TABULA 2993. 
CHILOCARPUS ANGUINEDS, Siap/. 
APOCYNACEAE. Tribus PLUMERIOIDEAE. 
C. anguineus, Stapf (sp. nov.) ; inter omnes species generis fructu 
miro cylindrico anguiformi distinctissima. 
Frutex alte scandens, glaberrimus. Folia oblongo-lanceolata, utrin- 
que subacuminata, apice obtusiuscula, 7-9 cm. longa, 2-3 cm. lata, 
1acea, concoloria, ee supra applanata, subtus prominula, nervis 
lateralibus patulis tenuibus 2-3 mm. distantibus, nervo marginali 
tenuissimo continuo; petiolus 1-1°5 em. longus. Flores parvuli, 
in cymas multifloras paniculatas congesti ; paniculae pedunculo 
gracili e foliorum summorum axillis ortae ; pedunculus 3-4 cm. 
ciliolatae. Sepala ovata, obtusa, 0°5-0°6 mm. longa. Corolla 2°5 mm 
longa, ut videtur alba, tubo cylindrico, lobis oblique ovatis in alabastro 
inflexis. Stamina a paulo supra basin inserta ; antherae basi breviter 
bilobae, apice apiculatae. Ovariuwm ovoideum, uniloculare, stylo 
brevi, stigmate punctiformi; ovula 2-seriata, numerosa. Fructus 
diametro, dorso late concava, sulco arillo suberoso transverse rugoso 
repleto; endospermum osseum. Embryo quam endospermum paulo 
brevior ; cotyledones tenues, late elliptici, radicula duplo longiores. 
Borneo. Sarawak; Mt. Bongo, Haviland, 2060. 
The structure of the flower and the seed is that of a arg pai 
carpus ; but the shape of the fruit is unique in the genus.—O. 8 
a cyme with young flowers; 2, part of a calyx and pistil; 3, young 
Fic 
corolla, toi open to show the inflexed tips of the lobes; 4, cross section of 
ary; 5 pic bg part of a fruit, cut tong riarcimetly, with some of the seeds 
ck with ari 
9, sam 
embryo. Figures 1-4 and 7- 10 enlarged, 5 somewhat reduced, 6 of natural size. 
