166 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Ochna. 



and Carnatic, less common, but widespread from Hydera- 

 bad to Tinnevelly in fairly damp places. 

 A small tree with thin brown bark and reddish-brown 

 wood of pretty grain, conspicuous for its yellow flowers 

 with persistent sepals. Yern. Tel. Sunari ; Tarn. Chilanti ; 

 Kan. Narole. 



2. OCHNA GAMBLEI, King; Brandis Ind. Trees 128. 



Deccan and Carnatic, in dry places and on rocky hills in 



Hyderabad, the Ceded Districts and Hills of Chingleput ; 



W. Coast at Quilon in Travancore (Wight small-leaved 



var.). 



A small tree with thick bark and reddish wood, conspicuous 



for its tufted very glaucous leaves and large yellow flowers. 



Vern. Tel. Kuka-moi. 



3. OCHNA BEDDOMEI, Gamble in Kew Bull. 1916, ined. 



Forests of Kurnool Cuddapah and Mysore, apparently 

 scarce ; perhaps also in N. Circars. 

 A small tree (?), but little known. 



4. OCHNA PUMILA, Ham. ; F. B. I. i. 524. 



Madras Presidency (Beddome), perhaps S. Canara. 

 A dwarf undershrub with perennial rootstock, throwing 

 up annually, usually after jungle fires, shoots with large 

 bright yellow flowers. 



5. OCHNA WIGHTIANA, Wall. ; Wt. Ic. t. 220 (as to description 



only except stigma) ; W. & A. 152 ; F. B. I. i. 524, in part. 



Travancore (Wight) ; Dimbham Ghat, Coimbatore (A. W. 



Lushington). 



A shrub or small tree with small coriaceous leaves and 



small flowers in racemes of 1-3 together. 



6. OCHNA HEYNEANA, W. & A. 152. 0. Wightiana, Wt. Ic. t. 

 223 (plate only}. 



W. Ghats, Hills of Tinnevelly and Travancore. 



A small tree with oblong-lanceolate leaves and small 



flowers. Yern. Tain. Silimbi. 



2. Ouratea, Aubl. 



Small trees, glabrous. Leaves alternate, simple, coriaceous, 

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

 in axillary or terminal racemes or umbels. Sepals 5, usually 

 coloured, persistent. Petals 5, imbricate. Disk thick, lobed. 



