524 xxxv. OCHNACE^E. (Alfred W. Bennett.) [Ochna. 



SILHET ; BIRMA ; PEGU ; EASTERN and WESTERN PENINSULAS, and CEYLON. 



Leaves very various in size and shape ; stipules &-| in. Flowers 4-f in- across, in 

 loose axillary "panicles. Petals not much longer than the sepals, clawed. .1 ntJicrs many 

 times longer than the very short filaments. Style greatly exceeding the stamens. Jinnies 

 $ in. long, seated on the greatly enlarged disk, and surrounded by the persistent coria- 

 ceous calyx. Griffith's 0. lucida is described as having 5 petals, but is apparently the 

 same plant. 



VAR. cordata; leaves much smaller cordate at the base and rounded at the apex 

 more sharply serrate. 0. cordata, Thw. Enum. 70. Ceylon. 



2. O. Wallichii, Planch, in Hook. Lon<l. Journ. Bot. v. 650; leaves 

 oblong-elliptic very finely serrate, petals 5, anthers not longer tli;m the fila- 

 ments, styles united nearly to apex. O. nitida, Wall. (.''if. ^bOi (nt of 

 Tlunih.}. O. stipulacea (?), 6'oA///-. ///>. .- Wall. C.iL :MW : Planch. in. Hook. 

 Land. Journ. Bot. v. (i53. O. squarrosa, Km-: Amlnm. /i</>. Aj>}>. \\. (not <>f 

 Linn.). O. andamanica, Kurz J!<'j>. And. <</. ii. ;j:i, and in Journ. As. tioc. 

 Beng. xli. pt. 2, }: t . 



TENASSKIM.M. TAVOY, tlie ANDAMAN ISI.\M>S, and PEGU. 



Leaves 4 by 1^ in. or larger, acute, vn-y shortly petioled; stipules very minute. 

 Flowers on very long pedicels. in loose axillary panicles. /Sya/x ovate or lanceolate, 

 generally reflexed after flowering, Pltoif somewhat longer than the sepals. J ////.//? 

 elongated, but rather .shorter than the very Blender persistent filaments, Styks greatly 

 exceeding the stamens. 



VAR. parniflora; flowers much smaller. 0. parviflora, Griff. Not. iv. 464. Moul- 

 mein, GfrijfUk. 



3. O. Wig-htiana, Wall. Cat. 2808; leaves elliptical to ovate base 

 rounded subcordate subobtuse coriaceous serrulate, flowers solitary or in 

 pairs or rarely 3, petals f>, anthers about as lm^ as tlie filaments, style 

 5-cleft at the apex. W. <( A. r,-<>.l>-. \:^i Tlmxiit,* Entnn. 7<>; Wiyltt Ic. 

 t. 223(5; I' 1 "*"' 1 '- '<" //""/'. Lond.Jovrn. /io/.v.KW. O. Heyneana, W. <( A. 

 I.e.; Planch. I.e. i;:.:j. O. \Valkerii, l>l<in<-h. I.e. O. parvifolia, Valil (, \\ r nlt. 

 Cat. 2807. 0. Moonii, 77///v/^x En urn. 70. 



TK\V \.\COK, WitjJit ; wanner parts of CEYLON. 



Leaves much smaller than in <>. x.//w //'>/. and llaUicJu'i, 1-1 1 by i-| in., but often 

 narrower, very shortly stalked ; stipules very slender, |-| in. Flowers axillary, usually 

 solitary, smaller than in the two species named. A'I/W/X usually reflexed after llowerin-'. 

 ' 



- in Moon',!, Thw., the number of flowers in a cluster is larger. Ochna parvi- 

 folia, Vahl Syinb. i. 33 ; 1 >< '. Mnn. Och. 17, t. xix. f. 2 ; Prodr. i. 736, from Arabia 

 Felix, much resembles and may even be identical with a small-leaved form of tbis species. 

 VAR. angtUiifolia ; leaves narrowly elliptical tapering to either end. 



4. O. pumila, Slam, in Don Prodr. 1\ ; leaves very large more or less 

 broadly oblanceolate serrulate, Mowers very large and handsome, anthers 

 longer than filaments, style undivided. DC. Prodr. i. 730 ; Planch, in Hook. 

 L</</. Journ. tint. v. 65-2. O. naiia, //am. in Wall. Cat. 3761 ; Da/2. <( </7/x. 

 Bomb. Fl 46. O. humilis, Wall. Cot. :\K\-2. O. collina, Edgew. in Trans. 

 Linn. iSoc. xx. p. 43. ? O. fruticulosa, Kurz in Journ. As. tioc. Seng. xli. 

 pt. 2, 295. 



Foot of the HIMALAYA, from Kumaon, JZdgeworth, to SIKKIM, /. D. H. ; PEGU, Kurz; 

 SOUTH COXCAN, Dalz. & Gibs. 



A small shrub, 1-3 ft. (?). Leaves often as much as 6 in. by 2 in., narrowed below 

 and very shortly petioled, acute or obtuse, very sharply serrulate ;, stipules -^ in. 

 Flowers umbellate, 3-6 at the end of a common peduncle, as much as 1^ in. across ; 

 pedicels -1 in. ; common peduncle 3 in. long, bracteate at the base. Sepals 

 ovate, 2-3 times shorter than the petals. Filaments short, surmounted by the elon- 

 gated anthers. Styles elongate, connate or very slightly divided at the apex. Drupes 

 finely reticulated. I am unable to distinguish Kurz's 0. fruticulosa from Pegu by the 

 description. The Concan habitat is taken from the Bombay Flora. 



