OGHNACEJE. 375 



long subulate, at apex stigmatiferous, capitate or 4, 5-denticulate ; 

 ovules in each cell 1, or more rarely 2, ascending or subhorizontal j 1 

 micropyle extrorse, inferior. Fruit 2— 5-lobed ; lobes radiating or 

 subcupular ; lobes depresso-radians, obtuse at apex ; coriaceous, inde- 

 hiscent ; fertile cells 1-3, 1-spermous; seed thick, depressed, sub- 

 horizontal; cotyledons thick. — Glabrous trees; branches terete; 

 leaves alternate, oblong-lanceolate, entire ; nerves crowded, parallel ; 

 stipules 2, setaceous; flowers 2 in compound much ramified terminal 

 racemes, bracteate at base ; pedicels articulate, bracteolate at base 

 (South Eastern Trop. America"). 



3. Tetramerista Miq. 4 — Sepals 4, decussate imbricated, of which 

 2 interior are smaller lateral, persistent. Petals 4, of which 2 

 are anterior, widely inserted at base, decussate imbricated, per- 

 sistent. Stamens 4, alternipetalous ; filaments hee, flattened at 

 base; anthers oblong-sagittate, introrsely 2-rimose. Germen inserted 

 at summit of receptacle, 4-lobed ; style subulate, simple stigma- 

 tiferous at apex ; ovules in each cell 1, or 2 (?), ascending. " Berry 5 

 globose, coriaceous, with evanescent septa 1-locular, 4-spermous ; 

 seeds oblong." — A tree?; leaves alternate, exstipulate, simple, 

 oblong-lanceolate, entire, coriaceous, glabrous ; flowers in axillary 

 racemes, naked at base ; bracts foliaceous ; bractlets 2, lateral, 

 analogous to sepals, narrowly decurrent on both sides of pedicels 

 (Sumatra 6 ). 



4. Ochna Schrhb. 7 -— Flowers nearly of Ouratea; petals 5-10. 

 Stamens go. Carpels 3-15 ; styles same in number, stigmatiferous 

 at apex, free for a greater or less distance ; ovules, drupes, large fruc- 

 tiferous receptacle, and seeds of Ouratea. — ■ Glabrous trees or 

 shrubs ; leaves alternate, deciduous, entire, or much oftener serru- 

 late, coriaceous, lucid ; nerves much crowded, parallel ; stipules 



1 Sometimes slightly descending (Pl., in G Spec. 1. T. glabra MlQ., loc. ell. — Walp., 

 Hook. Lond. Journ., loc. cit., 649) in E. Host- Ann., vii. 544. 



mannia. ' Gen., n. 354. — J., Gen., 282 (part.). — 



2 Small, yellow. Lamk., Diet., iv. 509 (part.); Suppl., iv. 117 



3 Spec. 3, 4. Walp., Rep., v. 400; Ann., i. (part.); III., t. 472.— DC, in Ann. Mus., xvii. 

 179. 410, t. 12-1G; Prodr., i. 735. — Spach, Suit, a 



4 Fl. Ind.-Bat., Suppl., i. 534.— B. H , Gen., Buffon,\\. 380.— Enpl., Gen., n. 5959.— Pl., 

 318, n. 5. in Sook. Lond. Journ., v. 649. — 15. H.. Gen., 



5 " Mole nucis Juglandis." 317, n. 1.— Licsr. & Done.. Tr. Gen., 370.— 



T)ij>oridiwm VVenbl. f., Seifr., ii. 24. 



