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simple, terminal; ovules solitary in each cell {Ochna, Gomphia, &c.), or geminate {Eu- 

 themis), or numerous {Luxembwgia, Godoya, &e.), ascending, rarely pendulous, raplie 

 ventral, and mieropyle superior. Feuit of 3-10 1 -seeded drupes, whorled on the 

 enlarged gynophore {Ochna, Gomphia, &c.), or 2-4-lobed, 1-4-seeded, coriaceous, 

 indehiscent (Elvasia), or fleshy with 5 nucules [EuthewAs), or a 1-celled capsule, 

 coriaceous {LuxeTnburgia) , or woody, 2-5-celled, and septicidal {Godoya, Poecilandra, 

 &c.). Seeds with fleshy albumen {Luxemburgia, Poecilandra, Gespedesia, Euthemis, 

 &c.), or exalbuminous {Ochna, Gomphia, Elvasia, &c.) ; testa usually membranous, 

 sometimes winged or margined {Luxemburgia, Poecila/ndra). Embeto large, sub- 

 cylindric, straight, or very rarely curved {Brackenridgea) ; cotyledons plano-convex 

 {Ochna, Gomphia, &c.) or linear {Luxemburgia, Poecilandra, &c.) ; radicle inferior or 



superior, 



PEINCIPAL GENEEA. 



Ochna. Gomphia. Euthemis. Luxemburgia. 



Godoya. Blastemanthua. Wallaoea. Pceoilandra. 



[From Bentham and Hooker's ' Genera Plantarum ' : — 



Tribe I. Oghnej!. — Ovary 2-10-celled, cells 1-ovu.led.. Seeds exalbuminous. Ochna, 

 Gomphia, Brachenridgea, Elvasia, Tetramerista. 



TfiiBE II. EuTHEMiDEai. — Ovary incompletely 5-celled, cells 2-ovuled. Berry with 5 

 pyrenes. Seeds albuminous. Euthemis. 



Tkiee III. LuxEMBUEGiE^. — Ovary excentric, 2-5- or 1-celled, cells oo -ovuled. Cap- 

 sule many-seeded. Seeds albuminous. I/uxemlburcjia, Blastemanthus, Godoya, Gespedesia, 

 Wallaoea, Pceeilandra. — Ed. J 



Ochnaeets, which are near Sviaoecs, DiosmecB, and Zanthoxylete, are separated from them by their 

 stipulate not dotted leaves, neither annular nor glandular disk, acute gynobasic style, and never free 

 carpels. They differ from Simarubees in their disk, filaments without scales, anthers opening by terminal 

 pores, and style undivided at the base. 



OchnacecB are dispersed over all tropical regions ; the capsular-fruited genera are American, the 

 drupaceous Asiatic and South African. Ochnacecs are bitter, like Simarubees, but their bitterness is 

 tempered by an astringent principle. The aromatic root and the leaves of Oomphia anyuetifolia, an Indian 

 tree, are employed as tonics and stomachics. The bark of G. hexasperina, a Brazilian shrub, is astringent, 

 and very useful for the cure of ulcers caused by the stings of flies. The berries of O.jabotapita, a tree of 

 the Antilles and Brazil, are edible, like those of the Bilberry ; its seeds are oily. 



LVII. BUBSERACEyE,^ Kunth. 



[Trees or shetibs, often lofty, abounding in resinous or oily secretions. Leaves 

 alternate, very rarely opposite, exstipulate, 3- (rarely 1-) foliolate or imparipinnate ; 

 leaflets rarely pellucid-dotted, the lowest pair sometimes stipuliform. Flowees 5 , 

 often small, racemed or panicled, regular. Calyx 3-5-lid or -partite, imbricate or 

 valvate in bud. Peta-ls 3 to 5, erect or spreading, free or rarely connate, deciduous, 

 imbricate or valvate in bud. Disk annular or cupular, rarely obsolete, free or adnate to 



' This order is not described in the original, but is and disposition of the genera are taken from Bentham 

 mentioned as an ally of Terebinthaces j the characters and Hooker's ' Genera Plantarum.'— Ed, 



