306 Lxxv. APOCYNE.E. [Carissa. 



ovate, mucronate^ with revolute margins, shining but very scahrous on both 

 sides with minute tubercles the bases of the old hairs, i to f in. long. 

 Flowers in terminal or rarely axillary sessile clusters. Calyx-seginents more 

 subulate and corolla rather lon^^er than in (7. omta, but otherwise the same. 

 i. DC. Prod. viii. 334. 



Queensland. Priace of Wales Island, E. Brown, 



4. C. lanceolata, H, Bt\ Prod. 468. An erect, divaricately-branched 

 glabrous shrub. Leaves lanceolate or elliptical, acute or rarely obtuse, nar- 

 rowed into a short petiole, very obliquely penniveinedj from under 1 m. to 

 about 1^ in. long. Flowers in small compact sessile or very shortly pedun- 

 culate cymes, mostly terminating short leafy branchlets. Calyx-segments 

 more subulate, and corolla-lobes narrower, longer, and more acute than in 

 C. ovata, but otherwise the same. Berry ovoid, about 3 lines long, with 1 

 or 2 smooth or scarcely wrinkled seeds. 



N- Australia. Victoda river, F. Mueller ; islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, i?- 



Brmvn ; Strangwajs river, Waterhouse. 



Queensland. Suttor river, Bowman ; ninders river, SafJierland, 



F. Mueller unites this with C. ovala. If it be the same species, it is a very mail^eJ aud 



appareutly constant variety. 



4. CERBERA, Linn. 



Calyx without glands. Corolla-tube cylindrical, slightly swollen rounJ 

 the anthers, and the throat usually somewhat dilated, without scales; lo^j^' 

 ovate, spreadin^^ contorted in the bud. Anthers included in the coroiw- 

 tube. Ovary of 2 distinct carpels, united by a single style, each carpel in- 

 completely divided by a very prominent placenta bearing 2 superposed ovii es 

 on each side; stigma conical, often 2-lobed at the tip. Fruit (from tti 

 abortion of one carpel) a single nearly globular drnpe, flattened on °^^^.^,^,^^ 

 with a woody endocarp, usually 1-seeded. Seeds without ^^^^''^•'^, ^^^ 

 or small trees. Leaves alternate, crowded on the young branches, xm 

 rather large, in terminal cymes or panicles. Bracts lai'ge, deciduous. 



A genus of very few species, extending over tropical Asia and the islands of the -o 

 Pacific. The Australian species is one of the most widely spread. 



1. C. Odollam, Gm^tn.; A. BO. Prod. viii. 353. A glabrous, erjct, 

 tall, bushy shrub or tree, with thick herbaceous branches. Leaves oh o^r 

 lanceolate, acuminate, in some specimens 4 to 6 in. long, in others ''>*"'^ J 

 1 ft., naiTOwed into a rather long petiole, the primary veins transverse 

 parallel. Flowers white with a yellowish throat, sweet-scented, ni a ^j ".^ 

 terminal pedunculate cyme. Bracts coloured, ^ to 1 in. long, very ^ .^ 

 duous. Calyx-segments obloni? or lanceolate, obtuse or acute, about 2 * 

 long, deciduous with the bracts. Corolla-tube usually above 1 ui- ^o"?' ^^ 

 variable in length ; lobes obtuse or shortly acuminate* from less than hai 

 long to nearly as long as the tube.— Wi^dit, Ic. t. 441 (with a short coro 



Mavgh 



Queensland 



rivers 



and Mnckeu^^^ 





leensland. Cape York, WGlUlvray, IF. RiU ; Letween the Dawson and -^^^ .j^e 

 , F, Mueller; Rockingham Bay, BaUachj. Widely- distrihuted over tlie ^ 



