,Z7rceo7a.] xciv. APOCYNACEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) 659 



Branches and leaves quite glabrous. Leaves 4-6 by 2-2^ in., acute at both ends or 

 obtuse at the base, shining above ; nerves red, slightly arched. Flowers " minute, 

 white ; corymbs apparently short ; long-peduncled, glabrous in the axils of the upper 

 leaves, or terminal" (Kurz). Follicles 5 by | in., quite straight, pointed, narrowed 

 into a stout stalk ^ in. long, thickly coriaceous when dry and hard. Seeds elliptic- 

 lanceolate, villous, in. long ; coma white, four times as long. The leaves a good 

 deal resemble those of U. brachysepala, but are longer, and the nerves are more 

 numerous. Fruit eatable. 



SECT. II. Dittormos. Follicles flexuous, distantly torulose. Calyx 

 shorter than the corolla ; segments erect, subequal. 



6. TJ. torulosa, Hook. f. ; glabrous except the inflorescence, leaves 

 oblong or oblong-lanceolate acuminate, nerves 6-10 pairs slender, cymes pubes- 

 cent, follicles very slender swollen over the remote seeds. 



MALACCA; Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1080, 1086). 



Branches slender, smooth (in flower). Leaves 4-7 by 1^-2 in., red-brown when 

 dry, thinly coriaceous. Cymes long-peduncled ; bracts lanceolate ; flowers not quite 

 mature, ^ in. long. Calyx-segments oblong-lanceolate. Corolla as in the preceding 

 section. Anthers subacute. Ovary hairy ; style obconic, with a conoid stigma of the 

 same length. Follicles 2-2 ft. long, thinly coriaceous, smooth, terete, swellings f in. 

 long, often 1 in. apart, long ellipsoid. Seeds elliptic-lanceolate, villous, top bearded 

 with persistent hairs ; coma twice as long. The follicles resemble those of Parameria 

 glandulifera. 



7. U. brachysepala, Hook. f. ; glabrous except the puberulous flowers, 

 leaves elliptic obtusely acuminate, nerves 6-8 pairs strong, cymes long-peduncled, 

 peduncles and branches compressed, bracts subulate, sepals much shorter than 

 the subglobose shortly 5-lobed corolla. 



MALACCA ; Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1079, 1080). 



Branches rather stout; bark red-brown. Leaves 4-5 by 1^-2 \ in., firmly coria- 

 ceous, red-brown when dry, nervules distinct on both surfaces. Pedunchs 6-8 in., 

 glabrous, red when dry, branches jointed at the nodes ; branches and pedicels slender, 

 glabrous ; flowers very small, j^-f^ in. long. Calyx- segments erect, ovate. Corolla 

 pubescent, inflated ; lobes obtuse, glabrous within, except a tuft of hairs between the 

 stamens. Anthers subacute. Ovary twice as long as the disc, cylindric, hirsute ; 

 style cupular, stigma large obpyriform. Follicles not seen! 



DOTJBTFOX SPECIES. 



URCEOLA ? ; branches and leaves glabrous ; bark black when dry ; leaves 2-2 by 

 |-1 in., elliptic- or ovate-lanceolate obtusely acuminate, narrowed into the petiole, 

 firmly coriaceous, pale brown shining above, nerves 3-4 pairs very slender ascending, 

 follicles horizontal 6-8 by | in. slightly curved cylindric from the base, narrowed at 

 the apex, hard ; seeds in., very slender narrowed into a filiform process longer than 

 the body, on which the fine pale brown hairs of the coma are placed. Probably an 

 undescribed genus. MALACCA; Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1069). 



28. FARABXERXA, Smth. 



Evergreen glabrous climbing shrubs. Leaves opposite, rarely 3-nately 

 whorled. Flmvcrs small, in broad lax terminal panicles. Calyx small, 5-fid or 

 -partite, glandular within. Corolla sub-carnpanulate, throat broad naked, lobes 

 obliquely obovate or obcuneate, wrinkled, overlapping to the left. Stamens at 

 the base of the corolla, filaments short ; anthers sagittate, acute or apiculate, 

 conniving over and adhering to the stigma, cells spurred at the base. Disc of 

 5 connate scales. Carpels 2, distinct, longer than the disc, many-ovuled ; style 

 short, top obconoid, stigma conoid. Follicles long, slender, distantly torulose. 



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