BiL 7^se7^acecB. 235 



G. ang-ustifolia, Vahl, Symb. ii. 49 (179 1). Bo-k^ra, S. 



Burm. Thes. 123. Meesia serrata, Gaertn. Fruct. i. 344. Ocluia 

 seylanka, Lam. Diet. iv. 512. Walkeria'*' serrata, Willd., Moon Cat. 17. 

 Gomphia zeylanica, DC. Prod. i. 736. Thw. Enum. 71. C. P. 2412. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 525. Burm. Thes. t. 56 (good). 



A small, much - branched tree, young parts glabrous ; 

 1. 2J-5 in., distichous, nearly sessile, lanceolate, acute at both 

 ends, finely serrate, glabrous, shining, veins very close and 

 numerous, pellucid, with 2 marginal ones near the edge, stip. 

 deciduous ; fl. numerous, about \ in., on slender ped., in large 

 pyramidal, terminal and axillary panicles; sep. oval, acute, 

 glabrous; pet. twice as long as sep., clawed, obtuse; stam. 10, 

 fil. very short, anth. large, oblong ; ov.-carp. ovoid, smooth, 

 style stout, much exceeding stam.; ripe carp. 5 (or fewer), 

 attached near their base to sides of the very large gynophore, 

 surrounded by the persistent sep., |-| in., ovoid-reniform, 

 purple-black, shining; seed erect, embryo green. 



Low country, especially in the upper zone ; common ; rarer in the dry 

 region, as Pattipal Ar, Uva and Ritigala, N.C. Prov. Fl. Jan.-April; 

 3^ellow, sep. red. 



Also on the Malabar Coast, Singapore, and the Philippines. 



Wood moderately hard, close-grained, pale brownish. 



A form with smaller coriaceous leaves and abreviated inflor. was 

 collected on Nillowe Kande, S. Prov. 



XXXIL— BURSERACE^. 



Trees ; 1. alternate, compound, without or rarely with stip. ; 

 fl. small, regular, unisexual or polygamous ; cal. 3-5-fid, 

 valvate or imbricate ; pet. 3-5, valvate or imbricate, distinct ; 

 stam. 4, 5, 6, 8 or 10, inserted outside or on (rarely within) 

 the disk ; disk annular or lining cal.-tube, fleshy, conspicuous 

 or inconspicuous; ov. 2-3-celled, with 2, or rarely i, ovules in 

 each cell ; fruit a drupe, the epicarp sometimes 2-valved, 

 endocarp hard or membranaceous, often surrounded by a 

 fleshy or pulpy mesocarp, 1-3-celled, with a solitary seed ; 

 cotyledons crumpled or folded, no endosperm. 



* This is an error for Walkera, Willdenow's name for the genus. It 

 is not commemorative of any one, but taken from the native name, which 

 is given by Gaertner as ' Wal-kera,' doubtless a misprint for ' Mal-kera,' 

 the name of Ochna squarrosa {q. v.). 



