*638 xciv. APOCYNACEJS. (J. D. Hooker.) [Cerbera. 



Abroad, compressed, peltately attached to the placenta, albumen : cotyledon 

 thin, radicle very short. DISTBIB. 4 maritime species, Madagascar, tropical 

 Asia, and the Pacific. 



C. O doll am, Gaertn. Fruct. ii. 193, 1. 124; leaves lanceolate or oblanceo- 

 3 ate or linear-obovate acute or abruptly acuminate narrowed into the stout 

 petiole. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 353 ; Wight Ic. t. 441 ; Roxl. Fl. Ind. i. 692, 

 -and in ed. Carey $ Wail ii. 527; Or ah. Cat. Bomb. PL 116; Brand. For. FL 

 322 ; Kurz For. FL ii. 171 ; Bedd. For. FL Anal. Gen. 157. C. Manghu, 

 Linn, partly ; Wall. Cat. 1582, in Rozb. FL Ind. ed. Wall. $ Carey, ii. 529 ; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 1845. C. lactaria, Ham. ; A. DC. I. c. C. laurifolia, Lodd. Sot. 

 Cab. t. 989. Tanghinia Odollam, lactaria and laurifolia, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 

 Hort. Mai i. t. 39. 



Salt swamps, or on the coasts of INDIA and CEYLON. DISTRIB. Malay Archipelago, 

 China, Australia, Pacific Islds. 



A small tree or large shrub, branches very thick. Leaves 3-8 by 1-2 in., leathery, 

 black when dry, shining above, nerves very slender ; petiole stout, -1^ in. Cymes 

 large ; peduncle 2-6 in., stout, branches corymbose ; bracts ovate, deciduous ; flowers 

 white, shortly pedicelled. Calyx-lobes -1 in., lanceolate, acuminate, revolute. 

 Corolla-tube \ in., mouth red, limb 1-3 in. diam., lobes falcately triangular- obovate, 

 acute. Ripe carpel ovoid, 2-4 in. long. Omitted in Dalzell & Gibs. Bomb. Flora, but 

 stated by Graham to be native of the South Concan. 



11. OCXXROSXA, Juss. 



Trees. Leaves whorled, rarely opposite or scattered ; nerves very numerous, 

 slender, spreading. Cymes terminal, at length lateral, peduncled. Calyx 5- 

 partite, eglandular, segments obtuse. Corolla salver-shaped, tube cylindric, 

 throat naked, lobes overlapping to the right. Stamens above the middle of the 

 tube, included ; anthers lanceolate, cells rounded at the base. Disc 0, or 

 obscure. Carpels 2, distinct ; style filiform, top oblong, stigma 2-fid ; ovules 

 -2-6, 2-seriate in each carpel on each side of a prominent placenta. Fruit of 2 

 {rarely 1) spreading drupes ; endocarp hard, thick, usually dorsally compressed 

 and ventrally grooved. Seeds solitary, or 2 separated by the placenta, flattened, 

 albumen (or fleshy ?) ; cotyledons large, flat ; radicle short, superior. 

 DISTBIB. Species 12, Mascarene Islands, Malay Archipelago, Australia and the 

 Pacific. 



O. borbonica, Gmel; A. DC. Prodr. viii. 356; glabrous, leaves in 

 whorls of 3-4 obovate narrowed into the petiole polished above, tip rounded. 

 Thwaites Enum. 192. O. salubris, Blume Mm. Bot. i. 158 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 

 172. Cerbera parviflora, Wall Cat. 1584. C. salutaris, Lour. ; Blume Bijd. 

 1033. 



Tidal forests of the ANDAMAN ISLDS., Kurz, of SINGAPORE, Wallich, and CEYLON. 

 DISTRIB. Java, Seychelle and Mascarene Islds. 



An evergreen tree, 20 ft. high, branches very stout. Leaves 6-16 by 2-6 in., 

 coriaceous, yellow when dry, nerves nearly straight ; petiole -2 in. Cymes stoutly 

 peduncled, branches short, thick, corymbose ; lower bracts sometimes leafy ; flowers 

 'white, shortly thickly pedicelled. Calyx-lobes very coriaceous, ovate. Corolla-tube 

 ^ in., limb | in. diam. Ripe carpels "ellipsoid-oblong, about 2 in. long" (Kurz). 

 I have seen no fruit, and have refrained from .quoting synonyms, the specimens of the 

 genus, being difficult to procure, are insufficient for complete identification ; but I 

 suspect that this species extends under various names from the Mauritius to Australia 

 and the Fiji Islands. 



