^^^ l-xxr. APOCYNE.E. . [Tabermmoiilana. 



orieutalis, and perhaps a variety only, the brandies and both sides of the 

 yonng eaves softly pubescent, the older leaves becoming glabrous or nearly 

 so on the upper side, the leaves otherwise as in T. orientaUs or rather larger. 

 intlorescence of T. orientalis, but more or less hairy. Flowers larger. Calyx- 

 lobes about 1 line long, very obtuse, hirsute. Corolla-tube fully \ in. loiii?, 

 and tlie lobes more than half the length of the tube. Fruit hke that of T. 



orientalis and as variable in size, from \ to 1 in. loan-.— A. DC. Prod. viii. 

 o/o. 



W. Australia- 



North coast, R. Brown ; Goulburn Islands, A. Cunningham. 



V^ T^} \ S^l'^ ^°''^' ^'Gillivrai/, Daemcl; Port Deuison, Fdzalan ; Rocking- 

 ham and Edgecombe Bays, Dallachj. 



vLf,""^'"^"' ^- ^'■- P'-o'^- 468, A. DC. Prod. viii. 376, from Groote Island, Gulf of 

 X? „ Tf ^"^^Tf . ^^ "* ''''' luxuriant form of the same species, with the leaves more 



ODUlbC and Irnm v. fn J. m ]«..,* ^ ' 



8. ALSTONIA, "R. Br. 



(Blaberopus, A. DC.) 



Calyx without any or with very minute glands. Corolla-tube cylindrical, 

 moie or less swollen round the anthers, the lobes spreading, contorted in the 

 mm, the throat without scales. Anthers enclosed in the tube. No hvDOgy- 

 nous scales. Ovary of 2 distinct carpels united by the style ; stigma ovoid 

 01 conical ; ovules numerous, in about 4 rows in each caniel. Fruit of 2 

 ^ng inear follicles Seeds oblong, compressed, peltately attached, bordered 

 wun nairs ot which those at each end usually very long ; albumen scanty.- 

 Irees or tall shrubs with a milky juice. Leaves in whorls of 3 or more, or 

 Z %T TT^ opposite. Flowers in terminal corymbose cymes, usually 1 

 m the axd of each leaf of the tenninal whorl. Bracts small 



sevIS AEstill? ""^""'^eroiis, spread over tropical Asia and the Pacific islands. Of the 



weutifieS,tS; ir;:s z oL^.rr^'^f ^ °f ^'^^ ^-^- --> ■^-*^^^' ^^ '^""'^ 



idnitifinrl ;= .1 .^-"-'> ^V"- " '■"'= L-ommonest ot 

 ideutified, ,s also m Java, the other five are endemic. 



^"°«ttd S t'^' ''^''■'^"^ ™^^^'^ overlapping. Leaves 



Dorled, » ith transverse parallel veins. 



Flowers^sessde or nearly so in dense cymes, pubescent. Ovary 

 Leaves Lvvil*?.' ."?^ "'^"^ "^^'^^^ --l^Pping. 



L A. schoJaris. 



Tavefovnl T r°' ,'''' ""'''"^^^ ^'"^ anastomosing. 



Wes li' el. i ,"'' "'■ ''''™-^' ^''"'^ ""o*^ nnderncath . 4. A. villosa. 



ijeaves linear, glabrous ... a j i;„„aru. 



Leaves opposite. Veins distant. b. A. hneam. 



Uuite glabrons . - . i ■ /. 



Softly pubescent . \ e>.A.consncta. 



7. A. mollis. 



to \tk ^t^,?!n"'f }■ ^'■•' ^- ^^- P'-'^'l- ^iii- 408. A tree attaining 80 

 Leaves in whnH, f'f [ous except the minutely pubescent inflorescence. 



si X conT ctedit th ' V '""''''^'•>' I^^^^^'^*^'^' obov^ite-oblong, very obtuse, 

 smoo h and hi .; , ^'''' coriaceous, with transverse parallel veins, 

 smooth and shining above., opaque and pale or whitish underneath, 4 tofiin. 



