Tabernemontana.] XCIV. apocynaces. (J, D. Hooker.) 647 
Prodr. viii. 873 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 23; Wall. Cat. 1568; Wight Ic. t. 477; 
Brand. For. Fl. 322; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 144; Bedd. For. Fl. Anal. Gen. 
159; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 406. T. divaricata, Blume Bijd. 1626; Kurz For, Fl. 
ii. 174. Nerium divaricatum, Linn. Sp. Pl. 306. N. coronarium, Jacq. Coll. 
i. 188, t. 52; Bot. Mag. t. 1861.—Jasminum zeylanicum, &c., Burm. Fil, Ind. 
t. 39. 
Cultivated throughout Innia ; from the N.W. Himalaya in Kumaon, eastwards 
and southwards.—Native country unknown. 
A shrub, 6-8 ft., much dichotomously branched, bark pale. Leaves, the larger 
4-6 by 1-14 in., glossy, rather coriaceous, green when dry, pale beneath, margins 
waved, nerves 6-8 pairs, narrowed into a petiole 1-3 in., axils of petioles glandular. 
Peduneles 1-2 in., pedicels slender; bracts 0 or minute. Flowers pure white, often 
double, fragrant. Calya-lobes broadly ovate, acute. Corolla-tube 4-1 in., glabrous, 
dilated slightly below the middle, limb 1-1} in. diam. ; lobes obliquely ovate, obtuse, 
margins curled; mouth with 5 glands. Anthers inserted below the middle of the 
tube. Ovary glabrous. Follicles 1-3 in., spreading and recurved, sessile or contracted 
into a sort of stalk at the base, turgidly oblong, beaked or not, 3-ribbed. Seeds 
3-6, oblong, striated ; aril red, fleshy. 
6. T. graciliflora, Wail. Cat. 1576, and in Bot. Reg. under t. 1273, 
glabrous, leaves oblong-lanceolate obtusely acuminate or caudate, nerves 11-16 
airs, cymes very long-peduncled, bracts obsolete, corolla-tube 1 in. very slender, 
jobs narrow, follicles 4 in. turgid 1-2-seeded. Kurz For. Fi. ii, 175. T. 
Colignone, Van Heurck & Muell. Pl. Nov. Van Heurck, 170. 
Marrasan and Moutmems; Wallich, Griffith. 
Branches with pale bark. Leaves 4-7 by 1-2 in. membranous, narrowed into a 
slender petiole 1-3 in. Peduncle sometimes equalling the leaves ; branches of cyme 
slender, divaricate, pedicels short. Calyx very small; lobes rounded, ciliolate. 
Corolla-tube dilated above the middle, twice as long as the lobes. Ovary of two very 
slender carpels; style filiform, tip obconie, stigma forked. Follicles turgid, smooth, 
with a short upeurved beak or 0. Seeds } in. 
7. T. subcapitata, Wall. Cat. 1579, and in Bot. Reg. under t. 1273; 
leaves elliptic-oblong or lanceolate obtusely acuminate or caudate nerves 8-12 
pairs, cymes shortly. peduncled small many-fld., bracts obsolete, corolla-tube 
A in., lobes small rounded, throat villous. 4. DC. Prodr. viii. 373. 
Tavov; Gomez. Prau and TENASSERIM (Kurz). Mxmavr; Griffith. 
An evergreen shrub. Leaves 4-7 by 13-3 in., very membranous, midrib and 
nerves slender; petiole slender, i-$ in. Peduncle 1-14 in.; branches crowded, 
dichotomous, very short. Calyx small; lobes broadly ovate, obtuse. Flowers white. 
Corolla rather funnel-shaped above, lobes about half as long as the tube. Ovary 
ovoid, acute; style filiform, tip clavate, stigma fusiform. Follicles “obliquely oblong, 
about 2 in. loug, narrowed into a thick long stalk and compressed into a sterile trun- 
eate appendage, terminating in a faleate point; glabrous, 1-2 seeded," Kurz. 
8. T. peduncularis, Wall. Cat. 1575, and in Bot. Reg. under t. 1273 ; 
glabrous, leaves oblong-lanceolate obtusely caudate-acuminate, nerves 12-20 
pairs spreading, peduncles very long and slender, cyme-branches divaricate, 
ais capillary, corolla-tube 4 in. curved limb small, follicles 3 in. stipitate 
-seeded. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 376. 
Prxaxo; Porter, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1060/2). 
A small shrub. Leaves 4—6 by 14-2} in., membranous, nerves close, tips usually 
very long, base acute ; petiole slender, }—3 in. Peduncle 4-5 in., wiry; branches few, 
filiform, widely divaricate. Calyx small, lobes rounded. Corolla-lobes very small, 
mouth glabrous. Ovary of two long narrow carpels ; style filiform, top clavate, 
stigma 2-fid. Follicles turgid, obtusely beaked, not ribbed. 
