OCHNACEjE. I. OCHNA. II. GOMPIIIA. 



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racemose, for the most part yellow ; pedicels jointed in the 

 middle or beneath the middle, rarely solitary. The roots and 

 leaves of Walkera serrata are used in Malabar in decoction, 

 either in milk or water, as a tonic, stimulant, stomachic, and 

 anti-emetic. 



Synopsis of the genera. 



1 O'CHNA. Petals 5-10. Stamens numerous ; filaments fili- 

 form ; anthers linear or ovate, bursting lengthwise by 2 chinks. 



2 GO'MPHIA. Petals 5. Stamens 10 ; filaments almost want- 

 ing ; anthers long, erect, bursting by 2 pores at the apex. 



3 WALKE'RA. Petals 5. Stamens 5. Anthers ovate. 



4 ELVA'SIA. Sepals and petals 4. Stamens 8 ; filaments 

 longish ; anthers opening by 2 pores at the apex. 



5 CASTE'LA. Calyx 4-toothed. Petals 4. Stamens 8. An- 

 thers inverted. 



I. O'CHNA (from a^vr/, ochne, the Greek name for the wild 

 pear ; the present genus has some resemblance to a pear in 

 foliage). Schreb. gen. no. 354. D. C. in mem. mus. 17. p. 

 410. prod. 1. p. 735. O'chna, spec. Lin. 



LIN. SYST. Polyundria, Monogynia. Petals 5-10. Stamens 

 numerous ; filaments filiform, permanent ; anthers linear or 

 ovate, opening from the base to the top by a double chink. 

 Buds scaly. Flowers all yellow, rising in racemes from below 

 the leaves from the wood of the preceding year. 



* Stigmas capitate. 



1 O. OBTUSA'TA (D. C. in ann. mus. 17. p. 411. t. 1.) petals 

 8-10; leaves obovate, very blunt, serrated. T? . S. Native 

 of the East Indies. O'chna sqnarrosa, Lin. spec. 731.? Roxb. 

 cor. t. 8i). This tree is called Bokaerae in Ceylon, and Yerra- 

 juvre by the Telingas. Flowers large, inodorous. 



Obtuse-leaved Ochna. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1790. Tr. 12 ft. 



2 O. LU'CIDA (D. C. 1. c. no. 2.) petals 7-10 ; leaves obovate 

 or oblong-ovate, acute, serrated. Tj . S. Native of the East 

 Indies. 



Far. a; leaves obovate. O. lucida, Lam. ill. t. 472. f. 1. 

 Var. /3 ; leaves oblong-ovate. O. squarrosa, Rottb. in act. 

 dan. 2. p. 445. t. 6. exclusive of the synonyms. 



SAmm^-leaved Ochna. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1819. Sh. 6ft. 



3 O. NITIDA (Thunb. prod. 67.) petals 5 ; leaves oblong, 

 acute, serrated ; racemes short, crowded. Pj . S. Native of 

 the East Indies. D. C. 1. c. no. 3. t. 2. Petals scarcely longer 

 than the calyx. 



Nitid-leaved Ochna. Clt. 1816. Shrub 6 feet. 



4 O. MULTIFLORA (D. C. 1. c. no. 4. t. 3.) petals 5 ; leaves 

 oval-oblong, acuminated, almost entire ; racemes and pedicels 

 very long. Jj . S. Native of Sierra Leone, in bushy places 

 near the river-side, about Freetown. 



Many-flowered Ochna. Fl. Feb. May. Clt. 1823. Sh. 6 ft. 



5 O. CILIA'TA (Lam. diet. 4. p. 511.) stigma a little lobed ; 

 petals 5 ; leaves oval-oblong, serrately-fringed ; racemes short, 

 few-flowered. Fj . S. Native of Madagascar. 



Fringed-leaved Ochna. Shrub 6 feet. 



6 O. ATROPURPU'REA (D. C. 1. c. no. 5.) pedicels solitary, 1- 

 flowered ; petals 5 ? leaves ovate, acutely toothletted ; lobes of 

 calyx ovate. ^ . S. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Pluk. aim. t. 263. f. 1 and 2. Burch. cat. no. 4126. Calyx 

 purple. Petals yellow. 



