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 LVIL BURSERACEiEÎ. 331 simple, terminal; ovules solitary in each cell {Ochna^ Oomphiay &c:), or geminate {Eu- themis), of numerous {Luxemburgia, Oodoya^ &c.), ascending, rarely pendulous, raphe ventral, and micropyle superior. Fruit of 3-10 1 -seeded drupes, whorled on the enlarged gynophore (OcAwa, Oomphia, &c.), or 2-4-lobed, 1-4-seeded, coriaceous, indéhiscent {Elvdsia), or fleshy with 5 nucules (Euthemis), or a 1 -celled capsule, coriaceous {Luxemburgia), or woody, 2-5-celled, and septicidal {Godoya, Poecil^ndra^ &c.). Seeds with fleshy albumen {Imxemburgia, Pœcilandray Cespedesia^ Eutliemisj &c.), or exalbuminous {Ochna, Oomphia, Elvasiay &c.) ; testa usually membranous, sometimes winged or margined {Luxemburgia^ Poecilatidra). Embbyo large, sub- cylindric, straight, or very rarely curved {Brackenridgea) ; cotyledons plano-convex (Ochna, Oomphia, &c,) or linear {Luxemburgia^ Poecilandra, &c.) ; radicle inferior or superior. PRINCIPAL GENERA. Ochna. Gomphia. Euthemis. Luxemburgia. Godoya. Blastemantbus. Wallacea. Pœcilandra. [Prom Bentham and Hooker's ^ Genera Plantarum ' : — Tribe I. Ochne^. — Ovary 2-10-celled, cells l-ovuled. Seeds exalbuminous. Ochna, Goinphia, Brack&firidgea, Elvasia, Tetramei^ta. Tribe II. Euthemidej:. — Ovary incompletely 5-celled, cells 2.ovuled. Berry with 5 pyrenes. Seeds albuminous. Euihemis, Tribe III. Luxembdrgiej:. — Ovary excentric, 2-5- or 1-celled, cells oo -ovuled. Cap- sule many-seeded. Seeds albuminous. Luxemburgia, Blastemanth^vs, Oodoya, Gespedesia, Wallacea, Pœcilandra. — Ed.] Ochnace<Sf whicb are near Rutace^y IHosniea, and Zant?u}.ryleœ, are separated from them by their stipulate not dotted leaves, neither annular nor glandular disk, acute gynobasic style, and never free carpels. They differ from Sinuirubeœ in their disk, filaments without scales, anthers opening by terminal pores, and style undivided at the base. Ochnaceœ are dispersed over all tropical regions ; the capsular-fruited genera are American, the drupaceous Asiatic and South African. Ochnacea are bitter, like Simarubea, but their bitterness is tempered by an astringent principle. The aromatic root and the leaves of Gomphia angtistifolia, an Indian tree, are employed as tonics and stomachics. The bark of G. hexasperma, a Brazilian shrub, is astringent, and very useful for the cure of ulcers caused by the stings of flies. The berries of G^jahotapitOj a tree of the Antilles and Brazil, are edible, like thof e of the Bilberry ) its seedë are oily. LVIL BUBSERACE^,' Kuntk [Trees or shrubs, often lofty, abounding in resinous or oily secretions. Leaves alternate, very rarely opposite, exstipulate, 3- (rarely 1-) foliolate or imparipinnate ; leaflets rarely pellucid-dotted, the lowest pair sometimes stipuliform. Flowers g, often small, racemed or panicled, regular. Calyx 8-5-tid or -partite, imbricate or valvate in bud. Petals 3 to 5, erect or spreading, free or rarely connate, deciduous, imbricate or valvate in bud. Disk annular or cupular, rarely obsolete, free or adnate to ' This order is not described in the original, but is and disposition of the genera are taken from Bentliam mentioned as an ally of 2irMUhace<F ; the characters and Booker's ' Genera Plantanim.' — Ed.