IIunterta.'\ Apocyuacece. 1 2 7 



4- AZ.YXZA, Br. 



A small shrub, 1. often 3 in a whorl; fl. 1-3 together, 

 terminal; cal. small, segm. 5, triangular, acute; cor. -tube 

 slender, cylindrical, lobes 5, narrow, overlapping to left; stam. 

 5, distinct, inserted in upper part of cor. -tube, anth. pointed, 

 slightly exserted; disk o; carp, distinct, with 2-6 ovules in 2 

 rows in each, style long, stigma oblong-ovoid, bifid at top; 

 ripe carp, distinct, shortly stalked, usually moniliform with 

 2-4 joints; seed solitary in each joint, with horny endosperm. 

 — Sp. 30; 9 in Fl. B. Ind., but none from the Peninsula. 



A. zeylanica, Wight, Ic. iv. pt. 2, 2 (1850). Wal-kaduru, S. 



Thvv. Enum. 191. C. P. 1835. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 636. Wight, Ic. t. 1293. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. t. 20, f. 5. 



A small dichotomously branched bush, branches slender, 

 obscurely quadrangular, glabrous ; 1. usually 3 in a whorl at 

 the branching, rest opp., 2^-3 in., lanceolate or oval, often 

 slightly falcate, acute at base, caudate-acuminate, obtuse, 

 glabrous, thin, petiole short, obscure; fl. few, on rather long 

 ped., terminal in the bifurcations; cal. glabrous; cor.-tube 

 dilated at top, lobes linear, acute, recurved ; joints of fruit 

 about \ in., oblong-ovoid, compressed, slightly pulpy, bright 

 scarlet. 



Moist low country to 2000 ft.; rather rare. Ambagamuwa; Hiniduma 

 Pattu ; Pantura; Heneratgoda. Fl. Feb. -March ; pale yellow. 



Endemic. 



This must be referred to Alyxia with some doubt ; the endosperm is 

 not ruminate. Considered to be poisonous. 



5. HUNTERIA,* i?^;i(^. 



Tree, 1. opp., fl. rather small, cymes axillary; cal. small, 

 segm. 5, acute; cor.-tube short, much inflated in upper part, 

 lobes 5, rounded, much overlapping to left; stam. 5, distinct, 

 inserted in upper part of cor.-tube, anth. oblong-lanceolate; 

 disk o; carp, 2, distinct, with 2 collateral ovules in each, style 

 rather long, stigma small, bifid; ripe carp, stalked, fusiform- 

 oval, beaked, fleshy, each usually 2-seeded ; seed large, ovoid, 

 embryo straight in axis of fleshy endosperm. — Sp. 2 or 3 ; i 

 in Fl. B. Ind. 



* Named after Dr. William Hunter, of the Bengal Medical Establish- 

 ment, an eminent botanist. Died 181 2. 



