174 FAMILIES OF FLOWERING PLANTS 
produce valuable timber, and many of them, as Dillenia speciosa, have 
handsome flowers, rendering them desirable for greenhouse cultivation 
(see Fig. 152). 
Family Eucryphiaceae. Eucryphia Family. Consists of a single 
genus, Hucryphia, which presents rather anomalous characters, and has 
been placed by some authors in the Rose Family, and by others with 
the St. Johnsworts. There are four species, two in Chile and two in 
southern Australia and Tasmania; and 
Nye oddly enough, one species in each of 
¥3) these pairs has pinnate leaves, the other 
simple entire leaves. All are trees or 
tall shrubs, having showy solitary flow- 
Fig. 153, Flower of Ouratea spectab- ers with four dr five sepals, four or five 
, tis and fruit of O. elegans. Redrawn petals, and innumerable stamens; the 
from Engler. J 3 ¢ A 
ovary is 5-12-celled, becoming in fruit a 
woody capsule containing winged seeds. One of the Tasmanian spe- 
cies, E. Billardieri, is a most beautiful forest tree, attaining lofty pro- 
portions, and at certain seasons is covered with large white flowers. 
Family Ochnaceae. Ochna Family. Includes 17 genera and over 
200 species, trees or shrubs of exclusively tropical distribution. Their 
bark contains a yellow coloring 
matter, and is also very astrin- 
gent, in consequence of which ' 
several species furnish tonics. 
The flowers are generally large 
and conspicuous, having the 
parts in fives, and the stamens 
often turned to one side; the 
carpels of the ovary are situated 
upon an enlarged base or recep- 
tacle, which becomes fleshy in 
fruit, like that of the strawberry. 
The largest genus is Ouratea, 
chiefly of West Indian distribu- 
tion, some species of which are ' : 
used as greenhouse plants (see a a re ge ge a both 
Fig 1538). greatly reduced. Redrawn from Engler. 
Family Caryocaraceae. Souari-nut family. Consists of two gen- 
era, Caryocar and Anthodiscus, the former with 10, the latter with 3 
species, all South American trees. The Souari-nut, Caryocar nuciferum, 
may be taken as typical of the genus; it is a lofty forest tree with very 
durable timber, largely employed in ship-building. The leaves are 
compound, having three leaflets; the flowers are of large size, with five 
