APOCYNEZE. XLIX. Me opinus. 
lycine segments small, connivent, ex Blume. Cymes on long 
peduncles, dichotomous, many-flowered. 
Lamark’s Calpicarpum. Shrub or tree. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see T'aberncemontàna, p. 92. 
Tribe VIII. 
MELODINIE/E. Fruit baccate, 2-celled, solitary. Seeds 
naked, flattened, imbedded in pulp. Ovula attached to two ele- 
vated receptacles, which rise from the middle of the partition. 
XLIX. MELODINUS (so named by Foster, from undov, 
melon, an apple; and d.vew, dineo, to turn round; in reference 
to the fruit being like an apple, and the stems twining.) Forst. 
gen. 28. Juss. gen. 148. Schreb. gen. no. 425. suppl. 23. 
Labill. sert. caled. p. 29. 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Monogijnia. Calyx 5-parted, im- 
bricate. Corolla salver-shaped ; segments of the limb oblique, 
twisted to the right: corona in the throat of 5 bifid or quadrifid 
segments, alternating with the segments of the corolla. Stamens 
5, inserted in the tube, inclosed, with very short filaments, and 
ovate anthers. Ovarium ovate; placentas 2, fixed to the dis- 
sepiment. Style simple; stigma dilated, conical, with a bifid 
apex, Berry globose, 2-celled, pulpy inside. Seeds many, 
flattened a little, wrinkled, nestling in the pulp, albuminous.— 
Lactescent, erect, or climbing shrubs; with opposite leaves, and 
opposite axillary cymes of flowers. 
§ 1. Segments of corona bifid or quadrifid. 
1 M. ruvriLIuorDzs (Labill. sert. cal. p. 29. t. 33.) stem 
erect, cymes opposite, axillary ; leaves rhomboid, coriaceous ; 
corona of 5 quadrifid segments. h.G. Native of New Caledonia. 
Leaves rhomboid, or elliptic-oblong, obtuse, 13 to 2 inches long. 
Phyllirea-like Melodinus. Shrub 6 feet. 
2 M. Baur (Endlicher, prod. fl. ins. norf. p. 57.) leaves 
elliptic-oblong, acute, ribbed, shining; corymbs axillary, oppo- 
site, shorter than the leaves; corona of 5 bifid segments. h. 
v G. Native of Norfolk Island. Bauer. ill. pl. ins. norf. t. 
140. and t. 164. Leaves 4 inches long. Berry globose, yellow, 
warted, about the size of an orange. 
Bauer’s Melodinus. Shrub climbing. 
3 M, sca’npens (Forst. fl. austr. no. 125. Lin. syst. 256.) 
glabrous; stem climbing; leaves oblong-ovate; cymes opposite, 
axillary ; corona of the corolla of 5 cloven, lacerated segments. 
k.u. S. Native of New Caledonia. Lam. ill. t. 179. 
Climbing Melodinus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt.1775. Shrub cl. 
§ 2. Segments of corona entire. 
4 M. woxócvNus (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 56. Ker. bot. reg. 
834.) glabrous; climbing; leaves lanceolate, shining, acumi- 
nated; panicles axillary and terminal, sub-globular, brachiate, 
crowded ; corolla 5-parted ; segments sub-falcate; scales in the 
mouth of the tube, entire, ensiform ; style short ; stigma ovate, 
emarginate at top. 5. S. Native of Silhet, where it is called 
Sadul. Corolla white, fragrant. Extreme divisions of panicles 
3-flowered. Berry 4. cornered, yellow, size of an orange, con- 
taining edible pulp. 
Monogynous Melodinus. Fl. July. Clit. 1820. Shrub cl. 
5 M. EvcENrEFOLIA (Wall. cat. no. 1616.) petioles, branch- 
lets, peduncles, and calyxes, clothed with rusty down; leaves 
elliptic, acuminated, with parallel, alternate veins, running into 
an almost marginal nerve ; peduncles panicled, axillary ; brac- 
teas foliaceous. h. S. Native of Penang. Fruit size of a 
middling gooseberry. Scales in the throat of the corolla undi- 
vided. Perhaps a distinct genus. 
Eugenta-leaved Melodinus. Shrub. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Echites, p. 76. 
L. CARPODI'NUS (from xapzoc, karpos, a fruit; and 
Owew, dineo, to turn round ; a name given to separate it from 
Melodinus.) R. Br. mss. 
