Ochrosia
(from ochros, pale yellow; alluding to the colour of the flowers). SYNS. Bleekeria, Lactaria. ORD. Apocynaceae. A genus comprising about a dozen species of stove trees, allied to Cerbera, natives of the Mascarene Islands, tropical Australia, the Malayan Archi-pelago, and the Pacific Islands. Calyx five-parted; corolla funnel-shaped, five-lobed; cymes pedunculate, at the tips of the branches. Leaves whorled or rarely opposite or scattered, slender, and thickly penniveined. The two species here given are probably the only ones yet introduced. For culture, see Tabernaemontana.
O. borbonica (Bourbon). fl. white, rather large; calyx lobes ovate. June. l. three (rarely four) in a whorl, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or sub-acute, 3in. to 6in. long, glossy, 2/3in. to 1 1/4in. broad, often spotted; margins not revolute. h. 20ft. to 40ft. Mauritius, &c., 1782. SYN. O. maculata. (A. B. R. 130, under name of Cerbera undulata.) O. elliptica (elliptic-leaved). fl. yellow, in small, dense, corymbose cymes, shortly pedunculate in the uppermost axils, l. elliptic, coriaceous, deep green, usually three in a whorl. Queensland, &c.
O. maculata (spotted). A synonym of O. borbonica.