204 OCHNACER. [ Ochna. 
1. B, Roxburghii, Planch ; H.f. Ind. Fl. i. 522; Brand. For. 
Fl. 59.—A leaf-shedding small tree or large shrub, all softer parts 
shortly greyish pubescent, armed with large straight very sharp 
solitary spines frequently bearing leaves and flowers, the trunk much 
crooked, ash-coloured ; leaves 2-foliolate, on a very short petiole; 
leaflets 1-14 in. long, ‘shortly petioluled, from oval to oblong, acute 
at base, blunt, while young shortly tomentose ; flowers rather small, 
greenish-white, shortly pedicelled, forming rather long- peduncled 
tomentose cymes ; —_ and petals inside tomentose ; drupes as large 
as a pullet’s egg, 5-grooved, with a smooth light-grey dry epicarp, 
the hard one-seeded nut imbedded in the exceedingly bitter, soap- 
like, offensively smelling pulp. 
Has.—In the dry forests of Prome and Ava.—Fl. Apr.—l. 
OCHNACEA. 
Flowers hermaphrodite. Sepals 4-5, free, usually scarious, im- 
bricate. Petals 5, rarely 4-10, free, decidu uous, almost sessile or 
clawed, imbricate or convolute. Torus never Senate or glandular, 
enlarged under the fruit. Stamens 4-10 or many, equal or unequal, 
one-sided or declinate ; filaments persistent ; ie linear, basifix, =| 
dehiscing longitudinally or by terminal pores. Ovary centralor 
excentrical, 1-10-celled, terete or lobed, with 1 or 2 rarely more 
ovules in each cell, the placentas various; style simple, or rarely — 
2-10-cleft at summit. Fruit either consisting of 3 to 10 one-seeded — 
drupes seated on the enlarged torus, or 2-4-lobed, 1-4-seeded, 
indehiscent, or berry-like, or septicidally capsular, coriaceous OF — 
woody. umen fleshy or none.—Trees or shrubs, with simple 
usually serrulate leaves. Stipules present. Flowers showy, often — 
er yellow, in panicles or fascicled, rarely solitary. ae 
Bitter principles prevail in this small order. ‘Timber of ee 
species sh et but small. The five species below are all that 
known from Burma. 
Stamens n ; inflorescence — é Behe ei . Ochna. 
Stamens 10; scorn Be es terminal . : : . Gomphia. 
OCHNA, Schreb. 
Sepals 5, persistent, coloured. Petals 5-10, deciduous. Torus 
thick, lobed or stalk-like raised. Stamens numerous, the filaments 
filiform. Ovary deeply 3-10-lobed, with a solitary ovule in each 
lobe. Drupes 3-10, sessile on the enlarged torus. Seeds erect.— 
‘Trees or shrubs, with simple serrulate leaves. Stipules axillary, by 
‘pairs. Flowers bree. Suds in — panicles or corymbs, mig 
solitary or fascicled. 
