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Ochna. Stamens indefinite. Drupes 3 to 10, seated on the enlarged torus. Corymbs 



lateral. 

 Gomphia. Stamens 10. Drupes 3 — 5, seated on the enlarged torus. Panicles terminal. 

 Tetrameeista. Flowers 4-merous. Stamens 4. Fruit a coriaceous 4-seeded 'berry. 

 Trib. II. ETJTEEMIDEM. Ovary half 5-celled, with 2 ovules in each cell. Seeds 



with albumen. 

 Euthmis. Stamens 5. Eacemes terminal. 



Ochna, Schreb. 

 Conspectus of species. 



* Styles free at the summit for nearly a line length. 



Fruiting sepals erect-conniving ; filaments as long or longer than the anthers ; 

 tree, 0. Andamaniea. 



* * Styles united to the apex. 



x Filaments as long or longer than the anthers. 



Petals usually 5 ; fruiting sepals reflexed ; tree, 0. Wallichii. 



Petals 5 ; fruiting sepals erect-connivent ; dwarf shrub, 0. fruticulosa. 



x x Filaments almost 4 times shorter than the anthers. 

 Petals usually 7 — 8 ; fruiting sepals erect-conniving ; tree, 0. squwrrosa. 



1. 0. anb-amantca, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1872, 295. 



Hab. Frequent in the tropical forests of the Andamans. — El. March ; 

 Fr. May, June. 



2. O. squabbosa, Eoxb. Corom. PI. I. t. 89 and Fl. II. 613 ; Wight 

 111. t. G9. (0. lucida, Lamk. Dicot. IV. 510). 



Hab. Ava (Mrs. Col. Burney). 



3. 0. Wallichii, Planch, in Hook. Lond. Journ. V. 650; Hf. Ind. 

 Fl. I. 524, excl. syn. Colebr. and Kurz. (O. obtusata, Wall. Cat. 28051; 

 0. lucida, Griff. Not. Dicot. 461). 



Hab. Very frequent in the tropical forests of Martaban and Tenas- 

 serim ; less so along the eastern and southern slopes of the Pegu Yomah. — 

 Fl. March ; Fr. Apr. May. 



4. O. fbtjticulosa, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1872, 295. 



Hab. Frequent in the open forests, especially the eng-forests, all over 

 Pegu and Martaban. — Fl. Apr. May ; Fr. June, July. 



Doubtful species. 



1. O. parviflora, Griff. Not. Dicot. 464. 

 Hab. Forests of Moulmein. 



Referred by Bennet as a variety to 0. WallicJiii, from which it seems 

 to differ by its smaller flowers. I have not seen a specimen and the reflexed 

 sepals seem to confirm Mr. Bennet's conclusion. 



2. O.? brevipes, Planch, in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. V. 652; Hf. 

 Ind. Fl. I. 525. 



Hab. Pegu, 



