638 XCIV. APOCYNACEX. (J. D. Hooker.) [Cerbera. 
‘broad, compressed, peltately attached to the placenta, albumen 0; cotyledon 
thin, radicle very short.—DrsrRrs. 4 maritime species, Madagascar, tropical 
Asia, and the Pacific. 
C. Odollam, Gaertn. Fruct. ii. 193, t. 124 ; leaves lanceolate or oblanceo- 
late or linear-obovate acute or abruptly acuminate narrowed into the stout 
petiole. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 353; Wight Ic. t. 441; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 692, 
und in ed. Carey & Wall. ii. 527; Grah. Cat. Bomb. Pl. 116; Brand. For. Fl. 
322; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 171; Bedd. For, Fl. Anal. Gen. 157. O. Manghu, 
Linn. partly; Wall. Cat, 1582, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Wall. & Carey, ii. 529; 
Bot. Mag. t. 1845, C. lactaria, Ham.; A. DC. l.c. C. laurifulia, Lodd. Bot. 
Cab. t. 989. Tanghinia Odollam, lactaria and laurifolia, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 
98.—Lheede Hort. Mal. i. t. 39. 
Salt swamps, or on the coasts of Ixp1a and Cryton.—Disrris. Malay Archipelago, 
‘China, Australia, Pacific Islds. 
A small tree or large shrub, branches very thick. Leaves 3-8 by 1-2 in., leathery, 
black when dry, shining above, nerves very slender; petiole stout, 4-1} in.  Cymes 
large ; peduncle 2-6 in., stout, branches corymbose; bracts ovate, deciduous ; flowers 
white, shortly pedicelled. ^ Calyz-lobes 34-1 in., lanceolate, acuminate, revolute, 
Corolla-tube 4 in., mouth red, limb 1-3 in. diam., lobes faleately triangular-obovate, 
acute. Ripe carpel ovoid, 2-4 in. long.—Omitted in Dalzell & Gibs. Bomb. Flora, but 
stated by Graham to be native of the South Concan. 
il. OCHROSIA, Juss. 
Trees. Leaves whorled, rarely opposite or scattered ; nerves very numerous, 
slender, spreading. Cymes terminal, at length lateral, peduncled. Calyx 5- 
partite, eglandular, segments obtuse. Corolla salver-shaped, tube cylindric, 
throat naked, lobes overlapping to the right. Stamens above the middle of the 
tube, included; anthers lanceolate, cells rounded at the base. Disc 0, or 
obscure. Carpels 2, distinct; style filiform, top oblong, stigma 2-fid ; ovules 
2-6, 2-seriate in each carpel on each side of a prominent placenta. Fruit of 9 
(rarely 1) spreading drupes ; endocarp hard, thick, usually dorsally compressed 
and ventrally grooved. Seeds solitary, or 2 separated by the placenta, flattened, 
albumen O (or fleshy); cotyledons large, flat; radicle short, superior.— 
DISTRIB. Species 12, Mascarene Islands, Malay Archipelago, Australia and the 
Pacific. 
O. borbonica, Gmel; A. DC. Prodr. viii. 356; glabrous, leaves in 
whorls of 3-4 obovate narrowed into the petiole polished above, tip rounded. 
Thwaites Enum. 192. O. salubris, Blume Mus. Bot. i. 158; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 
172. Cerbera parviflora, Wall. Cat. 1584. O. salutaris, Lowr.; Blume Bijd. 
1033. 
Tidal forests of the ANDAMAN Isrps., Kurz, of SixGAPOnE, Wallich, and Cryion. 
—Disrris. Java, Seychelle and Mascarene Islds. 
An evergreen tree, 20 ft. high, branches very stout. Leaves 6-16 by 2-6 in., 
coriaceous, yellow when dry, nerves nearly straight; petiole 4—2 in. Cymes stoutly 
peduneled, branches short, thick, corymbose ; lower bracts sometimes leafy; flowers 
white, shortly thickly pedicelled. Calyx-lobes very coriaceous, ovate.  Corolla-tube 
è in., limb $ in. diam. Ripe carpels “ ellipsoid-oblong, about 2 in. long” (Kurz).— 
I have seen no fruit, and have refrained from quoting synonyms, the specimens of the 
genus, being difficult to procure, are insufficient for complete identification; but I 
suspect that this species extends under various names from the Mauritius to Australia 
and the Fiji Islands. 