Dark-purple-calyxed Ochna. Clt. 1816. Shrub 4 feet. 



7 O. PARVIFOLIA (Vahl. symb. 1. p. 33.) pedicels solitary, 

 1 -flowered; leaves ovate, serrulated; petals 5 ? lobes of calyx 



126. 



oval-oblong. Tj S. Native of Arabia Felix. D. C. 1. c. no. 

 9. t. 19. Euonymus inermis, Forsk. segyp. t. 204. 

 Small-leaved Ochna. Shrub 5 feet. 



8 O. LANCEOLA'TA (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 597.) leaves lanceolate, 

 crenated ; peduncles usually solitary, shorter than the leaves. 

 Jj . S. Native of Malabar. 



Lanceolate-leaved Ochna. Shrub 6 feet. 



9 O. PU'MILA (Hamilt. in D. Don, prod. fl. nep. 224.) stigma 

 capitate ? flowers subumbellate, terminal ; pedicels much longer 

 than the peduncle, furnished with numerous bractea-like scales ; 

 stem simple, erect. Tj . G. Native of Nipaul, in a wood 

 called Terriany. 



Dwarf Ochna. Fl. Mar. Shrub 1 foot. 



* * Stigmas many-parted. 



10 O. MAURITIA'NA (Lam. diet. FIG. 



4. p. 522.) petals 5-6 ; leaves ob- 

 long-oval, acute, toothletted ; petals 

 3-times longer than the calyx. Tj . 



5. Native of the Mauritius, where 

 it is called Bois de Jasmin. D. C. 

 1. c. no. 8. t. 5. Racemes short ; 

 pedicels long. An elegant shrub, 

 with whitish flowers, resembling 

 those of jasmine. 



Mauritian Ochna. Clt. 1822. 

 Shrub 6 feet. 



11 O. MADAGASCARIE'NSIS (D. 

 C. 1. c. no. 7.) petals 5 ; leaves 

 oblong, shining, a little serrated ; 

 petals equal in length to the calyx. 



Ij . S. Native of Madagascar. 

 Racemes simple, many-flowered. 

 Madagascar Ochna. Shrub 6 feet. 



12 O. ARBO'REA (Burch. cat. ined. no. 4012. D. C. prod. 1. p. 

 736.) flowers solitary, or 2 or 3 in a raceme ; petals 5 ; anthers 

 linear, with 2 pores at the apex ; leaves oval-oblong, almost 

 entire. T? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Tree Ochna. Clt. 1823. Tree 20 feet. 



Cult. Fine shrubs, bearing beautiful leaves and flowers, 

 therefore the species are worth cultivating in every collection of 

 stove plants. They will thrive well in a mixture of loam and 

 peat ; and cuttings will strike root if planted in a pot of sand, 

 with a hand-glass placed over them, in a moderate heat. 



II. GO'MPHIA (from yofujios, gomphos, a club ; shape of 

 fruit). Schreb. gen. p. 291. D. C. in mem. mus. 17. p. 414. 

 prod. 1. p. 736. Ochna species, Lin. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Petals 5. Stamens 10; 

 filaments almost wanting ; anthers long, pyramidal, erect, open- 

 ing at the apex by 2 pores. Racemes simple or compound, ter- 

 minal. Flowers of all yellow. 



* Leaves quite entire. 



1 G. GRANDIFLORA (D. C. 1. c. no. 19. t. 17.) leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, blunt at the base, long-acuminated ; petals large, 

 rather orbicular, a little longer than the calyx ; racemes panicled. 

 Tj . S. Native of Brazil at Rio Negro. 



Great-flowered Gomphia. Shrub 4 feet. 



2 G. AQUA'TICA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 14.) 

 leaves oblong, acutish, rounded at the base, obsoletely veined ; 

 racemes elongated, almost simple ; petals a little longer than 

 the calyx. Tj . S. Native of South America, on the banks of 

 the river Orinoco, near Javita. Cittorhynchus Javitensis, Willd. 

 herb. 



Aquatic Gomphia. Tree 20 feet. 



3 G. CASSINEFOLIA (D. C. 1. c. no. 21. t. 18.) leaves ovate, 



