89. APOCYNACEM. [19. Anodbndron. 



sagittate, rigid, adnate to stigma, spurred at base. Disc cupular, 

 5-lobed. Carpels distinct, many-ovuled. Top of short style urn- 

 shaped, stigma columnar. Follicles terete, straight or curved and 

 sometimes cohering at the tip. Seeds ovate or linear-oblong, flattened, 

 glabrovis. Cotyledons oblong. 



1. A. caryophyllata, G. Don. Raten, S. ; Malati, Or. 



A large and beautiful climber with ovate or elliptic acute, obtuse, 

 or shortly acuminate leaves 3-5'5" by l"5-3" and lax pubescent 

 corymbose cymes 6-8"diam. of large white flowers 1"5" diam. Sepals 

 linear spreading 1-1 '2". Corolla narrowly tubular for -2", then more 

 widely tubular and fluted for -3", petals spreading, somewhat 

 obliquely ovate acuminate, tip not or only slightly spiral, twisted in 

 bud. Follicles densely yellow-tomentose when yoiing, spreading or 

 recurved or cornute and cohering by their tips, very variable in size, 

 4-14" long and •3-*7" diam. tapering gradually to the tip. 



Monghyr, Ham. ; Manbhum, Campbell ! Rocky ravines iu the Santal Parg. ! 

 Baruni Hill, Khurda, etc. Puri! Rocky valleys in Angul and Daspalla ! Often, 

 cultivated. Fl. August. Fr. Feb. -April. 



Stems grey shining pustulate and thinly strigose. Young shoots densely 

 tomentosely hairj-. L. glabrous or tomentose beneath, base rounded, sec. n. 2-5 

 usually red in colour, very olsliqiie, minutely reticulate between, petiole •25-'75", 

 leaves of a pair sometimes unequal, petiole ■2o-'75". Sepals sometimes only "6", 

 tomentose. Disc large, concealing the ovary. Seeds Hat '6-1" long with a coma 

 rather longer. 



19. ANODENDRON, A.DC. 



Climbing shi-ubs with opp. leaves Avith rather distant nerves, juice 

 not or only slightly milky (in our species). Flowers small in axillary 

 and terminal wide spreading panicled cymes. Calyx with obtuse 

 sepals eglandular within. Corolla salver- shaped with contracted 

 mouth, petals narrow, overlapping to the right, twisted to the left. 

 Stamens below middle of tube, anthers sagittate, adherent to stigma, 

 shortly spurred at base. Disc cupular. Carpels distinct, sunk in the 

 disc and adherent to it dorsally at their base. Style very short, top 

 cupular, stigma thick conic. Follicles diverging acuminate, hard. 



1. A. paniculatum, A.DC. 



A very large climber with stout grey-black or green perfectly 

 smooth and cylindrical stems up to 3" diam. Leaves coriaceous, 

 oblong or somcAvhat wider vipvvards and shortly suddenly acuminate, 

 lower large 7-8" by 4~o", sec. n. strong nearly straight, 12-1.5. Fls. 

 small pale yellow '3" diam. with linear petals, villous in large lax 3- 

 chotomous axillary and terminal brachiate panicles. Follicles spread- 

 ing 5-6" by "To" at the rounded base, woody, poniard-shaped. 



Rather rare. Along streams in evergreen forest. Singbhum, rare ! Mais of 

 Orissa ! Fls. March-April and fruits ripen about a year after. 



Blaze white with brown patches exuding a copious flow of brown coloured sap, 

 not at all milky. UpiJer leaves 4-5" by I'o" narrow-oblong cuspidate. Panicles 

 3-6". Seeds brown ellipsoid thin concave pointed at one end, "7" long and ending 

 in a large coma 2" long, 



iV.B.— According to a note by Li&ter on a Chittagong specimen the juice is 

 sometimes milky. It is said sometimes to produce rubber. 



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