OCHNACE.*:. 201 



A tree 15-20 feet in height: branches erect, terete, smooth. 

 Leaves 4 inches long and 1 broad, oblong, slightly acuminate 

 towards the base, distinctly so towards the apex which is ob- 

 tuse, almost nerveless, shining, very smooth : petiole very short. 

 Raceme terminal, corymbose, composed of numerous showy 

 yellow flowers : divisions of the peduncle short, spreading : 

 pedicels longer than the subdivisions of the peduncle, articu- 

 lated. Sepals 5, ovate, greenish-yellow, concave, membranace- 

 ous. Petals 5, spreading, oblong, length of the sepals, narrow 

 towards the base, rounded and somewhat crisped at the apex. 

 Stamens 10, hypogynous ; filaments short : anthers much longer 

 than the filaments, linear, opening at the apex by means of two 

 pores. Ovary of 5 green adherent projecting partile carpels : 

 style short, thick, green : stigma simple. Gynobase subrotund, 

 fleshy. Drupes 3-5, globose. Swartz. 



This, when in flower, is a very beautiful tree. 



2. * Gomphia nitida. Shining Gomphia. 



Leaves ovato-lanceolate acuminate serrated at the 

 apex, sepals of the same size as the petals, berries 

 ovate. 



Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occ. 740 De Cand. Ann. Mus. XVII. t. 



13. 



. HAB. Woods in the interior of the Island. 



FL. ? 



A tree of moderate height : branches terete, glabrous. 

 Leaves 2-3 inches in length, serrated, very glabrous : petiole 

 short. Racemes terminal, compound, with the brandies spread- 

 ing : flowers numerous, pedicelled. Sepals ovate. Petals sub- 

 rotund, scarcely longer than the sepals, shortly clawed, emar- 

 ginate, yellow. Filaments none : anthers 10, subsessile, erect. 

 Glandules 10, occupying the place of the filaments, surrounding 

 the ovary ? Ovary of 5 partile carpels : style 1 : stigma 

 simple. Receptacle subrotund, fleshy, bearing 25 globose 

 1-celled shining drupes, size of a large pea: nut solitary, glo- 

 bose. Swartz. 



