646 xciv. APOCTNACEJ:. ( J. D.. Hooker.) [Tab&rncemontana. 



Follicles usually solitary, 4-5 by 1-2 in., recurved, oblong, narrowed at both ends, 

 dorsally concave, ventrally 2-ribbed, orange-yellow. Seeds naany, f in, long, buried 

 in scarlet pulp. Though mentioned by Koxbur;h and Beddome as a Malabar plant, 

 I have seen no specimen from continental India. It is remarkable as being the 

 only Ceylon species of this common Indian and tropical genus. The T. dichotoma? 

 of Gibson's Catalogue of Bombay Plants is probably T. Heywana. 



2. T. Heyneana, Watt, in Bvt. Reg. under t. 1273, and Cat. 1573 ; 

 glabrous, leaves linear-oblong or -lanceolate obtusely acuminate, base acute, 

 nerves 12-16 pairs arched, cymes peduncled many-fld. A.. DC. Prodr. viii. 376. 

 T. intercedens, Van Heurck $ Mull Arg. Plant. Nov. Herb. Van Heurck, 166. 

 T. recurva, Herb. Hohenaek. 1847, not of Roxb. 



WESTERN GHATS ; from the Concan, southwards, common. 



Branches very stout, with pale smooth bark, grooved when dry. Leaves 3-8 by 

 1-2J in., coriaceous, dark brown and shining above when dry, paler beneath, midrib 

 and nerves beneath stout ; petiole ^-^ in., base dilated. Peduncle 1-2 in. ; pedicels 

 f-1 in. ; bracts obsolete. Calyx very coriaceous ; lobes hardly ovate, obtuse. 

 Corolla-tube 1 in., cylindric, stout, swollen at the top, limb 1 in. diam. ; lobes globose 

 in bud, falcately oblong, obtuse, crisped. Ovary yery short; style filiform, top 

 obconic, stigma forked. Follicles very variable, -1 in. long, sessile, slightly re- 

 curved, shortly sausages-shaped, not keeled or ribbed, beaked or not. Seeds 2 or more, 

 ^ in. long. 



3. T. corymbosa, R&xb. Fl. 2nd. ii. 25 ; glabrous, leaves elliptic-oblong 

 or lanceolate or oblanceolate obtuse or obtusely acuminate, nerves 10-16 pairs- 

 very spreading, cymes peduncled many-fld. A. DC. Pr&dr. viii. 376 j Wall. 

 Cat. 1772, and Bot. Reg. under t. 1273. 



PENANG ; Wallich, Phillips. SINGAPORE, Andersen, Murton. DISTRIB. Java. 



Very similar to T. Heyneana, but with smaller and more crowded flowers on 

 slenderer pedicels, more obtuse leaves with straighten nerves. Branches stout ; bark 

 pale, smooth, grooved when dry. Leaves 3-7 by 1^-2^ in. (in onspecimen of Wallich's 

 12 by 4 in.), coriaceous, opaque, greenish or brown above when dry, pale beneath; 

 petiole -f in. Cymes shortly peduncled, much branched ; bracts obsolete- ; pedicels 

 | in. Calyx very coriaceous, lobes rounded. Corolla-tube \ in., cylindric, swollen at 

 the top ; lobes falcately oblong, globose in bud. Ovary elongate-conical ; style stout, 

 stigma fusiform. Follicles not seen. This is certainly very near T. jawnica, Miquel, 

 but differs in the longer pedicels, suppression of bracts, and in the corolla-tube being 

 dilated not in the middle, but at the top, as also in the stigma not being 2-fid ; the- 

 latter character is however a very deceptive one, as the tearing away of the stigma 

 from the anthers often mutilates it. T. sphcerocarpa of Java is another close ally. 



4. T. hlrta , Hook. f. j cymes pubescent, leaves elliptic-ovate or -oblong 

 long acuminate, nerves 10-15 pairs arched, cymes peduncled many-fld. 



MALACCA ; Maingay. 



Leaves 4-8 in., coriaceous, almost caudate, base acute ; petiole |-|t in. Cymes 

 almost hirsute, with short close-set spreading hairs, peduncle branches and pedicels 

 stout. Calyx coriaceous, sometimes 7-lobed, lobes semicircular, eglandular. Corolla 

 glabrous, tube in., stout, cylindric ; lobes short, globose in bud. Ovary elongate ; 

 style slender, top urn-shaped, stigma small fusiform. Follicles strongly recurved, 

 1-1^ by ^- in., terete, not ribbed keeled or beaked. Seeds ^ in., few or many. 

 The specimens are very indifferent of this very distinct species. 



ft Branches rather slender; leaves membranous; calyx small; corolla-lube 

 slender. 



5. T. coronaria, Br. in Hort. Kew. ed. 2, ii. 72 ; glabrous, leaves in each 

 pair unequal elliptic-oblong obovate or oblanceolate obtusely acuminate or cau- 

 date, pedurcles solitary or in pairs in the forks of the branches dichotomous 

 l-S-ftd., corolla-tube swollen below the middle, follicles recurved. A. DC. 



