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646 XCIV. APOCYNACEX. (J.D. Hooker.) ([Tabernemontana. 
Follicles usually solitary, 4-5 by 1-2 in., recurved, oblong, narrowed at both ends, 
dorsally concave, ventrally 2-ribbed, orange-yellow. Seeds many, $ in. long, buried 
in scarlet pulp.— Though mentioned by Roxburgh and Beddome as a Malabar plant, 
I have seen no specimen from continental India. It is remarkable as being the 
only Ceylon species of this common Indian and tropical genus, The T. dichotema? 
of Gibson's Catalogue of Bombay Plants is probably 7. Heyneana. 
2. T. Heyneana, Wall. in Bot. Reg. under t. 1273, and Cat. 1573; 
glabrous, leaves linear-oblong or -lanceolate obtusely acuminate, base acute, 
nerves 12-16 pairs arched, cymes peduncled many-fld. A. DC. Prodr. viii, 376. 
T. intercedens, Van Heurck § Mull. Arg. Plant. Nov. Herb, Van Heurck, 166. 
T. recurva, Herb. Hohenack. 1847, not of Roxb, 
Western Guats; from the Concan, southwards, common, 
Branches very stout, with pale smooth bark, grooved when dry. Leaves 3-8 by 
1-2} in., coriaceons, dark brown and shining above when dry, paler beneath, midrib 
and nerves beneath stout; potiole 3-3 in. base dilated. Peduncle 1-2 in.; pedicels 
3-1 in.; bracts obsolete. Calyx very coriaceous; lobes hardly ovate, obtuse. 
Corolla-tube 1 in., cylindric, stout, swollen at the top, limb 1 in. diam. ; lobes globose 
in bud, faleately oblong, obtuse, crisped. Ovary very short; style filiform, top 
obeonie, stigma forked. Follicles very variable, h in. long, sessile, slightly re- 
curved, shortly sausage-shaped, not keeled or ribbed, beaked or not. Seeds 2 or more, 
+ in. long. 
3. T. corymbosa, Roxb. FI. Ind. ii. 25; glabrous, leaves elliptic-oblong 
or lanceolate or oblanceolate obtuse or obtusely acuminate, nerves 10-16 pairs 
very spreading, cymes peduncled many-fld. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 876; Wall, 
Cat. 1772, and Bot. Reg. under t. 1273. 
Penance; Wallich, Phillips. SINGAPORE, Anderson, Murton.—Disrrim. Java. 
Very similar to T. Heyneana, but with smaller and more crowded flowers on 
slenderer pedicels, more obtuse leaves with straighter nerves. Branches stout; bark 
pale, smooth, grooved when dry. Leaves 3-7 by 13-2] in. (in one specimen of Wallich's 
12 by 4 in.), coriaceous, opaque, greenish or brown above when dry, pale beneath ; 
petiole 4-4 in. Cymes shortly peduncled, much branched ; bracts obsolete; pedicels 
jin. Calyx very coriaceous, lobes rounded. — Corolla-tube 3 in., cylindric, swollen at 
the top ; lobes faleately oblong, globose in bud. Ovary elongate-conical ; style stout, 
stigma fusiform. Follicles not seen.— This is certainly very near T. javanica, Miquel, 
but differs in the longer pedicels, suppression of bracts, and in the corolla-tube being 
dilated not in the middle, but at the top, as also in the stigma not being 2-fid ; the 
latter character is however a very deceptive one, as the tearing away of the stigma 
from the anthers often mutilates it. Z? spherocarpa of Java is another close ally. 
4. T. hirta, Hook. f.; cymes pubescent, leaves elliptic-ovate or -oblong 
long acuminate, nerves 10-165 pairs arched, cymes peduneled many-fld. 
Maracca; Maingay. 
Leaves 4-8 in., coriaceous, almost caudate, base acute; petiole 1- in. Cymes 
almost hirsute, with short close-set spreading hairs, peduncle branches and pedicels 
stout. Calyx coriaceous, sometimes 7-lobed, lobes semicireular, eglandular. Corolla 
glabrous, tube 4 in., stout, cylindric; lobes short, globose in bud. Ovary elongate ; 
style slender, top urn-shaped, stigma small fusiform. Follicles strongly recurved, 
1-14 by 4-3 in. terete, not ribbed keeled or beaked. Seeds 4 in. few or many.— 
The specimens are very indifferent of this very distinct species, 
tt Branches rather slender; leaves membranous ; calyx small ; corolla-tube 
slender. 
5. T. coronaria, Zr. in Hort. Kew. ed. 2, ii. 72 ; glabrous, leaves in each 
pair unequal elliptic-oblong obovate or oblanceolate obtusely acuminate or cau- 
date, pedur cles solitary or in pairs in the forks of the branches dichotomous 
1-8-fl1., corolla-tube swollen below the middle, follicles recurved. A. DC. 
