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3. OCHROSIA, Juss. 
Calyx minute, campanulate ; teeth 5, broad, obtuse. Corolla hypo- 
crateriform ; lobes 5, obtuse, twisted in bud. Stamens 5, inserted at 
the middle of the tube ; filaments very short. Ovary of 2 distinct 
carpels ; style filiform ; stigma bifid. Fruit of 2 distinct drupes, with a 
very thick woody endocarp, each containing 2 or 3 seeds. — Shrubs, with 
whorled conspicuously-veined leaves and flowers in very dense terminal 
trichotomous cymes. Distrib. Tropical Asia and Polynesia. Species 
12 . 
1. O. borbonica, Gmel. ; A. DC. Prod. viii. 356. A tree 20-40 feet 
high, glabrous in all its parts. Leaves 3 rarely 4 in a whorl, dis- 
tinctly petioled, oblong or oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse or subacute, 
cuneate at the base, 3-6 in. long, glossy, with numerous parallel 
distinct spreading veins below. Flowers in dense sessile or short 
peduncled terminal cymes ; pedicels short, with densely imbricated 
small persistent bracts. Calyx ~ in. long, with coriaceous rounded 
ciliated lobes. Corolla under \ in. long, whitish, the obovate obtuse 
lobes as long as the limb. Drupes ovoid or oblong, pointed, above an 
inch long. 0. maculata, Jacq. Ic. t. 321; A. DC. Prod. viii. 356. O. 
undulata, Bojer , ILort. Maur. 206. O. platyspermos, A. DC. loc. cit. 
Mauritius, in the shaded hill-forests. Seychelles, in all the islands, principally 
on the shores, Wright ! Horne , 534 ! Also Bourbon. Bois jaune or quinquina du 
pays (Maur). Bois Ghauve souris (Seych). 
4. TABERNJEMONTANA, Linn. 
Calyx campanulate, persistent, with 5 short broad teeth. Corolla 
hypocrateriform, the 5 oblique obtuse lobes hairy on the face. Stamens 
5, the anthers sessile in the tube near the top. Ovary of 2 distinct 
carpels ; ovules indefinite; style filiform ; stigma two-lobed. Fruit 
of two oblong divaricating capsules, which dehisce down the whole 
length of the inner side (follicles), and contain numerous seeds im- 
bedded in pulp. — G-labrous shrubs, with opposite prominently- veined 
entire leaves and abundant flowers in peduncled cymes. Distrib. 
Found the world in the tropics. Species about 100. 
Cymes as long as the leaves. Expanded corolla 2 inches 
broad 1 . T. Telfairiana. 
Cymes much shorter than leaves. Expanded corolla 
f-1 in. broad. 
Main veins of the leaf about 20 pairs 2. T. persicaria;folia. 
Main veins of the leaf 10-12 pairs. 
Pedicels X 2 ~i i n - long, bracteate 3. T. mauri ti ana. 
Pedicels in. long, naked 4. T. coffejefolia. 
1. T. Telfairiana, Wall.; A. DC. Prod. viii. 369. A tall erect shrub, 
glabrous in all its parts. Leaves distinctly petioled, oblong, acute, 
cuneate at the base, 3-4 in. long, 1^—2 in. broad, membranous, with 
