576 XXXIX. oLACiKEiE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Olain. 



petals. Stamifiacks 5, bifid, nearly as long as the petals. Ovary ovoid. Fruit oblong, 

 nearly covered by the closely adherent glabrous calyx. 



Var. 1. bracteata, racemes elongated half as long as the leaves, bracts 2-3 times 

 longer than the peduncles ovate leafy. — Bombay, Law. This may be merely an 

 accidental variation. 



4. O. zeylanica, Idnn. ; DC. Frodr. i. 532 ; arborescent, leaves ovate 

 acuminate or ovate-lanceolate, racemes many-flowered, peduncles ascending 

 scarcely exceeding the bracts. Wall. Cat. 6776 A, 6776 B ? ; W. & A Prodr. 

 i. 88 ; Thwaites Enum. 42 ; Beddome Fl. Sylv. Ix. 



Ceylon, southern parts of the island, Thwaitea. 



A small tree. Toung branches acutely angled, glabrous, transversely wrinkled, 

 loosely divaricate. Leaves 2 by | in., glabrous, shining; petiole i in. Sacemet 

 axillary twice the length of the petiole, rachis pnbenilous, peduncles subtended by a 

 bract of about equal length. Flower-bud oylindric-clavate. Flowers J in. Calyx- 

 rim crenulate. Petals 5, oblong, many times longer than the calyx. Fertile stamens 

 3, shorter than the 5 bifid staminodes. Ovary ovoid. Fruit ovoid-oblong, obtuse. 



5. O. merguensis, Flanch. in Herb. Kew ; arborescent, leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate acuminate, base tapering, racemes many-flowered, peduncles as- 

 cending scarcely exceeding the bracts. 



Tenasseeim; at Mergui, Griffith; Malacca, Maingay. 



A low tree. Branches purplish, glabrous. Leaves 5 by li in., glabrous, coriaceous ; 

 petiole ^ in. Macemes solitary or many from the same axil, rather longer than the 

 petiole, simple or branched, erect ; peduncles puberulous. Bracts ovate, acute, concave, 

 overlapping when young. Flowers ^ in., whitish, fragrant. Petals usually 6, in 3 

 pairs, or 5, rarely three. Fertile stamens 3, opposite the petals, nearly as long as the 

 bifid staminodes. Ovary ovoid-conic. 



6. O. acuminata, Wall. Cat. 6781 ; shrubby, branchlets angular, leaves 

 ovate or oblong-lanceolate acuminate, racemes few-flow,ered, peduncles de- 

 flexed. Benth. in Linn. Trans, xviii. 678. O. Heyneana, Wall. Cat. 6780. 

 O. longifolia. Wall. Cat. 6782. 



SiLHET, WaUich; KhasiaMts., alt. 2000ft,, .ff./. tfiT.; Bhotan, Griffith; Assam, 

 Jenkins. 



Ascandent? shrub. Branches glabrous, yellow, divaricate, virgate. Leaves i-i 

 by |-li in., glabrous, acnte, base tapering ; petiole jin. Racemes very short, peduncles 

 distichous. Flower-buds ovoid-conic. Flowers minute. Calyx pateriform. Petals 3, 

 oblong-lanceolate, apex incurved. Fertile stamens 3, opposite the petals, shorter than 

 the 6 bifid staminodes ; anthers apiculate. Ovary ovoid. Fruit f in., ovoid-oblong, 

 obtuse, glabrous, orange-coloured. 



7. O. nana. Wall. Cat. 6783 A, B ; suffruticose, leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 peduncles solitary 1-flowered. Benth. in Linn. Trans, xviii. 678. 



Hot Valleys of the Westeeh Himalata, ascending to 5000 ft. from Nipal westward 

 and in the Pakjab. 



Shoots herbaceous, fl-om a contracted woody stock, virgate. Leaves li by ^ in., 

 subsessile, glabrous, black in drying ; petiole \ in. Flower-buds obovoid. Flowert 

 scarcely 4 in. Petals 3, oblong-lanceolate, rather obtuse. Fertile stamens 3, opposite 

 to the petals. Staminodes bifid,' longer than the fertile stamens. Ovary ovoid-oblong, 

 1-celled. Fruit globular, pea-like, 1-oelled, l-seeded.-r-This is one of those curious 

 plants, which like Grewia nana, appear never to form a trunk, but only a contrE^cted 

 stock from which the shoots originate every year and are destroyediby fire, cattle, &c. 



3. OCKANOSTACXVS, Mast. 



A tree or shrub. Leaves alternate, petiolate, l-nerved. Flowers numerous, 

 on long, slender, branching axiUary spikes. Calyx cup-shaped, 4-5-toothed, 



