316 Lxxv. APOCYNE^. [JFrhjMia. 



disk or scales. Ovary of 2 cai-pels, distinct or connate, but readily sepa- 

 rable; ovules numerous. Fruit long, terete, at length separating into 2 

 follicles. Seeds oblong, with a tuft of hairs at tlie end furthest from the 

 hilum. — Trees or shrubs, the branches often slender but not twining. 

 Leaves opposite. Flowers in terminal corymbose cymes, appearing some- 

 times axillary after the development of one branch only of the fork. Bracts 

 small. 



^ A small genus dispersed over tropical Asia. Of the three Australian species, one is also 

 m the ludiaii Archipelago, and closely allied to a common E. Indian one; the two otLm 

 are endemic, and very distinct. 



Corolla-lobes with the left-hand edges overlapping, and longer than 

 the tube. 



Pubescent. Leaves ovate or elliptical. Corona of 10 distinct 



scales 1. W.pubescens. 



Glabrous. Leaves linear or lanceolate. Corona a truncate or 



toothed ring 2. Tf. saligna. 



Corolla-lobes with the ri-ht-hand edges overlapping and shorter 



than the tube. Leaves linear or lanceolate. Corona of 5 or 10 



distinct scales Z. W, Cunni72ghamn. 



1. l^V^. pubescens, 7?. Br. Prod. 467. A tall shrub or small tree, the 

 foliage and iiifloresceuce more or less pubescent or velvetj-tomentose. 

 Leaves shortly petiolate, ovate to elliptical-oblong, acuminate, the pmnaiy 

 veins rather distant and prominent underneath, 2 to 4 in. lonc^. Flowei^s 

 white, sessile or shortly pedicellate in terminal trichotomous corymbose 

 cymes not exceeding the leaves. Calyx-segments broadly ovate, almost orbi- 

 ciilar nearly 3 lines long, with 1 or 2 ovate scales inside at the base of each. 

 Corolla-tube broad, scarcely exceeding the calyx, contracted at the throat; 

 lobes twice as long as the tube, the left-hand edges overlapping in the bud; 

 corona of 10 erect scales, 5 larger ones alternating with the stamens irregu- 

 larly several-toothed, 5 smaller behind the stamens 2-toothed. Anthers in a 

 cone of above 3 lines. Carpels of the ovaiy connate or coherent at the base, 

 distinct at the top ; stigma dilated and membranous at the base, with 2 linear 

 lobes. ^ l^ruit hard, about 6 in. long, the follicles not separating until 

 niatunty.— A. DC, Prod. viii. 405. 



ton 

 C 



W. tow en 



„... „j,^^^t;^duaoiie nas larger, rather differently shaped flowers. W. towenxosu,'^^ 

 Jiast India has the same foliage, but the corolla-tube is generally rather longer in proportion 

 to the calyx and the corona is shortly lobcd only, not divided to the base. All may, how- 

 ever, prove to be vaneties of nnp =t.«o,V= 



ever, prove to be varieties of one species. 



2. W. saligna, F. MuelL Herb. A tall slirub or small tree, quite 

 glabrous Loaves linear or linear-laticcolate, acutely acuminate, contracted 

 into a short petiole almost veinless except the midrib, 3 to 5 in. long- 

 llowers yellow m short cymes either terminal or apparently axillary from 

 the development of a side branch. Calyx-segments nearly orbicnlar, ! Ime 

 diameter with 1 or 2 broad scales at the base of each more than half as lon^ 

 as the calyx Corolla-tube broad, not twice as long as the calyx, contrncfed 

 at the throat; lobes narrow, fully twice as Ion- as the tube, the left-hand 





