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Gomphia ; (Ceylon. Singapore. Sumatra.) and 3 oi Euthemis, (Singapore.) 



— Properties unimportant. 



OcHNA, L. {DC. pr. \, p. 735 ; — W. and A. pr. I, p. 152.) 



1. squarrosa, L. {W. and A. I. c. ; — Roxb. Corom. 1, ?. 89 ;— /. ind. 2, p. 

 643 ;— Wight. HI. t. 69 ;—J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 37— O. obtusata, 

 DC. pr. I, p. 735.— O. lucida, Lam. ill. t. 472, /. 1 ,—DC. I. c.) 

 <>•{<> itt^l Kunuk-champa. 5 Both Peninsulas of India. Assam. Fl. 

 large, gold-coloured, fragrant, Feb. and March ; fr. May and June. 



2. stipulacea, Colebr. {Wall. Cat.) In H. C. G.— Fl. ? 

 Gomphia, Schreb. {DC. pr. 1, p. 736 ; — W. and A. pr. 1, p. 152.) 



1. angustifolia, Vahl. {DC. I. c. ; — W. and A. I. c. ; — J . Grah. Cat. B. 

 pi. p. 38. — G. zeylanica, DC. I. c. — G. malabarica, DC. I. c. — Ochna 

 zeylanica, Lam; — Burnt, zeyl. t. 56 ; — Rheed. 5, t. 48. 52.) 5 Ceylon. 

 Travancore. S. Concan. Fl. yellowish, middle-sized. In H. C. G. 

 — Fl. ? 



* Ochna nana, Buch. Goruckpore. — 0. Wightiana, Wall ; Wight, icon. 1, 

 t. 223. Travancore. — O. Heyneana, W. and A. Peninsula of India. — 

 O. mauritiuna. Lam. b Mauritius — 0. ciliata. Lam. b Madagascar. — 

 Gomphia sumatrensis, Jack, Singapore. — G. oleeefolia, St. Hil. 5 Bra- 

 zil. — G. giiianensis. Rich, b Guiana. Brazil. — G. laurifolia, Swz. 5 

 Jamaica. Cayenne. — Walkera integrifolia, DC. b Guiana. — Evthemis 

 leucocarpa, Jack. B Singapore. Penang. — E. minor. Jack. B Singa- 

 pore. — Elvasia calophylla, DC. b Brazil. — Castela depressa, Turp. 'b 

 St. Domingo. — C. erecta, Turp. "b Antigua. 



ORDER XCV.— SIMARUBACE^. Rich.— Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 129. 



THE QUASSIA TRIBE. 



Trees or shrubs, by Lindl. referred to 6 genera. Of these, DC. pr. and 

 Spreng. syst. enumerate 11 species of S. America and the W. Indies ; and 

 1 of Madagascar. In the E. Indies have been found 2 species of Sama- 

 dera ; (Java. Ceylon. Malabar. Amherst.) and 1 of Nima. (Nepal.) 



The whole order is distinguished by its intense bitterness. Quassia- 

 wood is well known. 

 Quassia, L. {DC.pr. \,p. 733.) 



L amara, L. fil. {DC. I. c. ; — B. M. 14, t. 497.) Quassia tree, b Surinam. 

 Fl. largish, deep-red, Feb. ; fr. 0. Produces Quassia-ioood. 



* Simaruba officinalis, DC. 5 Guiana. W. Indies. — 5. glauca, DC. b Cuba. 

 Simaba guianensis, Aubl. B Guiana. — S. floribunda, St. Hil. B Brazil. 

 — S./erruginea, St. Hil. B Brazil. — S. suaveolens, St. Hil. b Brazil. — 



