364 xxxir. siMARUBii^. [Irvingia. 



4 to 5, imbricate. Disc veiy large, cushion-shaped. Stamens 10, 

 inserted beneath the disc ; filaments slender, long. Ovary conical, 

 2-celled ; style simple ; ovules solitary. Drupe large, i-seeded. 

 vSpecies 4, 3 African and i Malayan. 



(i) I. malayana Oliver Ic. PI. 1247 ; Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 522 ; 

 King, I.e. 230. 



A vast tree over 150 ft. tall with grey bark, large buttresses and 

 a big head of foliage, 80 ft. to first branch. Leaves simple ovate 

 or elliptic coriaceous acute, base rounded; nerves 14 to 16 pairs 

 inconspicuous, 3*5 to 5"5 in. long, 175 to 2*4 in. wide; petioles 

 •6 to 7 in. long. Panicles axillary and terminal with few spreading 

 branches 2 to 4 in. long. Flowers '2 in. across. Calyx-lobes ovate 

 blunt. Petals dark green reflexed. Stamens white as long. 

 Ovary conic. Disc large, orange. Fruit ovate flattened 2 in. long, 

 green with orange fibrous pulp resembling a mango. Hab. Singa- 

 pore, Tanglin ; Bukit Timah. Malacca, Merlimau (Derry), Selan- 

 gor, Kwala Lumpur (Foxworthy). Distrib. Burma, Siam. Native 

 names: PauhKijang; Merlang. 



Order XXXIII. OCHNACEiE. 



Glabrous trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate simple coriaceous. 

 Stipules 2. Inflorescence panicled or umbellate bracteate. Flowers 

 showy green, white, red or yellow. Sepals 4 to 5 free imbricate 

 persistent. Petals 5, rarely 4 to 10, hypogynous imbricate, disc 

 enlarged after flowering rarely. o. Stamens 4, 5, 8, 10, or indefinite, 

 insert on the disc ; filaments persistent ; anthers sometimes opening 

 with pores. Ovary short 2-celled or elongate and i- to lo-celled ; 

 ovules I or 2 in each cell ; style simple subulate. Stigmas simple. 

 Fruit indehiscent drupaceous or baccate compound, each drupe 

 I- to 4-seeded or capsular and i- to 5-celled. Seed i to numerous. 

 Species 160, chiefly American. 



Tribe i. Ochne^. Ovary 2- to lo-celled; ovules i in each cell; seed 

 exalbuminous ; big shrubs or trees. 



'Stamens indefinite . . . . . .1. Ochna 



Stamens 10 ....... 2. Gomphia 



Stamens 4 . . . . . . . .3. Tetramerista 



Tribe ii. Euthemide^e. Shrublets; ovary 5-celled; ovules 2 in each 

 cell ; seeds albuminous. 



Stamens 5 with 5 staminodes . . . • 4. Euthemis 



1. OCHNA, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves simple serrate 2-stipulate. Flowers 

 large yellow in panicles or umbels. Sepals 5-coloured. Petals 

 5 or 10 ; disc very thick especially in fruit, red. Stamens indefinite ; 

 anthers longitudinally dehiscing. Ovary 3- to lo-lobed, lobes 



