634 xciv. APOCYNACEJ:. (J. D. Hooker.) [Eauwolfia., 



3-5 by 1-2 in., very membranous, drying yellowish green, narrowed into an ofter^ 

 slender petiole ; nerves 10-12 pairs, very slender. Peduncle l-2 in., branches few,, 

 slender, short, divaricate ; bracts minute, subulate ; flowers in. Calyx-lobes about 

 one-quarter the length of the corolla-tube. Corolla membranous, tube broad, lobes- 

 (unexpanded) very small. Drupes connate to the middle. 



7. XL. Beddomei, Hook.f.; leaves oblaneeolate acuminate, cymes with 

 very long slender horizontal peduncles, branches few divaricate, flowers racemed,,. 

 calyx-lobes triangular-ovate, corolla small, tube slightly swollen at the top,, 

 lobes small, drupe 3- in. gibbously ovate acuminate. Tabernsemontana verticil- 

 lata, Beddome For. Fl. Anal. Gen. xx. fig. 3. 



T.RAVANCOBE ; Beddome. 



Branches very slender ; bark ciliate, minutely lenticellate. Leaves 3-6 by 1^-lf in.,- 

 very membranous; nerves 15-20 pairs, very slender, spreading, nearly straight.. 

 Peduncle 3-5 in. ; horizontal or decurved ; branches 1-2 in., divaricate, very slender, 

 forked, the long arms bearing racemes of flowers in. long, like those of B. micrantha. 

 Drupe solitary, much flattened. Allied to B. micrantha, differing in the leaves with' 

 more numerous straighter nerves, the very long peduncles and racemose flowers and 

 large drupes. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



OPHIOXYLON BELGAUMENSE, Wight Ic. iv. part ii. 2 (under 0. neilgherrense) ; 

 shrubby, erect, leaves elliptic-oblong obtuse or acuminate, corymbs long-pedunclecl 

 compact many-fld., flowers on rather long pedicels, calyx 5-cleft, lobes dilated*: 

 broad imbricating somewhat truncate, corolla-tube long slender, lobes forming a 

 round capitulum in bud, stamens about the middle of the tube. Belgaum, Law. J 

 find no specimen of this in Wight's Herbarium ; but for the calyx it seems identical 

 with B. serpentina. 



K. PULAPARIA, Boxb. Smith in Bees' Cyclop, xxix. ; A. DC. Prodr. viii. 341 ; leaves 

 3 in a whorl, 3-4 by 1-1^- in. elliptic-lanceolate subacute, nerves very numerous 

 nearly horizontal, cymes terminal, peduncle curved stout ^ in., pedicels and bracts- 

 downy, calyx-lobes small ovate acute downy, corolla-tube many times longer than the 

 calyx swollen at the top glabrous, lobes short rounded. A Calcutta garden plant,., 

 probably the W. Indian B. nitida, L. I have made up the description from .Roxburgh's 

 coloured figure and Smith's description, having no specimen. 



8. Al/STXIA, ///-. 



Shrubs. Leaves 3-4-nately whorled, rarely opposite, nerves faint. Flowers- 

 small, in axillary or subterminal cymes. Calyx short, 5-partite, eglandular 

 within. Corolla salver-shaped, tube cylindric, throat naked ; lobes overlapping 

 to the left. Stamens at or above the middle of the tube ; anthers lanceolate,. 

 base of cells rounded. Disc 0, or obscure. Carpels of ovary 2, distinct ; style 

 filiform, top oblong, urceolate or capitate, tip pointed or shortly 2-fid ; ovules 

 2-6, 2-seriate in each carpel. Fruit of 1-2 drupes or berries, 1-seeded or with 

 2-4 1-seeded joints. Seeds ovoid or oblong, grooved or excavated ventrally, 

 albumen horny, ruminate ; cotyledons thin, radicle superior. DISTKIB. Specie* 

 about 30, tropical Asiatic, Malayan, Australian and Polynesian. 



1. A. gracilis, JBenth. in Gen. PL ii, 697; glabrous, twining, leaves opposite 

 and 3 in a whorl elliptic oblong or lanceolate obtusely caudate, nerves very 

 many faint horizontal, flowers -small in long peduncled very slender branched 

 panicles. Hunteria ? gracilis, Wall. Cat. 1613 ; A. DC. Prodr. viii. 350. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA; in the Terai, alt. 1-2000 ft., J. D. H. KHASIA MTS., alt. 

 2-4000 ft., De Silva, H.f. $ T. 



Branches slender ; bark pale, often warted. Leaves 3-6 by 1-1^ in., shining 

 above, green when dry, paler beneath, base acute ; petiole -^ in. Cymes 2-4 in., 

 branches spreading, very slender; bracts small, ovate, acute. Calyx-lobes ~ in.,. 



