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(1) S. Inpica. (Gaertn. ) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 151,—Gaertn. fr. IT. p. 352. 
Syn. Niota pentapetala, Dec. prod. I. p. 592.—N. Lamarcki- 
ana, Blume. 
Engrav. Rheede Mal. VI. t. 18.—Wight’s Ill. I. t. 68. 
Spec. Cuar. Tree: leaves alternate, oblong-elliptical : flower- 
bearing peduncle longer than the leaves, pendulous, umbellate at 
the apex: sepals 4-5; each marked with an external gland: drupe 
with a very thick pericarp, somewhat angled: flowers white. 
Cochin and Malabar, flowering in the hot season. 
ORDER XLVI. OCHNACEZ. 
Trees or shrubs with alternate, simple, stipulate leaves: se- 
pals 5, persistent, imbricated in estivation: petals 5, hypogy- 
nous, deciduous, spreading, imbricated in estivation: stamens 
alternate with the petals, 5-10, or indefinite: anthers 2-celled, 
erect, opening by pores: ovaries distinct, rarely combined: 
ovules solitary, erect: styles combined into one, springing from 
the disk between the bases of the ovaries: carpels drupaceous, 
indehiscent: seeds solitary: albumen none; embryo straight, 
= GENUS I. OCHNA. 
Polyandria Monogynia. Ser: Syst: 
Deriv. From Ochne, the Greek name of the wild pear, allud- 
ing to a resemblance in the foliage. 
Gen. Cuar. Petals 5-10: stamens numerous: filaments per- 
sistent: anthers opening by a double cleft at the apex: ovaries 
distinct: leaf-buds scaly. 
(1) O. savarrosa. (Linn.) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 152.—Linn. Sp. p, 781.—Roxb, 
fi. Ind. IT. p. 643. 
Syn. O. obtusata, Dee. prod. I. p. 785.—O. lucida, Lam. Dee. 
oC. 
Engrav. Wight’s Ml. I. t. 69.—Roxb. Cor. I. t. 89.—Lam. 
IL t. 472. f. 1. aise 
Spec. CHar. Small tree: leaves from narrow-oblong to oblong: 
ovate, obtuse or acute, serrated: racemes springing from the apex of 
