Plumeria."] xciv. APOCYNACEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) 64i 



14*. PLUIVIERIA, Linn. 



Erect trees ; "branches very thick. Leaves scattered, elongate, nerves nume- 

 rous, horizontal. Flowers large, in terminal 2-3-chotomous cymes; bracts 

 many, broad, deciduous. Calyx small, 6-fid, eglandular within ; lobes broad, 

 obtuse. Corolla salver-shaped, throat naked, lobes overlapping to the left, 

 rarely to the right. Stamens near the base of the tube ; anthers obtuse, cells 

 rounded at the base. Disc 0, or lining the calyx-tube. Carpels 2, distinct ; 

 style short, stigma 2-lobed ; ovules oo-seriate in each cell. Follicles linear-oblong 

 or ellipsoid. Seeds oblong or lanceolate, plano-convex, winged, albumen fleshy, 

 thin ; cotyledons oblong or ovate-cordate. DISTRIB. About 40 species, all 

 natives of tropical America. 



P. acutifolia, Poiret; leaves oblong acute at both ends. A. DC. Prodr. 

 viii. 392 ; Wall. Cat. 1636 ; Wight Ic. t. 471 ; Brand. For. Fl. 323 ; Kurz For. Fl. 

 ii. 179 ; P. acuminata, Roxb. Fl. 2nd. ii.20 ; Sot. Reg. 1. 114 ; Bot. Mag. t. 3952. 



Cultivated and naturalised in many parts of INDIA. 



A small tree with crooked trunk and rough bark ; branches swollen and leafy at 

 the tips. Leaves 8-12 in.; petiole l-l in., 1-glandular at the top. Flowers many, 

 fragrant, pink externally, white within. Follicles about 5 in. long, cylindric. 



15. ELLERTONIA, Wight. 



Glabrous climbing shrubs. Leaves opposite or 3-4-nately whorled, coriaceous. 

 Flowers slender, in subterminal cymes. Calyx small, deeply 5-fid, eglandular. 

 Corolla salver-shaped, tube cylindric ; throat constricted, naked ; lobes 5, narrow, 

 overlapping to the left. Stamens in the middle of the tube, filaments ciliate ; 

 anthers lanceolate, cells obtuse at the base. Disc 0. Carpels 2, distinct ; style 

 filiform, top ovoid or oblong, stigma linear, 2-fid ; ovules many in each carpel, 

 2-oo -seriate. Follicles 2, linear or narrowly linear-oblong, terete, spreading. 

 Seeds 2-seriate, oblong, flattened, peltately attached, winged above and below, 

 albumen scanty ; cotyledons thin, radicle superior. Species 2, an Indian and 

 ? a Madagascarian. 



E. Rheedii, Wight Ic. t. 1295. Rheede Hort. Mai. ix. t. 14. 



MALABAR and the CONCAN ; at Quilon, Wight ; Warree country, Stocks, Gibson. 



Branches twining, slender, terete, Leaves 3-5 by 1-2 in., elliptic or oblong, 

 obtusely acuminate, of a peculiar blue-gray hue beneath when dry, coriaceous ; nerves 

 10-12 pairs, very slender, spreading ; petiole in. Cymes 'clustered, few-fld., 1-2 in. 

 long, 2-3-chotomously branched ; bracts subulate, persistent ; pedicels short. Sepals 

 ovate, acuminate. Corolla-tube \ in., very slender, inflated in the middle ; lobes 

 lanceolate, acuminate. Ovary elongate ; style slender, stigmas long. Follicles 2-4 

 by ^ in., horizontally divaricate, sessile, straight or slightly curved, acute, coriaceous, 

 inner coat separable. Seeds 1^ in., disc elliptic, wings quite straight, tips rounded. 



16. ALSTONIA, Br. 



Trees or erect shrubs. Leaves 3-4-nately whorled, rarely opposite. Flowers 

 in subterminal corymbose cymes. Calyx short, 5-lobed or -partite. Corolla 

 salver-shaped, tube cylindric ; throat naked, annulate or with reflexed hairs ; 

 lobes overlapping to the right or left. Stamens near the top of the tube, in- 

 cluded ; anthers subacute. Disc annular, lobed or truncate or 0. Caryrlx i } 

 distinct : style filiform, top ovoid or oblong, stiguia minute or 2-toothed ; ovules 

 many, oo-seriate in each carpel. Follicles 2, linear, slender. Seeds oblong or 

 linear, flattened, peltately attached, often ciliate, albumen scanty ; cotyledons 

 oblong, flat, radicle superior. DISTRIB. Species about 30, tropical Asiatic, 

 Malayan, Australian, and Polynesian. 



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