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OCHNA, L. 



Sbrabs. Leaves serrate, glabrous, sliining. Flowers large, yelloW' 

 Sepals 5, coloured, persistent. Petals 5-10, deciduous. Disc thick, 

 lobed. Stamens numerous, shorter than the petals. Ovary 3-10- 

 lobed ; lobes 1-cell-ed; ovules solitary in each cell. Fruit of 3-10 

 drupes seated on the broad disc. Seed erect, albuminous. 



O. squarrosa, L. ; Fl. Br. I. 1. ^23 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. Suppb 

 17; Bedd, Fl. Sylv. 50 ; Brandis For. Fl. GO. Common in the moist forests 

 of the South Konkan and North Kanara on the hills near the sea ; but also 

 found inland at elevations up to 2,000 feet. Fl. Feb., Mch. Fr, ripe in 

 May, June. 



GOMPHIA Schreb. 



Glabrous trees or shrubs. Flowers yellow. Sepals and petals 5 

 each. Disc thick, lobed. Stamens 10, filaments very short. Ovary 

 deeply 5-6-lobed ; styles connate, stigma simple. Drupes 5 or fewer, 

 seated on a broad disc, 1-seeded. Seed exalbumiuous. 



G. angustifolia, VaW. Symb. II. 49 ;" Fl. Br. I. 1. 525; Grab. Cat. _ 

 Bomb. PI. oS ; Bedcb FL Sylv. 51. On the ghats of the South Konkan, 



Order 23v BURSERACE^. 



Balsamiferous trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, generally com- 

 pound. Flowers small, regular, hermaphrodite, polygamous. Calyx 

 3-6-1 obed. Petals 3-6. Disc annular, usually conspicuous. Sta- 

 mens equal or twice the number of petals. Ovary free, 1-5-celled. 

 Ovules 2 in each cell. Fruit drupaceous. Albumen 0. 



Drupe dehiscent Bosavellia. 



Drupe indeliiscent. Calyx 5-fid, bell-shaped .... Garcga. 



Calyx 4-toothed, urceolate Balsamodendeon. 



Galyx 3-fid, canipanulate Canarium. 



BOSWELLIA, Roxb. 



Trees with white thin bark. Leaves imparipinnate, deciduous, 

 kiafiets opposite, sessile, serro.te. Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx 

 5-toothcd. Petals b. Disc creuate. Stamens 10. Ovary fS-celled, 

 Ovules 2 in each cell, pendulous. Drupe trigonous of 3, 1-seeded 

 pyrcnes, finally separating. 



B. serrata, Roxb., ex Coleb. in Asiat. Res. IX. 379, t. 5 ; Fl. Br. I. 

 1.528; B. timri fer a, Roxh. ; Brandis For. Fl. 61 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 52. 

 Salai, salplmllic, Vern. Common in the Satpudas of the Khandcsh 

 district, where it forms pure forests of considerable extent. Throughout 

 the Deccan, to within 20 miles of the western ghats. Fl. Mch., Apl. 



GARUGA, Roxb. 



Trees. Leaves alternate, imparipinnate, leaflets opposite, sub- 

 sessile, crenate. Disc large, lining calyx. Petals 5. Stamens 10, 

 ef\ual. Drupe globose, fleshy, containing 1-5, 1 -seeded pyrenes. 



