146 OCKNAOEM. [Ochna. 



Dish enlarged after flowering, or 0. Stamens 4, 5, 8, 10 or indefi- 

 nite, inserted on the disk ; filaments persistent ; anthers basifixed, 

 bursting longitadinally or by terminal pores. Ovary 3'10-celled ; 

 style simple or divided ; ovules usually 1-2 in each cell, and ascend- 

 ing. i^/*tt?'^ of 3-10 sessile dmpes, each 1-4-iseeded, rarely a capsule. 

 /S'eec?5 with or without albumen. — Tropical regions of both hemis- 

 })heres, chiefly in S. America. 



OCHNA. Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 523. 



Leaves simple usually serrate. Flowers large, yellow, in bractoate 

 panicles or umbels Sepals 5, coloured, persistent Petals 5-10. 

 Disk tliick and iobed. Stamens indefinite, shorter than tlie petals ; 

 anthers bursting longitudinally, deciduous. Ovary deeply 3-10- 

 Iobed, lobes 1-celled ; styles entirely connate, or distinct at the apex ; 

 ovules solitary in each ceil, axile. Fruit of 3-10 drupes, seated on 

 the broad disk. Seed erect, albuminous. — Species 25-30, inhabiting 

 Tropical Asia and Africa. 



0. squarrosa, Linn, a handsome shrub with yellow flowers, indi- 

 genous in Bengal, Burma and S. India, is often met with in gardens in 

 Upper India. 



O. pumila, Buch.-Ham. ex Don Prod. 224 ; Royle III. 165 ; Brand. For 

 Fl. 60 ; F. B. I. i, 524. 0. nana. Buch.-Ham. D. Sf G. Bomb. Fl. 46. 

 O. collina, Edgeiv. in Trans. Limn. Sac. XX, 43. 



An undershrub. Leaves large, broadly oblanceolate, narrowed below into 

 a short petiole, acute or obtuse, sharply serrulate ; stipules i-f in. Flowers 

 up to H in, across, handsome, yellow, 3-6 in an umbel at the end of a 

 common axillary peduncle, bracteate at the base. Sepals ovate, much 

 shorter than the petals. Filaments shorter than the elongate anthers. 

 Styles connate, or very slightly divided at the apex. Drupes .finely 

 reticulated. 



Sohilkhand and N. (3udh to Gorakhpur, principally in sal forests, where 

 it has become permanently dwarfed by the action of periodical jungle-fires. 

 Its perennial underground stem throws up annually a number of sub-herba- 

 ceous stems about 2 ft. high, which bear leaves and flowers during the 

 hot weather. Distrib.: Base of Himalaya from Kumaon to Sikkim ; 

 also in Pegu, in S. Konkan, and on the Satpura range. 



XXXI.-BURSERACEiE. 



Resinous trees or shrubs. Leaves nsufilly alternate, imparipinnate 

 or 3-foliolate, rarely 1-fcl., wiih or without stipules. Flowers in 

 racemes or panicles, regular, small, 2-sexual or often polygamous. 



