da. 



642 xciv. APOCYNACEJ;. (J. D. Hooker.) [Alstonia. 



SECT. I. Pal a. Leaves with close parallel nervation, usually obtuse. 

 Corolla-lobes overlapping to the left. 



LA; scholaris, Brown in Mem. Wern. Soc. i. 75; leaves 4-7 in a 

 whorl obovate or elliptic-oblong white beneath, base acute, tip obtuse rounded 

 or obtusely acuminate, cymes peduncled or sessile capitate, flowers pubescent, 

 follicles very long and slender. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 408; Wight Ic. t. 422 ; 

 Grah. Cat. Bomb. PL 115 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 145 ; Brand. For. Fl. 325; 

 Kurz For. FL ii. 183 ; Beddome For. Fl. 325, t. 242 ; Wall. Cat. 1644. 

 Echites scholaris, Linn. Mant. 55. E. Pala, Ham. ex Spreng. Syst. i. 633; 

 A. DC. I. c. tfl.Rheede Hort. Mai. i. t. 45. 



Drier forests of INDIA; in the tropical region of the WESTERN HIMALAYA 

 from the JUMNA eastwards to ASSAM, and southwards to. CEYLON, SINGAPORE and 

 PENANG. DISTRIB. Malay Archipelago, tropical Australia and Africa. 



An evergreen tree 40-60 ft., "at times 80-90" (Brandis); trunk tall, base often 

 buttressed ; branches whorled ; juice milky bitter. Leaves 4-8 by 1-2^ in., very 

 coriaceous, whitish beneath ; nerves 30-60 pairs, horizontal, joining an intramarginal 

 one ; petiole stout, \-% in. Cymes umbellately branched ; peduncle 1-3 in., rarely 0, 

 very stout ; branches numerous, stout ; flowers subcapitate, greenish- white. Corolla 

 ^-^ in. diam., throat villous, lobes rounded. Disc 0. Ovary hirsute. Follicles 1-2 

 ft., pendulous in clusters, only in. diam., terete. Seeds ^ in. long, slender. 



2. A . spathulata, Blume Bijd. 1037 ; quite glabrous, leaves 3-5 in a 

 whorl obovate-cuneate tip rounded concolorous beneath, cymes peduncled and 

 pedicelled flowers quite glabrous. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 410 ; Miquel Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. ii. 437. A. cuneata, Wall Cat. 1645 (habitat wrong). 



MALACCA; in marshes, Griffith, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1068). DISTBIB. Java, 

 Borneo. 



Leaves 1^-4 in., very coriaceous, brown on both surfaces when dry, shining above, 

 opaque beneath ; nerves 20-30 pairs, horizontal ; petiole very short. Cymes small, 

 umbellately branched ; bracts short. Calyx-lobes orbicular. Corolla-tube \ in., lobes 

 elliptic, throat villous. Disc small. Ovary glabrous. Follicles 5 7 in. long, slender. 



SECT. II. Blaberopus. Leaves with close parallel nerves, membranous, 

 acute or acuminate. Corolla-lobes overlapping to the left. Disc of 2 ligulate 

 glands alternating with the carpels. Follicles 3-6 in., broadest in the middle. 



3. A. venenatus, Brown in Mem. Wern. Soc. i. 75; quite glabrous, 

 leaves 4-6 in a whorl narrowly lanceolate finely acuminate, follicles stipitate and 

 long-beaked. Wall. Cat. 1647 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 186 ; Wight Ic. t. 436 ; 



, Dalz. 8f Gibs. Bomb. Fl. Suppl. 52 ; Beddome Fw. Fl. Anal. Gen, 160. Blaber- 

 opus venenatus, A. DC. Prodr. viii. 411. Echites venenata, Roxl. Ic. 



DECCAN PENINSULA, NILGHERRY HILLS ; alt. 3-4500 ft., Courtallum, Dindygul on 

 high hills. 



A shrub 6-8 ft. Leaves 4-8 by -l| in., narrowed into a slender short petiole, 

 midrib stout, nerves very slender and close. Cymes subumbellate, the flowers often 

 racemose on the branches. Calyx very small, lobes triangular-ovate, acute. Corolla- 

 tube 1 in., very slender, swollen at the top, limb f-1 in. diam. ; lobes oblong, obtuse. 

 Ovary ovoid; style slender, top barrel-shaped, stigma 2-fid. Follicles 4-5 by ^ in., 

 sword- shaped, coriaceous, smooth, narrowed into a stalk f-1 in. long, and into a 

 straight beak as long. Seeds more than ^ in. long, linear-oblong, flat, hairs short. 

 Fig. 6 of Wight's plate represents the pod of A. neriifolia. 



4. A. neriifolia, Don Prodr. 131; branchlets and leaves beneath pube- 

 scent, leaves opposite or 3-4 in a whorl narrowly lanceolate finely acuminate, 

 follicles sessile beaked. Wall. Cat. 1646. Blaberopus neriifolius, A. DC. 

 Prodr. viii. 411. B. Sebusii, Van Huerck fy Muell. Arg. in Plant. Nov. Herb. 

 Van Heurck, fasc. ii. 188. 



