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xcrv. APOCYNACEJ:. (J. D. Hooker.) [Leueonotis*. 



beneath rusty-puberulous, leaves opaque above oblong obtusely caudate base 

 obtuse, nerves 8-10 pairs united by a strong intramarginal one, cymes few-fid. 

 Miguel Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 398. L. cuspidatus, Blume Mm. Bat. i. 112 ; Miquef 

 I. c. 398. Melodinus ? eugenifolius, Wall Cat. 1616. 



PENANG ; Wallich. DISTRIB. Sumatra, Borneo. 



Branches strict, obscurely angled, bark smooth. Leaves 3-4 by 1|-H i n - tip- 

 ^ in. long, very narrow, pale or dark greenish-brown when dry above, beneath much 

 paler yellow-brown and minutely dotted and with strong horizontal nerves; petiole 

 slender. ^-^ in. Cymes erect; peduncle 1 in.; bracts linear ; pedicels short; flowers 

 erect, nearly ^ in. long. Sepals very narrow, erect, deciduous in fruit. Corolla coria- 

 ceous, tube as long or half as long again as the calyx, pubescent within ; lobes short, 

 puberulous on both surfaces. Anthers sessile, elongate-lanceolate. Ovary deeply 

 grooved, narrowed into the grooved style, stigma oblong, 2-fid. Fruit " the size of &>. 

 gooseberry," Don. 



** Calyx k-lobed, lobes fihort rounded. 



2. Zi. Griffith!!, Hook. f. ; glabrous, leaves elliptic obtusely acuminate- 

 shining above base rounded or subacute, nerves 5-7 pairs very faint, cymes 

 shortly stoutly peduncled glabrous, flowers densely crowded sessile or shortly 

 pedicelled. 



MALACCA; Griffith, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1051, L. anceps?). ? SINGAPORE; T+ 

 Anderson. 



Branches obscurely angled, lenticellate. Leaves 3-5 by l|-2 in., thickly coriaceous, 

 pale brown when dry, beneath paler still and very opaque chocolate -brown, and 

 minutely dotted or not, intramarginal nerve very faint ; petiole |-f in. Cymes erect, 

 peduncle shorter and stouter than the petiole ; branches very short, thick and 

 crowded; bracts small, broad; flowers \ in. long. Calyx small, lobes rounded. 

 Corolla thickly coriaceous, tube cylindric, glabrous within and without; lobes short, 

 rounded forming an ovoid bud broader than the tube. Anthers sessile, narrowly lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate. Fruit \\ in. long, broadly ellipsoid. Seeds % in. long, oblong, 

 compressed, smooth. Very near L. anceps, Jack., but which has long-peduncled 

 puberulous cymes with long-pedicelled flowers. Anderson's Singapore specimens 

 have the leaves opaque above, and broader, but the flowers appear to be identical. 



3. Xi. BXaingrayi, Dyer in Herb. Kew. ; quite glabrous, leaves oblong 

 abruptly obtusely acuminate shining above, nerves 6-10 pairs slender arched, 

 base acute or rounded, cymes very shortly and very stoutly peduncled glabrous 

 few-flowered, flowers sessile or stoutly pedicelled. 



SINGAPORE ; Maingay (Kew Distrib. 935). 



Characters very much those of L. Griffithii, but a much stouter plant ; leaves 

 coriaceous but very dark brown, with stronger nerves beneath and longer petioles, 

 1-1 in. long ; peduncle of cymes - in., and - in. diam. ; calyx much larger, as 

 broad as the peduncle of the cyme ; bracts triangular, thickly coriaceous. 



4. IKEXiODXNUS, Forst. 



Evergreen, erect or climbing shrubs. Leaves opposite. Cymes terminal and 

 axillary, flowers rarely 4-merous, white or pale pink. Calyx 5-partite, eglan- 

 dular within. Corolla salver-shaped, mouth with thick cleft or lobed scales ;. 

 lobes overlapping to the left. Anthers included, subsessile, lanceolate, cells 

 rounded at the base. Disc 0. Ovary 2-celled, acute ; style short, stigma thick 

 2-fid ; ovules many in each cell. Berry globose, pericarp coriaceous or hard. 

 Seeds many, imbedded in pulp, albumen fleshy ; cotyledons thin, radicle short, 

 DISTKIB. About 15 species, East Asiatic, Malayan, Australian and Pacific. 



