M) \VI\. in TAl'K.i.. 



Shnibs, ununtied or aculeate. Leaves alternate, 3-foliolate, dotted. 

 Flowers small, in cymes or panicles.— 3 species, 1 from the Eastern district, 

 2 Iroui Natal. 



Tribe 4. Aueantieje. 

 U. CLAUSENA, Burm. 



Calyx 4-5-lobed or parted. Petals 4-5, free, mostly deli- 

 cate, elliptical or roundish, imbricate. Stamens 8-10, free, 

 the alternate shorter ; filaments dilated at or below the middle, 

 and often concave, subulate above ; anthers short. Disk 

 stipe-like. Ovary 4-5-(rarely 2-3-)celled, stipitate ; style 

 mostly distinct, at length deciduous ; stigmas obtuse, entire 

 or lobed ; ovules 2, collateral or superposed. Berry ovoid, 

 oblong or globose, 2-5-celled (or abortively 1-celled), few- or 

 1-seeded. Seed with a membranous coat, and no albumen. — 

 Fl. Cap. i. p. 444 (under Myaris, Pr.). 



Trees chiefly Asiatic. Leaves imparipinnate ; leaflets membranous, en- 

 tire or crenulate, sometimes oblique. Panicles terminal or axillary ; flowers 

 small, white. C. inrequalis, OUv., our only species, is common in the 

 Eastern district and at Natal. 



Order XXX. OCHNACE^. 



Flowers bisexual, regular. Sepals 4-5-6, rigid, persistent, 

 imbricate. Petals as many, rarely twice as many, deciduous, 

 sessile. Torus enlarged after flowering, never annual or glan- 

 dular. Stamens definite or indefinite ; filaments short ; an- 

 thers long, erect, opening by pores or slits, hard and dry. 

 Ovary 2-10-lobed (or elongate, 1-10-celled) ; style simple, 

 subulate. Pruit of 2 or more drupes (or capsular). — Trees 

 or shrubs, with watery (not resinous) juice. Leaves alternate, 

 stipulate, glabrous, coriaceous, shining, mostly serrulate. 



1. OCHNA, Schreb. 



Sepals 5, coloured, persistent, imbricate. Petals 5-10, ob- 

 ovate or oblong, deciduous. Torus thick, lobed or elevated in 

 the centre. Stamens many ; anthers hnear, basifixed, opening 

 by short or long, terminal pores. Ovary deeply 3-10-lobed ; 

 styles connate, or partly i'ree, central. Drupes 3-10, or fewer, 

 sessile on the enlarged torus. — Fl. Cap. i. p. 448. 



Chiefly tropical trees or shrubs. Flowers yellow; the calyx after 

 flowering red or vinous-purple, brightening as the fruit advances. Leaves 

 simple, shining, serrulate or subentire. — 3 species, all natives of the Eastern 

 district and Natal. 



