656 XCIV. APOCYNACE&. (J. D. Hooker.) [Strophanthus. 
lobes 2-3 in. S, dichotomus, Wall. Cat. 1641; Wight Ic. t. 599; Lodd. Bot. 
Cab. t. 759; Grah. in Maud, Bot. ii. t. 150. S. dichotomus, y coroman- 
delianus, Ker in Bot. Reg. t. 469 in obs. ? S. caudatus, Kurz For. Fl, ii. 199. 
Nerium caudatum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 9; Burm, Fl. Ind. t. 26. 
Knuasia Mrs., De Silva,  Currracoxa ; at Seetakoond, J. D. H. d T. T. (cult.?). 
CigCARS; on the mountainous parts of the coast, Roxburgh. ? TENASSERIM; Kurz. 
A climber, bark lenticellate. Leaves waved, shining, 2-3 by 14-2 in., rather thin, 
nerves 5-6 pairs; petiole } in. Cymes sometimes 6 in. diam., spreading, loosely 
dichotomously branched from the base; branches slender ; bracts LA in., narrowly 
lanceolate, spreading and recurved. Sepals subulate-lanceolate. Corolla-tube à in, 
swollen at the base, pink in Roxburgh’s drawing and Kurz's description, yellow with 
faint reddish stripes in the figures of Maund and Loddiges. Anther-tips very long 
and slender. 
** Lobes of the corolla not or hardly exceeding the throat. 
3. S. Wightianus, Wall. Cat. 4459; quite glabrous, leaves elliptie 
obtuse, cymes many-íld., tails of corolla-lobes i-3 in. Wight Ic. t. 1301. 
Cameraria zeylanica, P? Hb. Wight (ex Wall. Lei. 
Marapar and Travancore; Ziottler ; near Quilon, Wight. 
A climbing shrub, bark closely warted with lenticels. Leaves 2-3 by 1-1} in., 
thinly coriaceous, nerves 6-7 pairs; petiole very short. Cymes repeatedly dichoto- 
mously branched from the base, 2-8 in. high and broad, corymbiform ; bracts and 
sepals ovate, acute. Corolla-tube 4-} in. long; inflated at the base; lobes rather 
longer, gradually narrowing into the linear obtuse tail; scales very prominent, 
Anther-tips very long and slender. — Follieles (from Wight's drawing) 6 by 1 in., of 
the shape of those of S. dichotoma, warted all over. Seeds with a long beak ending 
in a filiform longitudinally plumose bristle. 
4. S. brevicaudatus, Wight Ic. t. 1302 ; quite glabrous, leaves elliptic 
or oblong finely acuminate margins crisped, corolla-lobes broadly ovate acute. 
Kurz For, Fl. ii, 191. Cercocoma singaporiana, Wall. Cat, 1623. A. DC. 
Prodr. viii. 432. 
Maracca; Griffith, Maingay. SwGAPomg; Lob). Merravt (? Kurz).—Duisrris. 
Borneo, 
A straggling shrub, branches minutely warted. Leaves 2-4 by 1-1} in., dark 
brown when dry, opaque on both surfaces, nerves 6-8 pairs; petiole 1-3 in. Cymes 
diehotomously branched from the base; branches stout, short; bracts (often numerous 
and empty) and sepals broadly ovate acute. Corolla almost salver-shaped ; tube 4 in. 
long, limb about as broad. Filaments hairy ; anthers with very slender points about 
equalling the cells. Style hairy. Follicles 8 by $ in., base broad, middle slightly 
turgid, then tapering to a long hard point, terete, smooth. Seeds not ripe, shortly 
pilose at the lower end (Maingay).—Kurz states this species is reputed to grow at 
Mergui. 
5. S. Jackianus, IVall. Cat. 1643; leaves linear-oblong obtusely acumi- 
nate scaberulously pubescent beneath, cymes axillary very few-fld., corolla- 
lobes j in. linear obtuse about equalling the broad subcylindric throat, seeds 
very slender. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 419. 
PENANG ; Jack. 
Branches slender, with dark-brown bark, twigs scaberulous. Leaves 3-4 by 1-14 
in., minutely scaberulous above, nerves numerous ; petiole very short. Cymes very 
shortly peduncled, 2—-3-fld.; pedicels short; flowers nodding. Sepals ovate-lan- 
ceolate, acuminate. Corolla puberulous, tube hardly any, throat more cylindrie than 
campanulate. Follicles a foot long, very slender, parallel, cylindric, 2-partite when 
ripe, the segments opening flat, pericarp thinly coriaceous, polished within. Seeds 
3 in. long, narrowly fusiform, glabrous, coma white, three times as long.—I have seen 
