89. APOCYNACE.E. [3. Thevetia. 



acuminate, 2-3*5" or sometimes 4'5", tip scarcely mucronate, base very 

 obtuse or rounded or cuneate on the petiole, sec. n. 2-3 from near the 

 base and 2-3 Aveaker ones above, all rather indistinct. Petiole 

 •15-"2". Cymes contracted, terminal and axillary, subsessile 3-fld. or 

 3-chotomous, pedicels "IS". Sep. subulate acuminate or tip setaceous, 

 ciliolate "l". Cor.-tube •75-"9"' glabrous, petals 5-6, lanceolate- 

 oblong- or linear -S-"/" Avith slender acuminate tip. Ovules 2 in each 

 cell. Berry glo'jose 7" diam. (imripe?). 



Mais of OrLssa. sometimes on the tops of the hills, in the forest ! Fl. April. 

 Fr. May. 



This agrees neither with the description in the F.B.I, of C. macropht/lla. nor of 

 C. suafissima, Bedd., but it matches Wallich's No. 1679(?. The climbing habit and 

 globose fruit separates it from mncrophi/lla of F.B. I., the smaller flowers and the 

 smaller fruit and strong thorns from guavi><sima, but the Oriyas say that the fruit 

 sometimes does attain 1". 



Var. inermis proper {Ind. For., fig. 7). 



L. ovate, with cuneate or rounded base. 

 Var. macrophylla {Ind. For., fig. 6). 



L. lanceolate acuminate, base cuneate. 

 Var. Dalzellii. 



This is described as an ei'ect shrub without spines between the leaves of the 

 flowering branchlets. L. ovate to ovate-lanceolate, long-acuminate, usually acute 

 at the base, quite twice as long as broad. The habit appears to be the only 

 tangible difference, and this requires confirmation. 



4. C. carandas, L. (Ind. For., loc. cit., fig. 1). 



A large shrub or small crooked tree with rigid dichotomous branches 

 and pairs of divaricate very strong often forked thorns 1-2" long. 

 Leaves l-3'5" broadly elliptic-oblong or oblong with rounded or very 

 obtuse sometimes retuse ends, usually muticous, green both sides, 

 sec. n. 4-8 looping and connected with intermediate and tertiaries, 

 raised above Avhen dry and distinct, i^etiole "l". Fls. in rather lax 

 usually binate terminal peduncled cymes Avitli peduncles up to 1" ; 

 pedicels often slender and "l" long ; corolla tube •6--7" ; petals oblong, 

 •4-'5". Ovules 4 in each cell. Berry ellipsoid, •5-"7", or in cultivation 

 1", 4 or more-seeded. 



Very commonly cultivated in all districts for its fruit. 



Melodinus monogynus, Roxb., is a large climber with Jasmine-like flowers and 

 an apple-like fruit. It is native not far from Purneah and is sometimes cultivated 

 in gardens. 



3. THEYETIA, Jnss. 

 1. T. neriifolia, Juss. Pila Kaner, H.; Zvird, Kanel; Kokla-phul, 

 Champa, Vern.; Konyar-phul, Or.; Berenjo, S. 



A large evergreen shrub or small tree with crowded alternate 1- 

 nerved linear leaves and large yellow funnel-shaped flowers l'5-2" 

 diam. 



The pericarp of the fruit Avhen nearly rotten easily breaks into 2 

 valves and the endocarp also finally breaks into 2 valves before 

 germination. 



Common in all gardens and semi-wild in the Maniband f rest in Khurda ! Fl. 

 Fr. most of the year. Native of tropical America. 



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