18M,] 0- King — Mfthrifthfor a Mora uf fh- yfuhnjmi Pminmla. 501 
Pcrak: SeorfcecTiwi, l^a, 1668: Wray, l^an, 23jl6, 3095; Kiu^^'s 
tJollcetor, Nofl. 8(>26, 4896, SOlfi, 6537, and 6807. 
Tlio neai-est ally of this is pwbahly 1/. meeedanea, L,, thim wliich 
it» however, has much laqirer panicles and smaller moro renifoi-m draptjs. 
It has morooToi- differently voined petals, and tlio /eaflfits arc lass nar- 
rowed to tliG hme. It differs, however, not only from that, but fi'om 
every other Indian or Mah\yan species in being scandenfe. Of the scan- 
dent habit there apfiears to be no doubt whateirer, for the fact is noted 
on almost eveiT' specimen in the Calcutta Herbarium, 
13. Odina, Rexb. 
Trees with few stout branches. Leaves few at the ends of the 
branches, alternate, unequal ly-pmnale^ deciduous ; iert/fe/i? oppoaito, quite 
eulire. Uanernes simple and panfch'd, terminal, fascicled. Fhwen 
small, monoecious or dioecious, fascicled, alioHly pedicelled, Cahjx 4-5- 
lobcd, pei*ststent; /ofte^ rounded, imbricate. P<^/aitf 4-6, imbricate. Dine 
annular, ^-^rj-lobed. Maze Fi.owEJt Sfamen^ 8-JO, iosertod within tho 
disc. OtJrtrjf 4~5-parfed, Female FLOWsn Or«rf/ sessile, obioTig, l-cd I od ; 
defies 3-4, stout, stigmas simple or capitellate j avule pendnlous frgm 
nenr the top of the celt. Drui^e small, compresaed, oblon'Sf, snh-reniform, 
cro\Yned by the distant styles ; stone hard. Semi compressed ; mnhvya 
curved, cotyledons flat flosliy, radicle superior. — Distriu. About 1*2 
species, raostly African. 
Odtna WoDiEit, Roxb. PI. Ind. II, 293. A small deciduous tree 20 
to 40 feet high ; young branches thick, puhoruloiis at first, soon becoming 
glabrous. Leaves- 12 to 18 in. long ; JmJIefs 3 or 4 pairs, obliquely ovate, 
acuminate ; the base rounded or sub-cuneate, unequal ; the edges en- 
tire ; length B to 6 in. ; the petiolules '15 in. long. Male racemes com- 
pouud, the female simple, puberulous. Fluwcrg crowded in cymose 
fascicles on the racemea or panicles, bi*acts ciliate. Sepals obtuse. 
Petals twice as long as the sepals, oblong-, spreading, Siamem in the ' 
male equalling tlie petals. — Dnipe about '5 in. long, red. W. and A. 
Prodr. I, 171 Thwait^38 Enum. 78 ; Grab. Cat. Bomb. Ph 42 ; Wt. Ic. 
t. 60 ; Bedd. Bl. Sylv. t. 123; Wall. Cat. 8475 ; Royle III. t. 31 ; Dalz. 
and Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 51 ; Brandis For. Flor. 12^ ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat 
Vol. I, Pt. 2, p. 622 ; Hook, fih Fl. Br, Ind. 11, 29 j Kurz For. Flora 
Burm. I, 321 ; Engler in DC. Mon. Phan. IT, 207. 
The Andaman and Kiuobar Islands. Pcnnng: (probably planted.) 
— DiSTfiiB. Briti*§h India. 
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