7^ APOCYNACEiE 



APOCYNACE/E. 



Herbs or trees, with milky juice and opposite leaves, 

 without stipules. Flowers in cymes, akillary or terminal, 

 often clearly dichotomous. Corolla of 5 lobes, twisted 

 in bud. Stamens on the corolla tube with narrow or 

 sagittate anthers. Ovary of 2 free or 2 united carpels, 

 but one style only, with usually a large drum-shaped 

 stigmatic head. Fruit a pair of follicles or a double 

 drupe or berry. Seeds in the follicles often with hairs or 

 wings. 



Species about 1,000, all over the world but chiefly in the 



tropics. 



Well-known plants of this order are Vinca major Z. and Vinca* 

 minor Z., the Periwinkles of England. And in India : V. rosea Z. 

 with pink or white flowers, common in sandy gardens ; Neriom 

 oleander with single or double pink or white flowers, and 

 Wrightia tinctoria Br. with white flowers and pairs of long 

 slender curved black follicles united at the tip. Several others 

 are cultivated in gardens. 



CARISSA. F.B.I. 



Shrubs sometimes armed with axillary spines. 

 Eeaves opposite entire glossy. Flowers axillary. Fruit 



fleshy. 



Carissa paucincrvia A, DC. ; F.B.I, iii 631. VI 3. 

 A small ramous shrub, glabrous except the petiole and 

 cymes. Leaves i to ij^ inches, elliptic oblong to lanceo- 

 late, acute at both ends, coriaceous, not shining, nerves 

 oblique 2 to 3 pairs. Peduncles very short 3-to 5-flowered; 

 corolla Ye to Vz inch, lobes very narrow, fruits ellip- 

 soidal, t. 416. 



Nilgiris : Coonoor, Kotagiri, etc. 



^ RAUWOLFIA. F.B.1. 94VII. 



Shrubs with leaves in whorls of 3 or 4. Corolla 

 salver-shaped with slender tube and constricted niouth. 

 Anthers small, rounded at the base. Carpels distinct. 

 Fruit of two distinct or united drupes, each one-seeded. 



Species about 40, chiefly American. ■ - ■ ^ ' ' - 



