1 2 8 ApOCynacecS. \Cerbera. 



K. corymbosa, Roxb.'Fl. Ind. {ed. Carey and Wall.) ii. 531 (1824). 

 M^diya, S. 



Herm. Mus. 5. Fl. Zeyl. n. 404 {Apocyno-ncrium). Cavieraria sey- 

 lanica, Retz. Obs. iv. 24. C. oppostti/olia, Moon Cat. 20. Alyxia (?) 

 Moonii, Wall, in Voight, Hort. Sub. Calc. 532. H. zeylanica, Gardn., 

 and H. Roxburg/nana, Wight, Thw. Enum. 191, 192. C. P. 1827, 2518. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 637. Wight, Ic tt. 428 and 1294 {H. Roxburs,hia7ia). 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 265 {H. zeylanica). 



A small tree, young parts glabrous; 1. 3-5 in., from oblong- 

 oval to narrowly oblong-lanceolate, acute at base, more or less 

 acuminate, obtuse, glabrous, shining above, lat. veins numerous, 

 parallel, petiole ^-| in.; fl. pedicellate, in di- or trichotomous, 

 stalked axillary (or terminal) cymes; cor.-lobes oval or almost 

 circular, often somewhat oblique, slightly recurved; ripe carp, 

 with an obtuse beak, smooth, yellow; seed over f in., ovoid. 



Moist low country; rather common. Colombo; Kalutara; Galle ; 

 Badulla; Maturata Dist. Fl. July-Sept.; yellow. 



Also in S. India, Burma, and Penang. 



The shape of the leaves varies. C. P. 2518 {H. Roxburghiana) is a 

 narrow-leaved form, and C. P. 1827 (//. zeylanica) a very broad-leaved 

 variety. Though included in his Fl. Zeyl., Linnaeus never named this 

 plant in his general systematic works. The leaves are used externally for 

 wounds and cuts. Wood hard, yellow, fine-grained, smooth. 



6. CERBERA, L. 



Bush or small tree; 1. alt., fl. large, in terminal panicles; 

 cal.-tube o or very short, segm. 5, long, recurved; cor. funnel- 

 shaped, lobes 5, longer than tube, overlapping to left; stam. 

 5, inserted about middle of cor.-tube, anth. apiculate, connate 

 by their points above the stigma but free from it ; disk o ; 

 carp. 2, 2-lobed, each with 2 ovules, style very slender, stigma 

 large, ovoid, with 2 truncate points ; ripe carp, usually solitary, 

 large, nearly globose, with a very thick woody-fibrous peri- 

 carp; seeds i or 2, ovoid, somewhat compressed, without 

 endosperm. — Sp. 4; i in Fl. B. Ind. 



C. Odollaxn,'^ Gacrtn. Fruct. ii. 193 (1791). Gon-kaduru, S. 



Herm. Mus. 49. Burm. Thes. 151 (part). Fl. Zeyl. n. 106 (part). 

 C. Manghas, L. Sp. PI. 208 (part). Moon Cat. 19. A. DC. in DC. Prod, 

 viii. 353. Thw. Enum. 192. C. P. 1832. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 638. Burm. Thes. t. 70, f. I (fruit only). Wight, Ic. t. 

 441. 



A small tree or large shrub, branchlets whorled, very stout, 

 marked with leaf-scars, twigs thick, glabrous and shining, 1. 

 large, alternate, rather closely placed at end of year's growth, 



* The name given in Rheede, Hort. Malab. 



