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stipules lanceolate, ^-^ in. long. Flowers 3-1, in axillary umbels; 

 peduncles 2-3 in. long, with 2 lanceolate bracts H in. long at the base ; 

 pedicels l-l^j in. long, slender, jointed below the middle ; bracts below 

 the pedicels ^-^ in. long, lani^eolate. 8epals | in. long, coriaceous, 

 elliptic-oblong. Petals upwards of 1 in. long by | in. broad, obovate, 

 with a very short narrow claw, tender. Stamens indefinite ; filaments 

 short : anthers elongate. Styles connate throughout their entire length, 

 shortly 4-divided at the apex. Drupes reticulately rugose, g-| in. long, 

 ellipsoid. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 524; Woodr. in Jou'rn. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 

 (1897) p. 268. Ochna nana, Buch.-liam. iu Wall. Cat. 3761 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. p. 46. 



KoNKAN : Balzell ^- Gibson. — Distrib. India (at the foot of the Himalayas, Pegu). 



2. GOMPHIA, Sehreb. 



Glabrous trees or shrubs. Lf^aves alternate, simple, coriaceous, 

 shining, narrowly serrate, many-nerved ; stipules 2. Flowers yellow, 

 in axillary or terminal bracteate racemes ; pedicels jointed near the base. 

 Sepals 5, usually colored. Petals 5, imbricate. Disk thick, lobed. 

 Stamens 10, inserted at the base of the disk; filaments short ; anthers 

 opening by terminal pores. Ovary 5-6-lobed ; lobes 1-celled ; ovule 

 solitary in each cell ; styles coiuiate ; stigma simple. Drupes 5 or 

 fewer, seated on the enlarged disk. Seed erect; testa membranous; 

 cotyledons fleshy, plano-convex ; radicle very short. — Distuib. Chiefly 

 Tropical American, a few species iu Africa, fewer iu Asia ; species 

 about 80. 



1. Gomphia angustifolia, Vahl, Stpnh. v. 2 (1791) p. 49. A small 

 much-branched tree ; young pa''ts glabrous. Leaves 3-6 by 1-2 in., 

 distichous, oblong-lanceolate, acute, finely serrate, glabrous, closely 

 reticulately veined, base acute ; petioles very short ; stipules deciduous. 

 Flowers iu pyramidal terminal and axillary panicles ; buds globose ; 

 pedicels slender, jointed near the base. Sepals ^ in. long, elliptic. 

 Petals \ in. long, obovate, shortly clawed. Stamens 10; filaments 

 short ; anthers rugose. Ovary glabrous, 4-5-lobed ; lobes obovoid ; 

 style much exceeding the stamens. Drupes 5 or fewer, :j-| in. indiam., 

 usually obovoid, smooth, reticulately veined, surrounded bv the persis- 

 tent sepals. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 525 ; Grab. Cat. p. 38 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. 

 V. 1, p. 235; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 36; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v.'3, 

 p. 533. 



K<iNK\N : on the Gh/its of the S. Konkan, Talbot ; S. Konkan, Nimnio ex Graham. — 

 Distrib. S.India; Singapore, Cejlou, Philippines. 



Oedeh XXXV. BURSERACE^. 



Balsamiferous trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate (very rarely oppo- 

 site), 3- (rarely 1-) foliolate or imparipinnate, without or rarely with 

 stipules. Flowers hermaphrodite or polygamous, usually small, race- 

 mose or panicled. Calyx 3-5-fid or -partite, imbricate or valvate. 

 Petals 3-5, free or rarely connate, deciduous, imbricate or valvate. 

 Disk annular or cupular, rarely inconspicuous, free or adnate to the 

 calyx-tube. Stamens as many or twice as many as the petals, inserted 



