524 XXXV. OCHNACE^. (Alfred W. Bennett.) 



SiLHET ; BiEMA ; Pegu ; Eastern and Wbstekn PENiuBtrLAS, and Cetlok. 



Leaves very various in size and shape ; stipules J-J in, JFlowere ^-% in. across, la. 

 loose axillary panicles. Petals not much longer than the sepals, clawed. Anthers many 

 times longer than the very short filaments. Style greatly exceeding the stamens. Drupes 

 J in. long, seated on the greatly enlarged disk, and surrounded by the persistent coria- 

 ceous calyx.— Griffith's 0. Iwcida is described as having 5 petals, but is apparently the 

 same plant. 



Var. cordata; leaves much smaller cordate at the base and rounded at the apex 

 more sharply serrate. 0. cordata, Thw. Ewum. 70. — Ceylon. 



S. O. Wallichii, Planch, in Eooh. Land. Joum. Bflt. v. 650 ; leaves 

 oblong-elliptic very finely serrate, petals 5, anthers not longer than the fila-. 

 Hients, styles united nearly to apex. O. nitida, Wall. Cat. 2804 {not of 

 Thunk). O. stipulacea (?), Colehr. ms. ; Wall. Cat. 2806 ; Planch, in Hook 

 Land. Joum. Bot. v. 653. 0. squarrosa, Kurz Andam. Sep. App. iv. {not of 

 Linn.). 0. andamanica, Eurz Rep. And. ed. ii. 33, and in Joum. As. Soe. 

 Beng. xli. pt. 2, 295. 



Tenasbeeim, Tavoy, the Andaman Islands, and PEGm. 



Leaves 4 by 1 4 in. or larger, acute, very shortly petioled; stipules very minute. 

 Flowers on very long pedicels, in loose axillary panicles. Sepals ovate or lanceolate, 

 geueratly reflexed after flowering. Petals somewhat longer than the sepals. Anthers 

 elongated, but rather shorter than the very slender persistent filaments. Styles gi'eatly 

 exceeding the stamens. 



Vak. parviflora; flowers much smaller. 0. parviflora, Griff. Not. iv. 464. — Moul- 

 mein, Oriffith. 



3. O. Wlg'htiana, Wall. Cat. 2808; leaves elliptical to ovate base 

 rounded subcordate subobtuse coriaceous serrulate, flowers solitary or in 

 pairs or rarely 3, petals 5, anthers about as long as the filaments, style 

 5-cleft at the apex. W. & A. Prodr. 152 ; Thwaites Enum. 70 ; Wiqjvt Ic. 

 t. 223 (?) ; Plandi. in Book. Lond. Joum. Bot. v. 653. O. Heyneana, W.&A. 

 I.e.; Planch. I.e. 653. 0. Walkerii, Planch. Lc. O. parvifolia, 7aM% WaU. 

 Cat. 2807. 0. Moonii, Thioaites Enum. 70. 



Tkatancoe, Wight ; wanner parts of Ceylon. 

 , Leaves much smaller than in Q. squarrosa and WaZlichii, 1-lJ by J-| in., but often , 

 narrower, very shortly stalked ; stipules very sleiider, ^J in. Flowers axillary, usually 

 solitary, smaller than in the two species named. Sepals usually reflexed after flowering. 

 — In 0. Moonii, Thw., the number of flowers in a cluster is larger. — Ochna parm- 

 folia, Vahl Symb. i. 33 ; DC. Mon. Ooh. 17, t. xix. f. 2 ; Prodr. i. 736, from Arabia 

 Felix, much resembles and may even be identical with a small-leaved form of this species. 

 Vae. angusiifolia ; leaves narrowly elliptical tapering to either end. 



4. O. pumila, Ham. in Don Prodr. 224 ; leaves very large more or less 

 broadly oblanceolate serrulate, flowers very lar^e and handsome, anthers 

 longer than filaments, style undivided. DC. Prodr. i. 736 ; Planch, in Hook 

 Lond. Joum. Bot. v. 652. O. nana. Ham. in WaU. Cat. 3761 j Dah. <fc Gihs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 46. O. humilis. Wall. Cat. 3762. O. collina, Edgew. in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. xx. p. 43. ? O. fruticulosa, Xurz in Joum. As. Soc. Beng. xlL 

 pt. 2, 295. 



Foot of the Himalaya, from Kumaon, Edgeworth, to Sikkim, J. D. H. ; Peoh, Kutx; 

 South Conoan, Lalz. & Oibs. ' 



A small shrub, 1-3 ft. (f). Leaves often as much as 6 in. by 2 in., narrowed belo* 

 and very sbortly petioled, acute or obtuse, very sharply serrulate; Stipules i-J in. 

 Flowers umbellate, 3-6 at the end of a common peduncle, as much as 14 in. across ; 

 pedicels J-l in.; common peduncle 3 in. long, braoteate at the base. Sepals 

 ovate, 2-3 times shorter than the petals. Filaments short, surmounted by the elon; 



fated anthers. Styles elongate, connate or very slightly divided at the apex. Drupes 

 nely_ reticulated. — I am unable to distinguish Kurz's 0. fruticulosa from Pegu by the 

 description. The Conoan habitat is taken from the Bombay Flora. 



