AlyxiaJ] xciv. APOCYNACE^:. (J. D. Hooker.) 637" 



times of 2-4 similar superimposed ones. Very dissimilar from the other species, :T 

 indeed congeneric. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



GYNOPOGON BREVIFLORUM, Kurz For. Fl. ii. 177 ;. glabrous throughout, scandent, 

 leaves 2-3 in. opposite or in whorls of 3 oblong lanceolate to lanceolate obtusely 

 caudate base acuminate thinly coriaceous, nerves parallel obsolete, petiole 2-3 in. 

 (? lines), cymes axillary and terminal short sessile, trichotomous, pedicels glabrous 

 very short, flowers small ; calyx -lobes lanceolate acuminate, corolla-tube in., lobes 

 shorter, drupes ellipsoid pointed glabrous, pedicel slender. Upper Tenasserim and 

 Martaban, in tropical forest, alt. 2000 ft. The above description is condensed froiu 

 Kurz's. I have seen no specimens. 



9. HUNTERIA, Roxb. 



Glabrous trees. Leaves opposite, coriaceous, shining, nerves very slender. 

 Flowers small in terminal axillary or subterminal cymes. Calyx small, 5-lobed, 

 eglandular. Corolla salver-shaped, tube cylindric, throat annulate, lobes over- 

 lapping to the left. Stamens above the middle of the tube ; anthers oblong- 

 lanceolate, cells rounded at the base. Disc 0. Carpels 2, distinct ; style fili- 

 form, top thickened, stigma shortly 2-fid ; ovules 2-4 in each carpel. Fruit of 

 2 ovoid or oblong, oblique or recurved fleshy berries, 1-seeded or 2-celled by the- 

 intruded placenta, and 2-seeded, not pulpy within. Seeds ovoid or oblong, 

 albumen fleshy ; cotyledons thin, radicle straight. DISTRIB. 3 Indian species. 



K. corymbosa, Roxb. FL 2nd. i. 695, and ed. Carey $ Wall. ii. 53 j 



leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate obtuse or obtusely caudate shining above, 

 cymes short terminal and axillary. A. DC. Prodr. viif. 350; Wight Ic. t. 428. 

 H. zeylanica, Gard. Thicaites Enum. 191 ; Sedd. For. Fl. ii. t. 265. II.? Ian- 

 ceolata, Wall. Cat. 1611 ; A. DC. 1. c. A. Roxburghiaua, Wight Ic. t. 1294 ; 

 Thwaites Enum. 192 ; Bedd. I. c. Anal. Gen. 158. Cameraria zeylanica, Rets 

 Obs. iv. 24; A. DC. I. c. 389. Gynopogon lanceolatum, Kurz For. Fl. ii. 177* 

 Tabernsemontana salicifolia, Wall. Cat. 1580. T. parviflora, Herb. Heyne. 



DECCAN PENINSULA ; Coromandel coast, Roxburgh, &c. ; Tinnevelly Ghats, Bed- 

 dome-, Courtallum, Heyne, &c. TAVOY ; Wallich, Roxburgh. PBNANO ; Wallich, 

 Phillips. CEYLON ; Kcenig, &c. 



A tree ; branches slender, smooth. Leaves very variable, 4-6 by f-2 in., very 

 coriaceous, narrowed into the petiole, pale yellow-brown when dry; nerves very 

 numerous, slender, spreading, with close intermediate reticulations ; tip sometimes 

 ^ in. long ; petiole - f in. Cymes shortly peduncled, shortly corymbosely branched ; 

 bracts minute ; flowers pedicelled, white. Calyx-lobes ovate, acute. Corolla-tube 

 ^ in., limb about in. diam. ; lobes short, obliquely ovate-oblong. Ripe carpels size 

 of a cherry, globose, pedicelled, pulpy, orange-coloured, 2-seeded. Some Deccan 

 specimens, figured by Wight as H. Roxburghiana, and which includes WallichV 

 Tabenuemontana salicifolia, have very narrow leaves. 



10. CERBERA, /,//,. 



Small glabrous trees. Leaves alternate, long, nerves slender horizontal and: 

 parallel. Flowers large, white or red, in terminal cymes. Calyx 5-partite, 

 eglandular, segments long. Corolla funnel-shaped, tube short, throat ribbed or 

 with pubescent scales ; lobes broad, overlapping to the left. Stamens included ;. 

 anthers lanceolate, apiculate, cells rounded at the base. Disc 0. Carpels 2 > 

 distinct; style filiform, top dilated, stigma 2-lobed; ovules 4 in each carpel, 

 on the faces of a thick placenta. Fruit of 1 (rarely 2) globose ovoid or- 

 ellipsoid 1-2-seeded carpels ; pericarp very thick, fibrous and woody. Set fc: 



