Ochna] XXYII. OCHXACE^E 129 



anthers bhorter tlian filaments^ drupes yi iu. long on a large hemispherical 



Silliet Andaiiians, Xicobaraj Lower and Fppjr Burma. FI. Febr.-ikpril. ]V[alay 

 Ppiiin^iila. 



6. O. Wightiana, Wall. ; Wight, Ic. t. 22B ; Trimen Handb. Ceylon i. 238. 

 A fehrub or small treej glabrous. L. 1 J-2 in. El. after the leaves, solitary 

 or 2-3 together, ^> in. across, anthers as long as stamens. 

 Sc^utliern part of AWstprn Peniiisnlaj fi. May, June. Ceylon. 



2. GOMPHIA, Schreher; El. Brit. Ind. i. 325 [Ourafea, Anbl. ; 



Engl. u. Prantl iii. (>. 140). 



Species 80-100, tropical, more than half in America, a number in Africa 



and a few in Asia. 



1. G. angustifolia, Yahl ; Trimen Hanbd. Ceylon i. 235. 



A small, much-branched tree, glabrous. L. 3-7 in., coriaceous, lanceolate, 

 secondary nerves oo, parallel, joined by distinct intramarginal veins. EL \ in. 

 across, in pyramidal, terminal and axillar}^ panicles, petals twice as long as 

 sepals, obovate, narrowed into a linear claw, stamens 10, anthers nearly sessile, 

 opening by terminal p^res. Ripe carpels quite distinct, on the sides of a large 

 convex disk. 



West side of tlie Peninhula, chiefly in evergreen forebts, from tlxe South Konkan 

 southwards PI. R. S. 2. Gr. smnatrana, Jack, closely allied, diiferb by larger petals and 

 more diffuse panicles, and is given by Kuiz, P. PL i 206, for Tenasserim on the sea coast 



Order XXVIIL BURSERACE^. Gen. PL i. 321. 



Eesinous trees or shrubs. L. generally alternate, imparipinnate, 3-f olio- 

 late, in some cases 1-foliolate, stipules generally 0. EL mostly small, bisexual 

 or polygamous. Calyx 3-5-cleft, petals 3-5. Stamens as many as petals 

 or twice their number, inserted on the edge or outside at the base of disk, 

 anthers 2-celled, dehiscent longitudinally. Ovary free, 2-5-celled, ovules 

 generally two in each cell, hanging side by side from the top of the central 

 angle. Eruit drupaceous, either indehiscent with a 3-"6-celled hard stone, or 

 valvately dehiscent with several separate stones. Albumen 0, cotyledons often 

 lobed, generally twisted or crumpled. 



Besin canals in the bast (phloem), in some species also in the pith. 



Pr. deliiscent, 3-valved .1. Boswellia. 



Fr. an indehiscent drupe. 

 Calyx 3-M, valvate, drujje nsually trigonous . 2. Canabium. 



Calyx 4:-6-toothed or lobed. 

 Calyx campanulate 10-ribbed, 5-olef t, lined by a thin 

 crenate disk ........ 8. Garuc^a. 



Calyx 4-6-lobed, disk annular . . 4. Buksera. 



Calyx 4~6-toothed, small, fl. paniculate . . 5. Protium. 



Calyx 4-tootlied, ii. few, fasciculate . . . .6. Balsamodkndrok. 



Filiciiim^ Thwaites, is classed under Sapindacem. 



1. BOSWELLIA, Eoxb. ; EL Brit. Ind. i. 527, 



Species 10. North-Eastern tropical Africa, excepting B. mrrata, 



B. serrata, Roxb.— Syn. B. glabra^ Roxb. Cor. PL t. 207; Bedd. EL Sylv. 

 t. 124; B, thxirlfera^ Colebrooke; Brandis, E. EL 61. Vern. Salai^ Baler ^ 

 Hind. ; Saiga, Sonth. ; Andaka, Tel. ; Macldi^ Kan. ; Kundfikam^ Tarn. 



