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Order XXV. OCHNACE^. 



Glabrous trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, simple, (very ^'rarely 

 pinnate) coriaceous ; stipules 2. Inflorescence panicled or occasionally 

 umbellate (rarely flowers solitary), bracteate. Flowers hermaphrodite, 

 conspicuous. Sepals 4-5, free, imbricate, persistent. Petals 5, rarely 

 4 or 10, free, hypogynous, imbricate, longer than the sepals, deciduous. 

 Vise enlarged after flowering, occasionally 0. Stamens 4, 5, 8, 10, or 

 indefinite, inserted on the disc, filaments persistent ; anthers basifixed, 

 sometimes deciduous, dehiscing longitudinally, or often opening by 

 terminal pores. Ovary short, 2-celled, or elongate and 1-10-celled ; 

 placenta axile or parietal ; style simple, subulate, acute, rarely divided 

 at the extremity, stigmas simple, terminal ; ovules 1-2 in eacb cell, or 

 indefinite, ascending or rarely pendulous, raphe ventral, micropyle 

 superior. Fruit indehiscent, drupaceous or baccate, compound ; each 

 drupe or pyrene 1-4 seeded ; or capsular and 1-5-celled with septicidal 

 dehiscence. Seeds solitary, few or numerous ; albumen fleshy or ; 

 embryo straight or rarely curved, radicle superior or inferior. — Distrib. 

 Tropical regions of both hemispheres, but chiefly American, Species 

 about 160. 



Tribe 1. Ochnej;. Ovary 2-10-celled; ovules solitary in each cell. 

 Seeds ex albuminous. 



Stamens 00 ; flowers paniculate ,.. ... I. Ochna. 



Stamens 10 ; flowers paniculate or umbellate 2. Gomphia, 



Sepals, petals, and stamens 4 ... ... 3. Tetramerista. 



Tribe 2. Eothemide^. Ovary imperfectly 6-celled ; ovules 2 in 

 each cell. Seeds albuminous. 



Stamens 5 ; with alternate staminodes ... 4. Euthemis. 



1. Ochna, Linn. 



Glabrous trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, simple, serrate rarely 

 entire, 2-stipulate. Flowers large, yellow, in bracteate panicles or 

 umbels. Sepals 5, coloured, persistent. Petals 5-10, deciduous. Disc 

 thick, lobed. Stamens oo, shorter than the petals, filaments short or 

 elongated ; anthers opening longitudinally, deciduous. Ovary deeply 

 3-10-lobed, lobes 1-celled ; styles entirely connate or distinct at the 

 apex; ovules solitary in each cell, axile. Fruit 3-10 drupes, seated on 

 the broad disc. Seed erect, albuminous. — Distrib, Tropical Asia and 

 Africa. Species about 28. 



1. Ochna Wallichii, Planch, in Hook. Lond. Journ, Bot. V, 650. 

 A small tree, with elliptic or elliptic-oblong, sub-crenate, sub-serrate 

 or entire, acute leaves, with cuneate or sub-rounded bases ; the main 

 nerves sub-horizontal, faint; length 3 to 5-5 in.; breadth 1-5 to 2-5 in. • 



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