656 



xciv. APOCYNACEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Strophanthus. 



lobes 2-3 in. S. dichotomus, Wall. Cat. 1641 ; Wight Ic. t. 599 , Lodd. Sot. 

 Cab. t. 759; Grah. in Maund. Sot. iii. t. 150. S. dichotomus, y coroman- 

 delianus, Ker in Sot. Reg. t. 469 in obs. ? S. caudatus, Kurz For. Fl. ii. 193. 

 Nerium caudatum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 9 ; Burnt. Fl. Ind. t. 26. 



KHASIA Mrs., De Silva. CHITTAGONG ; at Seetakoond, J. D. H. $ T. T. (cult. ?). 

 CIBCAES ; on the mountainous parts of the coast, Roxburgh. ? TENASSERIM ; Kurz. 



A climber, bark lenticellate. Leaves waved, shining, 2-3 by 1^-2 in., rather thin, 

 nerves 5-6 pairs ; petiole in. Cymes sometimes 6 in. diam., spreading, loosely 

 dichotomously branched from the base ; branches slender ; bracts \-% in., narrowly 

 lanceolate, spreading and recurved. Sepals subulate-lanceolate. Corolla-tube % in., 

 swollen at the base, pink in Roxburgh's drawing and Kurz's description, yellow with 

 faint reddish stripes in the figures of Maund and Loddiges. Anther-tips very long 

 and slender. 



** Lobes of the corolla not or hardly exceeding the throat. 



3. S. Wig-htianus, Wall. Cat. 4459; quite glabrous, leaves elliptic 

 obtuse, cymes many-fld., tails of corolla-lobes \-^ in. Wight Ic. t. 1301. 

 Cameraria zeylanica, ?? Hb. Wight (ex Wall. I.e.). 



MALABAR and TRAVANCORE ; Eottler ; near Quilon, Wight. 



A climbing shrub, bark closely warted with lenticels. Leaves 2-3 by 1-lf in., 

 thinly coriaceous, nerves 6-7 pairs ; petiole very short. Cymes repeatedly dichoto- 

 mously branched from the base, 2-3 in. high and broad, corymbiform ; bracts and 

 sepals ovate, acute. Corolla-tube 3 in. long; inflated at the base; lobes rather 

 longer, gradually narrowing into the linear obtuse tail ; scales very prominent. 

 Anther-tips very long and slender. Follicles (from "Wight's drawing) 6 by 1 in., of 

 the shape of those of 8. dichotoma, warted all over. Seeds with a long beak ending 

 in a filiform longitudinally plumose bristle. 



4. S. brevicaudatus, Wight Ic. t. 1302 ; quite glabrous, leaves elliptic 

 or oblong finely acuminate margins crisped, corolla-lobes broadly ovate acute. 

 Kurz For. Fl. ii. 191. Cercocoma singaporiana, Wall. Cat. 1623. A. DC. 

 Prodr. viii. 432. 



MALACCA; Griffith, Maingay. SINGAPORE; Lobb.. MERGUI (? Kurz). DISTRIB. 

 Borneo. 



A straggling shrub, branches minutely warted. Leaves 2-4 by l-l in., dark 

 brown when dry, opaque on both surfaces, nerves 6-8 pairs ; petiole ^-^ in. Cymes 

 dichotomously branched from the base; branches stout, short; bracts (often numerous 

 and empty) and sepals broadly ovate acute. Corolla almost salver-shaped ; tube ^ in. 

 long, limb about as broad. Filaments hairy ; anthers with very slender points about 

 equalling the cells. Style hairy. Follicles 8 by f in., base broad, middle slightly 

 turgid, then tapering to a long hard point, terete, smooth. Seeds not ripe, shortly 

 pilose at the lower end {Maingay). Kurz states this species is reputed to grow at 

 Mergui. 



5. S. Jackianus, Wall. Cat. 1643; leaves linear-oblong obtusely acumi- 

 nate scaberulously pubescent beneath, cymes axillary very few-fld., corolla- 

 lobes ^ in. linear obtuse about equalling the broad subcylindric throat, seeds 

 very slender. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 419. 



PENANG ; Jack. 



Branches slender, with dark-brown bark, twigs scaberulous. Leaves 3-4 by 1-1 

 in., minutely scaberulous above, nerves numerous ; petiole very short. Cymes very 

 shortly peduncled, 2-3-fld. ; pedicels short ; flowers nodding. Sepals ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate. Corolla puberulous, tube hardly any, throat more cylindric than 

 CHmpanulate. Follicles a foot long, very slender, parallel, cylindric, 2-partite when 

 ripe, the segments opening flat, pericarp thinly coriaceous, polished within. Seeds 

 in. long, narrowly fusiform, glabrous, coma white, three times as long. I have seen 



