576 xxxix. OLACINEJE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Olax. 



petals. Staminodes 5, bifid, nearly as long as the petals. Ovary ovoid. Fruit oblong, 

 nearly covered by the closely adherent glabrous calyx. 



VAR. 1. bracteata, racemes elongated half as long as the leaves, bracts 2-3 times 

 longer than the peduncles ovate leafy. Bombay, Law. This may be merely an 

 accidental variation. 



4. O. zeylanica, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. i. 532 ; arborescent, leaves ovate 

 acuminate or ovate-lanceolate, racemes many-flowered, peduncles ascending 

 scarcely exceeding the bracts. Wull. < 'ul. (i77G A, 6770 B ? ; II'. <f J. Prodr. 

 i. 88; Thwaites Emim. 4-2 ; Beddome FL Sylv. Ix, 



CEYLON, southern parts of the island, Thwaites. 



A small tree. Young branches acutely angled, glabrous, transversely wrinkled, 

 loosely divaricate. Leaves 2 by f in., glabrous, shining; petiole \ in. Racemes 

 axillary twice the length of the petiole, rachis puberulous, peduncles subtended by a 

 bract of about equal length. Flower-bud cylindric-clavate. Flowers % in. C<tl ;/.<- 

 rim crenulate. Petals 5, oblong, many times longer than tin- calyx. /' rt',h xtu/tttus 

 3, shorter than the 5 bifid staminodes. Ovary ovoid. Fruit ovoid-oblong, obtuse. 



5. O. mergfuensis, Planch, in //>///. K,w; arborescent, leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate acuminate, base tapering, racemes many-flowered, peduncles as- 

 cending scarcely exceeding the bracts. 



TENASSERIM ; at Mergui, Grhfith : MALACCA, Maingay. 



A low tree. Branches purplish, glabrous. Leaves 5 by 1 in., glabrous, coriaceous; 

 petiole ^ in. Racemes solitary or many from the same axil, rather lunger than the 

 petiole, simple or branched, erect ; peduncles puberulous. Bract* ovate, acute, concave, 

 overlapping when young. Flowers in., whitish, fragrant. l\tals usually 6, in 3 

 pairs, or 5, rarely three. FertUt -tmitrng 3, opposite the petals, nearly as Ion 

 bifid stamiiunli s. (h-m-i/ ovoid-conic. 



6. O. acuminata, Wall. Cnt. (5781 ; shrubby, branchlets angular, leaves 

 ovate or oblong-lanceolate acuminate, racemes few-flowered, peduncle- de- 

 flexed. ll'-nth. in Luni. 7V.///X. xviii. 678. 0. Heyneana, Wall. Cat. <;:M. 

 O. longifolia, Wall. C<it. 6782. 



SII.HIIT. WuUich; Khashi Mis., alt. 2000ft., H.f. & T.; BHOTAN, Griffith; ASSAM, 

 Jenkins. 



Ascandent? shrub. Branches glabrous, yellow, divaricate, virgate. Leaves 2-4 

 by f-lj in. ,glabrous, acute, liasi- tapo-ing; petiole ^ in. Racemes very short, peduncles 

 distichous. Flowc r-ln/* : ovoid -conic. Finn; /* iniuute. Caly.r j.aterit'onn. Jt'taL-t o, 

 oblong-lanceolate, ajiex incurved. Fertile stamens 3, opposite the petals, shorter than 

 the 6 bifid staminodes ; anthers apiculate. Ovary ovoid. Fruit f in., ovoid-oblong, 

 obtuse, glabrous, orange-coloured. 



7. O. nana, Wall. Cat. 6783 A, B; suffruticose, leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 peduncles solitary 1-flowered. Benth. in L'nm. Trans, xviii. 678. 



Hot Valleys of the WESTERN HIMALAYA, ascending to 5000 ft. from Nipal westward 

 and in the PAN.IAB. 



Shoots herbaceous, from a contracted woody stock, virgate. Leaves l\ by in., 

 subsessile, glabrous, black in drying; petiole 4 i n - Flower-buds obovoid. 'Flowers 

 scarcely 4 i n - Petals 3, oblong-lanceolate, rather obtuse. Fertile stamens 3, opposite 

 to the petals. Staminodes bifid, lonuer than the fertile stamens. Ovary ovoid-oblong, 

 1-celled. Fruit globular, pea-like, 1-celled, 1-seeded. This is one of those curious 

 plants, which like Grewia nana, appear never to form a trunk, but only a contracted 

 stock from which the shoots originate every year and are destroyed by fire, cattle, &c. 



3. OCHANOSTACHYS, Mast. 



A tree or shrub. Leaves alternate, petiolate, 1 -nerved. Flowers numerous, 

 on long, slender, branching axillary spikes. Calyx cup-shaped, 4-5-toothed, 



