642 XCIV. APOCYNACEX. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Alstonia. 
Sror. I. Pala. Leaves with close parallel nervation, usually obtuse. 
Corolla-lobes overlapping to the left. 
l. A. scholaris, Brown in Mem. Wern. Soc. i. 75; leaves 4-7 in a 
whorl obovate or ellipticcoblong white beneath, base acute, tip cbtuse rounded 
or obtusely acuminate, cymes peduncled or sessile capitate, flowers pubescent, 
follicles very long and slender. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 408; Wight Ic. t. 422; 
Grah. Cat. Bomb. Pl. 115; Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 145; Brand. For. Fl. 825; 
Kurz For. Fl. ii. 183; Beddome For. Fl. 825, t. 242; Wall. Cat. 1644. 
Echites scholaris, Zinn. Mant. 55. E. Pala, Ham. ex Spreng. Syst. i. 633; 
A, DC. l. c. 477.—Rheede Hort. Mal. i. t. 45. 
Drier forests of Jana: in the tropical region of the Western HIMALAYA 
from the JuwNA eastwards to Assam, and southwards to CEYLON, SINGAPORE and 
Penane.—Distris. Malay Archipelago, tropical Australia and Africa. 
An evergreen tree 40-60 ft., “at times 80-90" (Brandis); trunk tall, base often 
buttressed; branches whorled; juice milky bitter, Leaves 4-8 by 1-2} in., very 
coriacecus, whitish beneath ; nerves 30-60 pairs, horizontal, joining an intramarginal 
one; petiole stout, 1-4 in. Cymes umbellately branched ; peduncle 1-3 in., rarely 0, 
very stout; branches numerous, stout ; flowers subcapitate, greenish-white. Corolla 
4-} in. diam., throat villous, lobes rounded. Dise 0. Ovary hirsute. Follicles 1-2 
ft., pendulous in clusters, only A in. diam., terete. Seeds 3 in. long, slender. 
9. A. spathulata, Blume Bijd. 1037; quite glabrous, leaves 8-5 in a 
whorl obovate-cuneate tip rounded concolorous beneath, cymes peduncled and 
pedicelled flowers quite glabrous.—.4. DC. Prodr. viii. 410; Miquel Fl. Ind. 
Bat. ii, 497. A. cuneata, Wall. Cat. 1645 (habitat wrong). 
Maracca; in marshes, Griffith, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1068),—Disrris. Java, 
Borneo, 
Leaves 13-4 in., very coriaceous, brown on both surfaces when dry, shining above, 
opaque beneath; nerves 20-30 pairs, horizontal; petiole very short. Cymes small, 
umbellately branched ; bracts short,  Calyz-lobes orbicular. Corolla-tube } in., lobes 
elliptic, throat villous. Dise small. Ovary glabrous.  Follicles 5 7 in. long, slender. 
Szcr. Il. Blaberopus. Leaves with close parallel nerves, membranous, 
acute or acuminate. Corolla-lobes overlapping to the left. Disc of 2 ligulate 
glands alternating with the carpels. Follicles 3-6 in., broadest in the middle. 
3. A. venenatus, Brown in Mem. Wern. Soc. i. 75; quite glabrous, 
leaves 4-6 in a whorl narrowly lanceolate finely acuminate, follicles stipitate and 
long-beaked. Wall. Cat. 1647; Lodd, Bot. Cab. t. 186; Wight Ic. t. 436; 
Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. FL. Suppl. 52; Beddome For. Fl. Anal. Gen. 100.  Dlaber- 
opus venenatus, 4. DC. Prodr. vii. 411. Echites venenata, Roxb. Ie. 
Deccan PENINSULA, Nirauerry Us: alt. 98-4500 ft., Courtallum, Dindygul on 
high hills. : 
A shrub 6-8 ft. Leaves 4-8 by 1-1] in., narrowed into a slender short petiole, 
midrib stout, nerves very slender and close. Cymes subumbellate, the flowers often 
racemose on the branches. Calyx very small, lobes triangular-ovate, acute. Corolla- 
tube 1 in., very slender, swollen at the top, limb 2-1 in. diam. ; lobes oblong, obtuse. 
Ovary ovoid; style slender, top barrel-shaped, stigma 2-fid. Follicles 4-5 by 3 in, 
sword-shaped, coriaceous, smooth, narrowed into a stalk 4-1 in. long, and into a 
straight beak as long. Seeds more than 4 in. long, linear-oblong, flat, hairs short.— 
Fig. 6 of Wight's plate represents the pod of A. neriifolia. 
4. A. neriifolia, Don Prodr. 131; branchlets and leaves beneath pube- 
scent, leaves opposite or 3-4 in a whorl narrowly lanceolate finely acuminate, 
follicles sessile beaked. Wall. Cat. 1646. Blaberopus neriifolius, A. DC. 
Prodr. viii. 411. B. Sebusii, Van Huerck § Muell. Arg. in Plant. Nov. Herb. 
Van Heurck, fasc. ii. 188. 
