, two-lobed, with 

 a single ovula in each, attached to the base of the parti- 

 tion. Style single. Stigma two-clelt. Berry succulent, ge- 

 nerally single, the second lobe of the germ, being for the 

 most part abortive, obovate, the size of a pea, smooth, 

 bright red, one-celled. Seed conform to the berry. Integu- 

 ments two, the exterior one white, thin, and rather hard 

 like parchment, and in general larger than the embryo, 

 which is closely embraced by the inner brown^ rather 



