Taberncemontana.~\ xciv. APOCYNACEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) G47 



Prodr. viii. 373 ; Roxb. FL Ind. ii. 23; Wall. Cat. 1568; Wight Ic. t. 477; 

 Brand. For. Fl. 322 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 144 ; Bedd. For. FL Anal. Gen. 

 159 ; Lodd. Sot. Cab. t. 406. T. divaricata, Blume Bijd. 102ff; Kurz For. Fl. 

 ii. 174. Neriurn divaricatutn, Linn. Sp. PI. 306. N. coronarium, Jacq. Coll. 

 L 138, t. 52 ; Bot. May. t. 1861. Jasminum zeylanicum, &c., Burm. FL Ind. 

 t. 39. 



Cultivated throughout INDIA ; from the N.W. Himalaya in Kuraaon, eastwards 

 aud southwards. Native country unknown. 



A shrub, 6-8 ft., much dichotomously branched, bark pale. Leaves, the larger 

 4-6 by 1-1 in., glossy, rather coriaceous, green when dry, pale beneath, margins 

 waved, nerves 6-8 pairs, narrowed into a petiole $-\ in., axils of petioles glandular. 

 Peduncles 1-2 in., pedicels slender ; bracts or minute. Flowers pure white, often 

 double, fragrant. Calyx-lobes broadly ovate, acute. Corolla-tube -1 in., glabrous, 

 dilated slightly below the middle, limb l-l in. diam. ; lobes obliquely ovate, obtuse, 

 margins curled ; mouth with 5 glands. Anthers inserted below the middle of the 

 tube. Ovary glabrous. Follicles 1-3 in., spreading and recurved, sessile or contracted 

 into a sort of stalk at the base, turgidly oblong, beaked or not, 3-ribbed. Seeds 

 3-6, oblong, striated ; aril red, fleshy. 



6. T. grraciliflora, Wall. Cat. 1576, and in Bot. Reg. under t. 1273; 

 glabrous, leaves oblong-lanceolate obtusely acuminate or caudate, nerves 11-1G 

 pairs, cymes very long-peduncled, bracts obsolete, corolla-tube 1 in. very slender, 

 lobes narrow, follicles ^ in. turgid 1-2-seeded. Kurz For. FL ii. 175. T. 

 Colignonse, Van Heurck $ Muell. PL Nov. Van Heurck, 170. 



MARTABAN and MOULMEIN ; Wallich, Griffith. 



Branches with pale bark. Leaves 4-7 by 1-2 in., membranous, narrowed into a 

 slender petiole \-% in. Peduncle sometimes equalling the leaves ; branches of cyme 

 slender, divaricate, pedicels short. Calyx very small ; lobes rounded, ciliolate. 

 Corolla-tube dilated above the middle, twice as long as the lobes. Ovary of two very 

 slender carpels ; style filiform, tip obconic, stigma forked. Follicles turgid, smooth, 

 with a short upcurved beak or 0. Seeds \ in. 



7. T. subcapitata, Wall. Cat. 1579, and in Bot. Reg. under t. 1273 ; 

 leaves elliptic-oblong or lanceolate obtusely acuminate or caudate nerves 8-12 

 pairs, cymes shortly peduncled small many-fld., bracts obsolete, corolla- tube 

 j in., lobes small rounded, throat villous. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 373. 



TAVOY ; Gomez. PEGU and TENASSEEIM (Kurz). MERGUI ; Griffith. 



An evergreen shrub. Leaves 4-7 by l|-3 in., very membranous, midrib and 

 nerves slender; petiole slender, |-| in. Peduncle 1-1^ in.; branches crowded, 

 dichotomous, very short. Calyx small ; lobes broadly ovate, obtuse. Flowers white. 

 Corolla rather funnel-shaped above, lobes about half as long as the tube. Ovary 

 ovoid, acute ; style filiform, tip clavate, stigma fusiform. Follicles "obliquely oblong, 

 about | in. loug, narrowed into a thick long stalk and compressed into a sterile trun- 

 cate appendage, terminating in a falcate point ; glabrous, 1-2 seeded," Kurz. 



8. T. peduncularis, Wall. Cat. 1575, and in Bot. Reg. under t. 1273 ; 

 glabrous, leaves oblong-lanceolate obtusely caudate-acuminate, nerves 12-20 

 pairs spreading, peduncles very long and slender, cyme-branches divaricate, 

 pedicels capillary, corolla-tube | in. curved limb small, follicles in. stipitate 

 1-seeded. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 376. 



f PENANG; Porter, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1060/2). 



A small shrub. Leaves 4-6 by l-2 1 in., membranous, nerves close, tips usually 

 very long, base acute ; petiole slender, \-\ in. Peduncle 4-5 in., wiry ; branches few, 

 filiform, widely divaricate. Calyx small, lobes rounded. Corolla-lobes very small, 

 mouth glabrous. Ovary of two long narrow carpels ; style filiform, top clavate, 

 stigma 2-fid. Follicles turgid, obtusely beaked, not ribbed. 



