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23. OCIINACEiE. 



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Order 23. OCHNACE^. 



Trees or Bhrubs. Leaves alternate, simple, coriaceous ; stipules 2* 

 Inflorescence paniclecl or umbellate, bracteato. Sepals 4-5, imbricate, 

 persistent. Petals 5, rarely 4 or 10, free, deciduous. Disk enlarged 

 after flowering?. Stamens 4-10 or indefinite, inserted on the disk, 

 deliiscin<2;' longitudinally or by apical pores. Ovary sbort, 1-2-celled 

 or elongate and 1-10-celled. Fruit indehiscent^ compound, each drupe 

 or pyrene 1-4-seeded; or capsular and 1-5-celled. Albumen fleshy 

 or ; embryo straight or rarely curved ; radicle superior or inferior. 



Shrub. Stamens indefinite. Fruit of 3-10 drupes ... ]. OcnNA. 

 Tree. Stamens 10. Fruit of 5 or fewer drujjes ... 2, GoiiriliA. 



1. OCHNA, L. 



Shrubs. Leaves serrate^ glabrous, shining. Flowers large, yellow. 

 Sepals 5, coloured, persistent. Petals 5-12, deciduous. Disk thick, 

 lobed. Stamens numerous, shorter than the petals ; anthers dehiscing 

 longitudinally. Ovary 3-10-lobed ; lobes 1- celled ; ovules solitary in 

 each cell. Fruit of 3 — 10 drupes seated on the broad disk. Seed erect, 

 exalbuminous. 



O. squarrosa, L. ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 523 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. Suppl. 

 17 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 50 ; Brandis For. Fl. 60. Mudah, narole, K. 



Silhet, Burma, Pegu, Ceylon and the Madras Presidency. Common in 

 the moist forests of the Konkan and North Kdnara on the hills near the sea, 

 but also found inland at elevations up to 2000 feet. It never attains, as far 

 as I have seen, to be anything more than a small shrub. Fl. Feb. -March. 

 Fr. ripe in May and June. Wood reddish-brown, close-grained, moderately 

 hard ; weighs 58 lbs. to the cub. ft. I imagine the 0. 7iana, referred to by 

 Dalz. in the Bo, Fl. is simply 0. squari'osa, L., as this species could 

 scarcely have escaped the notice of such an observer as Dalzell ; whereas 

 0. nana, Hamilt., reduced to 0. pumila, Ham. in. the Fl. Br. I., has not 

 been recorded from the Bombay Presidency since Dalzell's Bo. Fl. was 

 published in 1861, and the description on page 46 of the Bo. Fl. would 

 equally answer for either of the two species. Dalzell however mentions 

 the arborescent form of 0. squarrosa, on page 17 of the supplement of 

 introduced trees added to the Bo. Fl. 



2. GOMPHIA, Schreb. 

 Glabrous trees or shrubs. Flowers yellow. Sepals and petals 5 

 each. Disk thick-lobed. Stamens 10, filaments very short. Ovary 

 deeply 5-6-lobed ; styles connate ; stigma simple. Drupes 5 or fewer, 

 seated on a broad disk, 1 -seeded. Seed erect, exalbuminous. 



G. angustifolia, Yahl. Symb. II. 49 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 625 : Grab. Cat. 

 Bomb. PI. 38 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 51. 



The W. Peninsula from the S. Konkan to Travancore ; common in 

 Ceylon. Apparently not seen by any one except Nimmo in the Bombay 

 Konkan. A plant very doubtfully indigenous in the Bombay Presidency, 

 Beddome says that the wood is hard and useful for building purposes. 