L. CanPoniNUus. 
LI. Cuirocanpeus. LII. WILLUGHBEIA. 101 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Monogijnia. Calyx 5-toothed. Co- 
rolla funnel-shaped, hairy, 5-cleft ; segments lanceolate, oblique, 
reflexed ; anthers 5, sagittate, conniving. Style 1; stigma round. 
Fruit orange-formed, 2-celled? many-seeded. Seeds flattened, 
nestling in pulp.—Climbing, cirrhiferous shrubs ; with opposite 
leaves: and twin, axillary, 1-flowered peduncles. 
1 C. pv'/rors; leaves ovate-lanceolate, glabrous ; tendrils 
axillary ; flowers almost sessile, twin, axillary. kh. J.-S. Na- 
tive of Sierra Leone, in the neighbourhood of Freetown, where it 
is called Sweet Pishamin, a name introduced by the Nova Scotia 
settlers. 
Sweet-fruited Carpodinus. FI. June, July. Clt. 1822. Sh. cl. 
2 C. A'cipA ; fruit rounder, and much smaller. h. ,, S. 
Native of Sierra Leone. 
Acid-fruited Carpodinus. Shrub cl. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Echites, p. 76. 
LI. CHILOCA'RPUS (from xeXoc, cheilos, a lip; and 
xapzoc, karpos, a fruit; in reference to the fruit opening at one 
side.) Blum. bijdr. p. 1025. 
Lin. syst. Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx small, 5-parted. 
Corolla salver-shaped ; tube thickened in the middle; segments 
of the limb 5, oblique. Anthers sagittate, almost sessile, in- 
serted in the middle of the tube, inclosed. Stigma capitate, 
inclosed among the anthers. Capsule large, corticate, 1-celled, 
filled with granular pulp inside, dehiscing at the side when ripe. 
Seeds numerous, compressed, convolutely furrowed on one 
side, wrapped in membranes which rise from the parietes of the 
capsule. Albumen horny. Cotyledons foliaceous.— Climbing 
shrubs, with opposite, simple leaves, and axillary cymes of 
flowers. This genus is nearly allied to Willughbéia, but is 
easily distinguished from that genus, in the fruit being capsular, 
and in the seeds being albuminous. 
1 C. svavEoLENs (Blum. bijdr. p. 1025.) leaves oblong, 
glabrous, with five parallel veins; flowers sub-cymose, axillary ; 
pedicels covered with imbricating bracteas. h. ,,.S. Native 
of Java, on the mountains, where it is called roy Gambier ; and 
Tjunkankan-lalan. 
Sweet-scented Chilocarpus. Shrub cl. 
2 C. penupva‘rus (Blum. l. c.) leaves lanceolate-oblong, pa- 
rallelly veined, glabrous ; cymes axillary, few-flowered ; pedicels 
bractless. k.. S. Native of Java, in woods, on the Salak 
mountains. 
Naked-pedicelled Chilocarpus. Fl. Aug. Shrub cl. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Echites, p. 76. 
LII. WILLUGHBE‘IA (named after Francis Willughby, 
F.R.S., a friend and pupil of Ray ; author of Ornithologia, 
1676; and Historia Piscium, 1678 ; published by Ray, after 
his death, whigh happened in 1672, at the age of 37 years.) 
Scop. Schreb. gen. no. 417. Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 57. Blum. 
bijdr. p. 1023. 
Lin. syst.  Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx small, 5-parted. 
Corolla salver-shaped ; tube thickened in the middle; limb of 5 
oblique segments. Stamens inclosed ; anthers ovate, free. 
Ovarium 2-celled. Style didymous ; stigma conical. Ovula 
attached to 2 opposite, parietal placentas. Berry large, corticate, 
half 2-celled, many-seeded. Seeds in rows, exalbuminous, ni- 
dulent. Cotyledons plano-convex.—Climbing, usually cirrhi- 
ferous shrubs; with opposite, glabrous leaves; and axillary, 
pedunculate cymes of flowers. 
1 W. rpv'Lis (Roxb, fl. ind. 2. p. 57. Blum. bijdr. p. 1024.) 
climbing, cirrhiferous; leaves elliptic-oblong, obtuse, acumi- 
nated, with parallel veins; peduncles cymose, axillary, shorter 
than the petioles. h. Native of the Mauritius, Chitta- 
gong, and Silhet. Flowers pale pink. Berry very large, 
globular, 1-celled. The milky, viscid juice, which flows from 
