Beaumontta.] xcnr. APOCYNACEJJ;. (J. D. Hooker.) 661 



EASTERN HIMALAYA ; from Nipal (WallicK) to Sikkim, ascending to 4000 ft. 

 SILHET and CHITTAQONO. 



Stem, woody, very stout and climbing high. Shoots rusty-pubescent. Leaves 7-12 

 by 3-7 in., glabrous above, rarely tomentose beneath; obovate-oblong, abruptly 

 acuminate; nerves 7-16 pairs, arching; petiole -1 in. Cymes few- or many-fld., 

 pedicels and calyx tomentose. Calyx-lobes very variable, from oblong-lanceolate to 

 obovate or oblanceolate, acuminate. Corolla 3-5 in. long, glabrous or pubescent ; 

 lobes 1 in. rounded, except the tip. Anthers f in. long. Ripe carpels very variable 

 in length and breadth, turgid, densely fleshy, green, with a thick hard spongy 

 yellowish polished endocarp. Seeds J in. long, coma twice as Jong. 



2. B. Jerdoniana, Wight Ic. t. 1314, 6 ; leaves nearly glabrous beneath t 

 calyx-lobes f-1 in. long, corolla between broadly cainpanulate and funnel- 

 shaped, lobes acuminate, follicles 10 by 1^ in. cylindric. 



DECCAN PBXINSULA ; on the Western Ghats from the Concan southwards, Wight, &c. 



This so closely resembles B. grandiflora in all respects but the corolla, the rather 

 smaller size of all its parts, and the form of the follicles, that I suspect it will 

 have to be ranked as a variety. 



3. B. khasiana, Hook.f. ; leaves obovate or elliptic acuminate tomen- 

 tose beneath, calyx-lobes in., corolla broadly canapanulate, lobes equalling the 

 tube and throat rounded not acuminate. 



KHASIA MTS. ; Nungklow, Lobb. 



The general habit of this is that of B. grandiflora, but the old leaves are broader, 

 8-10 by 4-4 in., more elliptic, the peduncle and pedicels are much longer, and the 

 flowers very short ; the corolla -tube and throat are together not 2 in. long, whilst the 

 limb is 4 in. in diameter, with quite rounded lobes. It is very near the Javanese B. 

 mult iflora, Teijsm & Binn., which is intermediate between this and B. Jerdoniana ; 

 all may be varieties of one, but without the fruit this cannot be determined. 



30. CHONEIKOXIPHA, G. Don. 



Climbing stout shrubs. Leaves opposite, broad ; nerves distant, arching. 

 Flowers large, white, in lax terminal and pseudo-axillary cymes. Calyx 5-cleft 

 or -partite, with a ring of glands within. Corolla salver-shaped, tube very 

 short ; throat long, tubular, naked ; lobes broad, obliquely obcuneate, overlapping 

 to the right, twisted sharply to the left. Stamens at the top of the tube, fila- 

 ments short, broad, villous ; anthers sagittate, elongate, pungent, conniving over 

 and adhering to the stigma, cells shortly spurred below. Disc thick, annular or 

 cupular. Carpels 2, distinct, many-ovuled ; style filiform, base cleft, top globose 

 or hemispheric, stigma conoid or subclavate. Follicles long, straight, hard, 

 parallel, 3-gonous. Seeds ovoid or oblong, flat, shortly beaked, coma long, 

 albumen thin ; cotyledons oblong flat, radicle short. DISTRIB. Species 2, 

 Indian and Malayan. 



1. C. macrophylla, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 76; calyx 5-lobed. A. DC. 

 Prodr. viii. 430. Wight Ic. t. 432 ; Brandis For. Fl. 328 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 187. 

 ? C. grandiflora, G. Don I c. 0. mollis, Miquel Fl. 2nd. Bat. ii. 444, ex Kurz in 

 Journ. As. Soc. 1877, ii. 257. Echites macrophylla, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 13; 

 Wall. Cat. 1657. E. grandis, Wall. Cat. 1658; Grah. Cat. Bomb. PI. 113; 

 Dalz. 8f Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 147. P E. macrantha, Spreng. Syst. i. 632 ; A. DC. I. c. 

 477. Epichysianthus macrophyllus, Voigt Hort. Suburb. Calc. 523. Rheede 

 Hort. Mai. ix. t. 5, 6. 



Moist forests throughout INDIA ; from Kumaon in the HIMAUITA, ascending to 

 4500 ft., to Travancore, Ceylon, Malacca and the Andaman Islds. DISTRIB. Java, 

 Sumatra. 



