LXXXII. APOCYNACE.i:. 141 



Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 166; Gard. in Ind. 

 ed. 5, p. 381 ; Watt, Diet, Ecou. Prod. v. 1, p. 129. — Vbrn. 3Ialati ; 



Kemettivalli. 



16. AlNTODENDRON, A. DO. 



Scandent glabrous shrubs. Leaves opposite. Flowers small, in 

 axillary or axillary and terminal slender laxly paniculate cymes. Calyx 

 small, 5-cleft, glandular or not inside. Corolla hypocrateriform, the 

 mouth contracted, without scales inside ; lobes 5, narrow, overlapping 

 to the right, twisted to the left. Stamens included, below the middle 

 of the corolla-tube ; filaments very short ; anthers sagittate, conniving 

 round and adhering to the stigma, the cells shortly spurred at the base. 

 Disk annular or cupular. Carpels of the ovary 2, distinct, sunk in the 

 disk and attached to it by their backs at the base ; ovules numerous in 

 each carpel ; style very short ; stigma thick, conical. PoUicles di- 

 varicate, acuminate, hard. Seeds compressed, ovoid or oblong, beaked, 

 tipped with a long coma. — Disirib. India, Malaya ; species 7. 



1. Anodendrou paniculatum, A. DC. Prodr. v. 8 (1844) p. 444. 

 A very large branched woody twiniug shrub ; stems fluted, stout ; bark 

 brown, thick, rather smooth ; young parts glabrous. Leaves 3|-6 by 

 1|-2| in., thinly coriaceous, elliptic or oblong, shortly and abruptly 

 acuminate, glabrous and shiniug, base usually rounded ; main nerves 

 ]2-15 pairs, parallel, slender; petioles \-^ in. long, stout. Flowers 

 yellow, small, numerous, in large lax trichotomously branched terminal 

 and axillary glabrous paniculate cymes with filiform brachiate branches ; 

 bracts ovate, acute, glabrous ; pedicels -1--^ in. long, slender, glabrous. 

 Calyx glabrous, divided about or rather more than j-way down; lobes 

 -^ in. long, ovate, subacute. Corolla-tube ^ in. long, pubescent inside, 

 very slightly enlarged a little above the base over the stamens ; lobes 

 ■^ in. long, linear, obtuse, slightly falcate, with a few scattered white 

 hairs on the upper surface, overlapping to the right, much twisted to 

 the left in bud. Stamens near the base of the corolla-tube ; filaments 

 short, broad ; anthers sagittate, 3^ in. long, spurs short, divergent. 

 Stigma subsessile, conical, pointed, rollicles 4-6 in. long, straight, 

 narrowed from a base | in. in diam. to an obtuse point, glabrous, terete, 

 hard and woody. Seeds 8-12, elliptic-lanceolate, compressed, 1-1^^ in. 

 long, of which \ in. is beak, reddish-brown ; coma white, 2 in. and 

 more long, copious. PI. B. I. v. 3, p. 668 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 147 ; 

 Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 141 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 230 ; Woodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 166; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod, 

 v. 1, p. 255. Ecliites paniculata, Eoxb. El. Ind. v. 2, p. 17 ; Wight, 

 Icon. t. 396. Gi/mnema ne^alense, Grab. Cat. p. 120 {not of Wall.). — 

 Elowers : Dec-Mar. Vbun. Ldmtdni. 



Common on the Ghats. Konkan : Law I, Stocks ! ; Matheran, Cool'e I Deccan : 

 Khandala, Graham ; Karli, Banade .', Gaiwnie ; Laiioli, Woodrow. Kanaka : common 

 in the evergreen forests of N. Kanara, Talbot. — Distrib. India (Silhet, W. Peninsula) ; 

 Ceylon, Java, Timor, Philippine Islands. 



17. ICHNOCARPUS, E. Br, 



Climbing shrubs. Leaves opposite. Flowers small or minute, in lax 

 many-flowered terminal and axillary paniculate cymes. Calyx 5-fid, 



