Alyvia. | XCIV. APOCYNACE&. (J. D. Hooker.) 637 
times of 2-4 similar superimposed ones.—Very dissimilar from the other species, if 
indeed congeneric, 
DOUBTFUL SPECIES. $ 
GYNOPOGON BREVIFLORUM, Kurz For. Fl, ii. 177 ; glabrous throughout, scandent.. 
leaves 2-3 in. opposite or in whorls of 3 oblong lanceolate to lanceolate obtusely- 
caudate base acuminate thinly coriaceous, nerves parallel obsolete, petiole 2-3 in.. 
(? lines), cymes axillary and terminal short sessile, trichotomous, pedicels glabrous 
very short, flowers small; ealyx-lobes lanceolate acuminate, corolla-tube à in., lobes. 
shorter, drupes ellipsoid pointed glabrous, pedicel slender.— Upper Tenasserim and 
Martaban, in tropical forest, alt. 2000 ft.— The above description is condensed from 
Kurz's. I have seen no specimens. 
9. HUNTERIA, Korb. 
Glabrous trees. Leaves opposite, coriaceous, shining, nerves very slender, 
Flowers small in terminal axillary or subterminal cymes, Calyx small, 5-lobed, 
eglandular, Corolla salver-shaped, tube cylindric, throat annulate, lobes over-. 
lapping to the left. Stamens above the middle of the tube; anthers oblong- 
lanceolate, cells rounded at the base. Dise 0.  Carpels 2, distinct; style fili- 
form, top thickened, stigma shortly 2-fid ; ovules 2-4 in each carpel. Fruit of 
2 ovoid or oblong, oblique or recurved fleshy berries, 1-seeded or 2-celled by the- 
intruded placenta, and 2-seeded, not pulpy within. Seeds ovoid or oblong, 
albumen fleshy ; cotyledons thin, radicle straight.—Disrris. 3 Indian species. 
H. corymbosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 695, and ed. Carey § Wall. i. 535 
leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate obtuse or obtusely caudate shining above, 
cymes short terminal and axillary. 4. DC. Prodr. viii. 850; Wight Ic. t. 428. 
H. zeylanica, Gard. Thwaites Enum. 191; Bedd. For. Fl. ii. t. 265. H.? lan-. 
ceolata, Wall. Cat. 1611; A. DC. l.e. A. Roxburghiana, Wight Ic. t. 1294 ; 
Thwaites Enum. 192; Bedd. l.c. Anal. Gen. 158. Cameraria zeylanica, Retz: 
Obs. iv. 24; A. DC. l. c. 389. Gynopogon lanceolatum, Kurz For. Fl. ii. 177. 
Taberneemontana salicifolia, Wall. Cat. 1580. T. parviflora, Herb, Heyne. 
Deccan Prninsuca; Coromandel coast, Roxburgh, &e.; Tinnevelly Ghats, Bed- 
dome; Courtallum, Heyne, Ze, Tavoy; Wallich, Roxburgh. PENANG; Wallich, 
Phillips. CEYLON; Konig, Ze, 
A tree; branches slender, smooth. Leaves very variable, 4-6 by 1-2 ìn., very 
coriaceous, narrowed into the petiole, pale yellow-brown when dry; nerves very 
numerous, slender, spreading, with close intermediate reticulations ; tip sometimes. 
A in. long; petiole 1-2 in. Cymes shortly peduncled, shortly corymbosely branched ; 
bracts minute; flowers pedicelled, white. Calyx-lobes ovate, acute. Corolla-tube 
4 in., limb about 4 in. diam.; lobes short, obliquely ovate-oblong. Ripe carpels size 
of a cherry, globose, pedicelled, pulpy, orange-coloured, 2-seeded.—Some Deccan 
specimens, figured by Wight as H. Roxburghiana, and which includes Wallich’s. 
Tabernemontana salicifolia, have very narrow leaves, 
10. CERBERA, Linn. 
Small glabrous trees. Leaves alternate, long, nerves slender horizontal and. 
parallel. Flowers large, white or red, in terminal cymes. Calyx 5-partite, 
eglandular, segments long. Corolla funnel-shaped, tube short, throat ribbed or- 
with pubescent scales; lobes broad, overlapping to the left. Stamens included ;. 
anthers lanceolate, apiculate, cells rounded at the base. Dise 0. Carpels 2, 
distinct; style filiform, top dilated, stigma 2-lobed; ovules 4 in each carpel, 
on the faces of a thick placenta. Fruit of 1 (rarely 2) globose ovoid or- 
ellipsoid 1-2-seeded carpels; pericarp very thick, fibrous and woody. Seeds- 
