'636 xciv. APOCYNACE^:. (J. D. Hooker.) \_Alijxia. 



6. A . odorata, II 'all. Cat. 1606 ; bark red, leaves opposite and 3 in a 

 whorl, elliptic or obovate obtuse or obtusely acuminate shining above with 

 numerous raised nearly horizontal nerves, ripe carpels fleshy. A. DC. Prodr. 

 viii. 347 ; Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 408. 



TENASSERIM; between Chappedong and Amherst, Wallich. 



Leaves 3-5 by 1^-2 in., narrowed into the very short petiole, yellow when dry ; 

 nerves almost imperceptible beneath. Flowers not seen. Ripe carpels in. long, 

 stipitate, ellipsoid. This differs from A. stellata in the coriaceous foliage and larger 

 carpels. A piece of the old wood in Wallich's Herbarium is covered with smooth scaling 

 very dark-brown bark. Kurz (in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, ii. 251) refers this to A. 

 stellata, but the fruit is very much larger than that of his own description of the 

 -latter species. 



7. A . stellata, Ro&rn. fy Sch. Syst. iv. 439 ; quite glabrous, bark very white 

 quite glabrous, leaves 3-4 in a whorl elliptic-lanceolate or oblong or obovate 

 obtuse or obtusely acuminate shining above, nerves numerous very slender 

 nearly horizontal, cymes shortly peduncled nodding panicled, corolla-tube in. 

 long. Roxb. Fl Ind. i. 699, and ed. Wall, fy Carey, ii. 539. A. DC. Prodr. 

 viii. 346; Wall. Cat. 1604. Gynopogon stellatum, LabUl. Sert. Austr.- Ceded. 

 30, t. 34 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 176. 



TENASSERIM and the ANDAMAN ISLDS. ; Kurz. PENANG ; Wallich. DISTRIB. Malay 

 Archipelago, Pacific Islds. 



A shrub ; branches slender, smooth. Leaves 2-5 by 1-1^ in., thinly coriaceous, 

 green when dry, pale beneath, narrowed into a petiole in. long. Cymes short but 

 effuse ; bracts short, ovate ; flowers very shortly pedicelled, pure white. Calyx deeply 

 5-lobed, lobes acute. Corolla-tube cylindric, slender, lobes short, rounded. Ripe 

 carpels ellipsoid, stipitate, "size of a cherry," Roxb., or " of a small pea," Kurz, 

 yellowish, sometimes with a second superposed. I am not convinced of the identity 

 of this with the original species of New Caledonia, which has more obovate leaves. 



8. A. fascicularis, Benth. in Gen. PI. ii. 698 (under Hunteria) ; bark 

 pale warted, leaves opposite or 3 in a whorl elliptic-oblong or -lanceolate ob- 

 tusely caudate shining above with numerous parallel very slender raised nerves, 

 cymes very shortly peduncled decurved dense-fld. glabrous or puberulous, corolla- 

 tube A in. long. Hunteria? fascicularis, Wall. Cat. 1612 : A. DC. Prodr. viii. 

 350. 



KHASIA MTS. ; De Silva ; Churra, alt. 4000 ft., H.f. $ T. 



A woody climber, branches slender or stout. Leaves 3 3by 1-1^ in., coriaceous, 

 green or pale brown when dry ; nerves very faint beneath ; petiole distinct, \ in. 

 Cymes f-1 in. long, dense-fld. ; flowers racemose, very shortly peduncled ; bracts 

 acute. Calyx-lobes ovate, acute. Corolla-lobes small, rounded. Fruit not ssen. The 

 short corolla at once distinguishes this from A. stellata. 



9. A. ceylanica, Wight Ic. t. 1293; glabrous, branches slender, leaves 

 opposite or 3 in a whorl broadly elliptic obtusely caudate membranous not 

 shining, nerves distant arched, flowers solitary or 2-3-nate long pedicelled, 

 carpels often moniliform. Thwaites Enum. 191 ; Beddome For. Fl. 158, t. 20, 

 fig. 5. 



CEYLON ; Ambagamowa district, alt. 1-2000 ft, Walker, &c. 



Shrubby, erect?; branches dichotomous, 4-angled. Leaves 2-3 by 1-1^ in., 

 drying green, base narrowed into a short slender petiole, midrib slender; nerves 

 8-10 pairs, extremely faint and slender. Pedicels % in., straight, slender. Calyx- 

 lobes lanceolate, acute, many times shorter than the corolla. Corolla yellowish, tube 

 ^ in., very slender, funnel-shaped above, glabrous without, villous within ; lobes 

 -lanceolate, acuminate, half the length of the tube. Carpels fleshy, scarlet, sometimes 

 of one dimidiate-oblong compressed pedicelled 1 -seeded segment, ^-f in. long, some- 



