

Ochna] XXVII. OCHXACE.E 129 



anthers shorter than filaments, drupes J— £ in. long on a large hemispherical 

 disk. 



Silhet. Andaman*. Nicobars, Lower and Oppsr Burma. Fl. Febr.- April. Malay 

 Peninsula. 



6. O. Wightiana, Wall. : Wight, Ic. t. 223 : Trimen Handb. Ceylon i. 233. 

 A shrub or small tree, glabrous. L. H-2 in. Fl. after the leaves, solitary 

 or 2-3 together. \ in. across, anthers as long as stamens. 

 hern part of Western Peninsula, fl. May. June Ceylon. 



2. GOMPHIA, Schreber; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 525 (Ouratea, Anbl. ; 



Engl. u. Prantl iii. 6. 140 . 



Species 80-100, tropical, more than half in America, a number in Africa 

 and a few in Asia. 



1. G. angustifolia, Vahl : Trimen Hanbd. Ceylon i. 235. 



A small, much-branched tree, glabrous. L. 3-7 in., coriaceous, lanceolate, 

 secondary nerves ». parallel, joined by distinct intramarginal veins. Fl. | in. 

 across, in pyramidal, terminal and axillary panicles, petals twice as long as 

 sepals, obovate. narrowed into a linear claw, stamens 10, anthers nearly sessile, 

 opening by terminal pores. Ripe carpels quite distinct, on the sides of a large 

 convex disk. 



West side of the Peninsula, chiefly in evergreen forests, from the South Konkan 

 ards. Fl. R. S. 2. G. sumatrana, Jack, closely allied, differs by larger petals and 

 .more diffuse panicles, and is given by Kurz. F. Fl. i. 206, forTenasserimonthi - 



Oedeh XXVIII. BURSERACEjE. Gen. PI. i. 321. 



Resinous trees or shrubs. L. generally alternate, imparipinnate. 3-foIio- 

 late, in some cases L-foliolate, stipules generally 0. Fl. mostly small, bisexual 

 or polygamous. Calyx 3-5-cleft, petals 3-.V Stamens as many as petals 

 or twice their number, inserted on the edge or outside at the base of disk. 

 anthers 2-celled, dehiscent longitudinally. Ovary free, 2-5-celled, ovules 

 generally two in each cell, hanging s.ide by side from the top of the central 

 angle. Fruit drapaeeous, either indehiscent with a 3-6-celled hard stone, or 

 valvately dehiscent with several separate stones. Albumen i.i. cotyledons often 

 lobed. generally twisted of eruuiple 1. 



B - d canals in the bast phloem), in some species also in the pith. 



Pr. dehiscent, 3-valved l. Boswrlua. 



Fr. an indehiscent drupe. 

 Calyx $-fid, valvate, drupe usually trigonous . 8. Canariuh. 



Calyx 1-6-toothed or lobed. 

 Calyx campanulate 10-ribbed, 5-cleft, lined by a thin 



crenate • 1 i — k 8. G lbi •• i. 



Calyx I 6-lobed, disk annular I. Bursrra. 



Calyx t-6-toothed, small, fl. paniculate . . . •">. Protiuii. 

 Calyx l-toothed, fl. few, fascioulate . . .6. Balsauodrndbon. 



Filicium, Thwaites, is classed under Sapindai 



1. BOSWELLIA, Roxb. : Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 527. 



Species 10. North-Eastern tropical Africa, excepting B. serrata. 



B. serrata. Roxb. -Syn. B. glabra, Roxb. Cor. Pl.t. 207; Hold. PI. Sylv. 

 t. 124; II. thurifera, Colebrooke; Brandis, !•'. Fl. til. Vera. Salai, Staler, 

 Hind.: Saiga, Sonth. ; Andaka, TeL ; Maddi, Kan. ; Kundrikam, Tarn. 



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