APOCYNACEJE. 



double ; each lobe with 1 ovule ; style filiform, enclosed ; 

 stigma capitate. Drupes berried, 2, by abortion solitary, each 

 with a rugose 1 -seeded nucleus. Blume. 



1122. O. serpentinum Linn. ji. zeyl. 329. Wendt in Rom. 

 arch. i. 53. t. 7. f. 2. Blume Bydr. 1034. Roxb.fl. ind. i. 694-. 



(Rheede vi. t. 47. Humph, vii. t. 16. Burm. zeyl. 141. t. 64.) 



Various parts of India. 



Stem woody, erect, climbing or twining. Leaves in threes or fives, 

 short-stalked, oblong, pointed, wavy, entire smooth, 4-5x2 inches. 

 Fascicles axillary, peduncled, many-flowered. Peduncles long, smooth, 

 round, sometimes nearly erect, sometimes drooping. Pedicels and 

 calyxes bright red. Corolla white. Root employed by the Telinga 

 physicians of India as a febrifuge, and alexipharmic ; and also to pro- 

 mote delivery in tedious cases. 



ALYXIA. 



Calyx short, 5 -toothed. Corolla hypocrateriform ; throat 

 naked; limb 5-cleft. Stamens enclosed ; anthers distinct. Ovary 

 double, with 1 -celled few-seeded lobes ; style double ; stigma 

 2-lobed. Drupes 2 or 1 only,stalked, containing a single 1-seeded 

 stone. 



1123. A. stellata R. and S. iv. 439. Blume Bydr. 1031. - 

 Gynopogon stellatus Forst. prodr. 117. Alyxia aromatica 

 Rnwdt. A. Reinwardtii Blume in cat. hort. Buitenz. 43. Malay 

 Archipelago, Society and Friendly Islands. 



A shrub with slender twigs. Leaves in whorls of 3, lanceolate, 

 rather obtuse, short-stalked, with very numerous fine parallel 

 oblique veins. Cymes axillary, stalked, few-flowered, much shorter 

 than the leaves. Tube of corolla longer than the calyx. Bark aro- 

 matic, with similar effects to those of Canella alba and Drymis Winteri, 

 for which it may be substituted. Lately introduced into German 

 practice, as a remedy for chronic diarrhoea and nervous complaints. 

 Dierbach. The bark 'has the odour of Melilot, and traces of Benzoic 

 acid have been found in it. 



WILLUGHBEIA. 



Calyx 5- toothed. Corolla hypocrateriform. Stigma capitate. 

 Ovary superior, 1-celled, with numerous ovules attached to 2 

 opposite parietal placentae. Berry 1-celled. Seeds few, nestling 

 in pulp. Albumen 0. Roxb: 



1124. W. edulis Roxb.fl. ind. ii. 57. Forests of Chittagong 

 and Silhet where it is called Luti-am. 



A very large climbing plant. Leaves opposite, short- stalked, oblong, 

 acuminate, entire, polished, with simple parallel veins ; 3-5 X 1-2 

 inches. Peduncles axillary and terminal, solitary, short, each support- 

 ing a few middling-sized, pale pink, short-stalked flowers, forming 

 small fascicles. Bracts solitary, at the base of each pedicel, ovate. 

 Calyx 5-toothed, with ovate, subciliate segments. Corolla infundi- 

 buliform ; the tube gibbous near the middle where the stamens are 

 lodged, a little hairy on the inside; the limb of 5, sublanceolate, 

 smooth, expanding segments, which are imbricated in the bud. Fila- 



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