ochnaceje. 
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A tree 15-20 feet in height : branches erect, terete, smooth. 
Leaves 4 inches long and 1 broad, oblong, slightly acuminate 
towards the base, distinctly so towards the apex which is ob- 
tuse, almost nerveless, shining, very smooth : petiole very short. 
Raceme terminal, corymbose, composed of numerous showy 
yellow flowers : divisions of the peduncle short, spreading : 
pedicels longer than the subdivisions of the peduncle, articu- 
lated. Sepals 5, ovate, greenish-yellow, concave, membranace- 
ous. Petals 5, spreading, oblong, length of the sepals, narrow 
towards the base, rounded and somewhat crisped at the apex. 
Stamens 10, hypogynous ; filaments short : anthers much longer 
than the filaments, linear, opening at the apex by means of two 
pores. Ovary of 5 green adherent projecting partile carpels : 
style short, thick, green : stigma simple. Gynobase subrotund, 
fleshy. I)rupe3 3-5, globose. Swartz. 
This, when in flower, is a very beautiful tree. 
2. # Gompliia nitida. Shining Gomphia. 
Leaves ovato-lanceolate acuminate serrated at the 
apex, sepals of the same size as the petals, berries 
ovate. 
Swartz , FI. Ind. Occ. 740. — De Cand. Ann. Mas. XY r II. t. 
13. 
HAB. Woods in the interior of the Island. 
FL. ? 
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A tree of moderate height : branches terete, glabrous. 
Leaves 2-3 inches in length, serrated, very glabrous : petiole 
short. Racemes terminal, compound, with the branches spread- 
ing : flowers numerous, pedicelled. Sepals ovate. Petals sub- 
rotund, scarcely longer than the sepals, shortly clawed, emar- 
ginate, yellow. Filaments none: anthers 10, subsessile, erect. 
Glandules 10, occupying the place of the filaments, surrounding 
the ovary? Ovary of 5 partile carpels: style 1: stigma 
simple. Receptacle subrotund, fleshy, bearing 2-5 globose 
1-celled shining drupes, size of a large pea: nut solitary, glo- 
bose. — Swartz. 
