648 xcrv. APOCYNACE2E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Tdberncemontana. 



** Calyx 5-partite, segments eglandular or glandular at the base, 

 t Calyx-segments broad, foliaceous, deciduous. 



9. T. crispa, Roxb. Sort. Seng. 20, and Fl. Ind. ii. 24 ; glabrous, leaves 

 elliptic or elliptic-oblong or -obovate obtusely acuminate margins wrinkled, 

 cymes long-peduncled, bracts minute, sepals rounded subacute. A. DC. Prodr. 

 v'iii. 371. excl. syn. Rheede $ Linnaeus ; Wall, Cat. 4450; Wight Ic. t. 470; 

 Bedd. For. Fl. Anal. Gen. 159. T. altemifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 24 ; Kurz 

 For. Fl. ii. 174, not of Linnceus. 



ANDAMAN ISLANDS ; frequent along the coast, Kurz. 



Habit and foliage of T. coronaria, but leaves often much larger, sometimes 10 by 

 5 in., with more numerous and more spreading nerves ; petiole very short. Cymes 

 many -fid. ; peduncle 1-4 in. ; pedicels long, ^1 in. Sepals in. diam., obtuse or 

 apiculate, sometimes cordate. Corolla-tube very slender, -f in., swollen at the top ; 

 limb 1 in. diam., lobes obovate, margins crisped, ovoid and acute in bud. Ovary 

 ovoid, narrowed into the slender style, which is elongate, urceolate at the top, with a 

 2-fid stigma. Follicles " 1 in., sessile, acute, recurved, ventrally 3-keeled, 3-6-seeded" 

 (Roxburgh). This species, which differs from all others in the remarkable calyx, has 

 long been in confusion, and though cultivated in India from a very early period, it was 

 only quite lately that its native country was known. This is the Andaman Islands. 

 Beddome indeed says that it is common in the Western Ghats ; but I have seen no 

 specimens and suspect some error. Koxburgh accurately describes it, but strangely 

 confounded it with T. altemifolia of Linnaeus (Sp. PI. 211). Under the latter plant 

 (Fl. Ind. ii. 25) he quotes Linnseus' and Eheede's Curata paJa, and says " the leaves 

 being in this opposite, made me change the Linnsean specific name altemifolia for 

 crispa, on account of its curled petals." A glance at Bheede's figure of Curata pala, 

 upon which Linnseus founded his T. altemifolia, shows that it has nothing to do with 

 this, but is probably T. coronaria. Kurz, also neglecting to refer to Rheede, restores 

 the Linnsean name of altemifolia, and does not even refer to Roxburgh's crispa, 

 though his description perfectly agrees with that author's. Lastly, Linnaeus and 

 Roxburgh are both wrong in the citation of Rheede for Curata pala : it is part i. t. 47 

 (Linnaeus say 45, and Roxburgh 46). 



ff Calyx-segments narrow, acute or acuminate, persistent. 



10. T. recurva, Roxb. Hart. Seng. 20, and Fl. Ind. ii. 26; glabrous, 

 leaves elliptic-oblong obtusely acuminate subcaudate, cymes short-peduncled 

 recurved few- or many-fld., bracts subulate persistent, sepals very unequal lan- 

 ceolate ciliolate, corolla-tube slender swollen above, follicles turgid many- 

 seeded. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 371 ; Wall. Cat. 1569, and in Bot. Reg. under t. 

 1273 ; Wight Ic. t. 476 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 174. T. gratissima, Lindl. in. Trans. 

 Sort. Soc. vii. pt. i. 55, and Bot. Reg. t. 1084. 



CHITTAGONG ; Roxburgh ; Flagstaff Hill, J. D. H. $ T. T. PEGU and TENASSEEIM 

 (Kurz}. 



A small shrub ; bark smooth. Leaves 2-6 by 1-2^ in., membranous; nerves 6-8 

 pairs, slender, arched ; petiole ^-f in. Cymes with stout peduncle -1 in., branches 

 stout ; bracts rather persistent ; flowers drooping, fragrant. Sepals - in. Corolla- 

 tube f in. ; limb 1-1^ in. diam., lobes falcately obovate, forming an ovoid acute bud. 

 Ovary elongate, narrowed into the filiform style with oblong tip and forked stigma, 

 Follicles -2 in., sessile, hardly recurved, very turgid, terete, not keeled. 



11. T. rostrata, Wall. Cat. 1578, and in Bot. Reg. under t. 1273; 

 glabrous, leaves elliptic-oblong or -lanceolate obtusely acuminate pale beneath, 

 cymes short-peduncled, bracts persistent, sepals ovate acute, corolla-tube 

 swollen in the middle, follicles sessile lanceolate long-beaked acutely keeled few- 

 seeded. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 371 ; Kurz For.Fl. ii. 174. 



AVA ; banks of the Irawaddy, Wallich. 



Shrubby, bark smooth. Leaves 3-6 by 1^-2 in., membranous; nerves 7-10 pairs, 



