Kopsia. | XCIV. APOCYNACEX. (J. D. Hooker.) 639 
12. ROPSIA, Blume. 
Glabrous trees or shrubs, Leaves opposite, narrowed into very short petioles. 
Flowers in terminal cymes. Calyx small, 5-partite, segments with glandular 
tips, eglandular within. Corolla salver-shaped, tube very slender, throat hairy,- 
lobes overlapping to the right. Stamens near the top of the tube, included ; 
-anthers acute, cells rounded at the base. Disc of 2 glands alternating with the 
carpels. Carpels 2, distinct; style filiform, thickened at the top, stigma short ; 
-ovules 2 on each carpel, 1 on either side of a thick placenta. Fruit of 2 obo- 
void or obliquely quadrate coriaceous or rather fleshy carpels, each 1-celled and 
-seeded or 2-celled by the intruded placenta and 2-seeded. Seeds oblong, albu- 
men 0; cotyledons not thick.—Distris. Species 4, Malayan. : 
l. K. fruticosa, 4. DC. Prodr. viii. 552; leaves elliptic or elliptic- 
lanceolate obtusely caudate shining above, nerves 10-13 pairs, cymes subsessile, 
bracts ovate acute, corolla-tube inflated at the top. Bot. Mag. t. 4220. 
Calpicarpium Roxburghii, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 100; Wight Ic. t, 431; Kurz 
For. Fl. ii. 178. Cerbera fruticosa, Ker, Bot. Reg. t. 3991; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 
‘691, and ed. Wall. § Carey, ii. 526; Wall. Cat. 1583. 
Prev, ManrABAN and Tenasszrim ; Wallich, &c., often planted.—Disrris. Java 
Borneo. 
A large evergreen shrub. Leaves 4-8 by 1}-3 in., thinly coriaceous, green when 
«ry, shining above, paler beneath; nerves slightly arched, reticulations distinct. 
Cymes short, nearly flat-topped ; peduncle very short, stout; branches short, thick ; 
bracts j5 in. Calyx-segments J; in., ovate. Corolla pink, tube 1} in., limb 11-2 in. 
diam., mouth red. Ovary villous. Ripe carpels usually solitary, l-seeded, urn- 
shaped, j-1 in. long, obliquely truncate, pubescent, veined; pericarp thin, greenish 
purple. 
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2. K. macrophylla, Hook. f.; leaves oblong obovate or elliptic-oblong 
obtusely caudate opaque above, nerves 18-20 pairs, cymes subsessile, bracts im- 
bricate boat-shaped obtuse, corolla-tube inflated in the middle. 
SINGAPORE; Lobb. 
Leaves 5-9 by 2-3 in., thinly coriaceous, green above, paler beneath; nerves as in 
K. fruticosa; petiole hardly any. Cyme with a short stout peduncle and a few 
thick branches 1 in. long, clothed with small broad bracts. Calyx-lobes rounded. 
Corolla-tube 1 in., very slender, limb 1ẹ in. diam., lobes obovate. Fruit not seen.— 
This resembles K. fruticosa, but differs conspicuously in the long opaque leaves, 
shorter petioles, imbricate bracts, and corolla-tube with the stamens in the middle. 
—lI have seen only one specimen, 
3. K. pauciflora, Hook. f. ; leaves elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate obtusely 
caudate shining above, nerves 6-8 pairs, cymes sessile reduced to a very short 
simple rachis, bracts ovate obtuse, corolla-tube inflated at the top. 
Maracca ; Mt. Ophir, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1056). 
Leaves yellow-green when dry, 4-6 by 13-23 in., firmly but thinly coriaceous, yel- 
lower beneath; petiole } in. Cyme-rachis 4-4 in. long, quite sessile, loosely clothed 
with bracts. Caly«-lobes broad, obtuse. Corolla-tube 14-2 in., very slender; lobes 1 in., 
linear-oblong, longer and narrower than in the two preceding species. Fruit not 
seen.—This is referred by Maingay (mss.) to Blume's K. flavida of New Guinea, 
which is described as having intensely green leaves and cymose flowers. 
13. RHAZYA, Dene. 
Glabrous erect shrubs. Leaves alternate, thick, nerves obscure. Flowers in 
dense terminal cymes, corymbs or thyrsi. Calyx short, 5-partite, eglandular. 
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