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APOCYNE^E. XLV. OPHIOXYLON. XL VI. VALLESIA. XLVII. KOPSIA. XLVIII. CAT.PICARPUM. 



or climbing shrub, with verticillate leaves ; and axillary, pedun- 

 cled fascicles of flowers. 



1 O. SERPENTINUM (Lin. fl. zeyl. p. 398.) I? . w . S. Native 

 of the East Indies, in many places ; in rich soil it becomes a 

 climber or twiner ; but in poor soil it is a small, erect shrub. 

 Wendt, in Roem. arch. 1. p. 53. t. 7. f. 2. Jacq. hort. 

 schoenbr. 3. t. 389. Sims. bot. mag. 784. O. trifoliatum, 

 Gsertn. fruct. 2. t. 129.? Burm. zeyl. 141. t. 64. Rlieed. 

 mal. 6. p. 81. t. 47. Rumph. amb. 7. p. 29. t. 16. Leaves 

 3-4-5 in a whorl, cuneate-oblong, acute, waved, 4-5 inches long. 

 Cymes axillary, on long peduncles, erect, and sometimes droop- 

 ing ; pedicels and calyxes red, which, with the white corollas, 

 gives the cymes a pretty appearance. Dr. Wallich seems to 

 think the 0. trifoliatum, Gaertn. to be a distinct species, although 

 he knows nothing to be compared to it. In India the root of 

 O. serpentmum is employed for the cure of various disorders, by 

 the Telinga physicians. First, in substance, inwardly, as a 

 febrifuge. Secondly, in the same manner, after the bite of 

 poisonous animals. The juice is also expressed, and dropped 

 into the eye, for the same purpose. And, thirdly, it is adminis- 

 tered, in substance, to promote delivery in tedious cases. 



Serpentine Snake- Wood. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1690. Shrub. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Strophdnthus, p. 85. 



XLVI. VALLE'SIA (named by the authors of the Flora 

 Peruviana, after T. Vallesio, physician to Philip II. of Spain.) 

 Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 26. t. 151. f. B. H. B. et Kunth, 

 nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 233. t. 241. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx small, 5 -parted, 

 permanent. Corolla salver-shaped : with a slender, elongated 

 tube, and a widened hairy throat ; segments oblique. Sta- 

 ihens inclosed ; anthers ovate-sagittate, free. Ovaria two. 

 Style didymous ; stigma sub-clavate. Drupes 2, distinct, sub- 

 clavate, containing each a 1 -celled, 1 -seeded, fibry, striated 

 nut. Embryo straight, central : with oblong, obtuse, plano- 

 convex, fleshy cotyledons : and an inferior, thick, terete, acutish 

 radicle. Albumen thin, fleshy, white. Small glabrous trees or 

 shrubs. Leaves alternate, without glands. Peduncles opposite 

 the leaves, dichotomous, many-flowered. Flowers small, white. 



1 V. CHIOCOCCOIDES (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 233.) leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, somewhat conduplicate ; 

 peduncles opposite the leaves, dichotomous. Pj . S. Native of 

 South America, in the province of Jaen de Bracamoros, on the 

 banks of the river Amazon, near Tomependa, where it is called 

 Chuviringana. Segments of corolla obliquely ovate, obtuse. 

 Corollas white. 



Chiococca-like Vallesia. Fl. May. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



2 V. DICHOTOMA (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 26. t. 151. f. 6.) 

 leaves ovate, acute, undulated, shining ; peduncles corymbose, 

 dichotomous, opposite the leaves. ^ . S. Native of Peru. 

 Leaves 2-5 inches long. Corolla white, with a greenish tube. 

 Nut oval-oblong. 



Dichotomous Vallesia. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1822. Shrub 

 8 to 10 feet. 



3 V. CYMBIFOLIA (Ort. dec. p. 58.) leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 boat-shaped, incurved at top ; peduncles opposite the leaves, 

 dichotomous, corymbose, few-flowered. Jj . S. Native of New 

 Spain. Rauwolfia glabra, Cav. icon. 3. p. 50. t. 297. Vallesia 

 dichotoma, Poir. suppl. 4. p. 656. Calycine teeth small. Co- 

 rolla white ; segments obliquely-ovate, acute. 



Boat-leaved Vallesia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1821. Shrub 3 

 to 6 feet. 



4 V. PUNCTA'TA (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 642.) leaves alternate, 

 petiolate, oblong-attenuated at both ends, full of pellucid dots ; 

 branches and petioles granular ; fascicles of flowers pedunculate ; 

 corolla granular outside. fj . S. Native of Brazil. 



Dotted Vallesia. Shrub. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Taberncemontana, p. 92. 



Tribe VII. 



KOPSIE'Ji. Ovarium double. Fruit drupaceous. Albu- 

 men wanting. 



XLVII. KO'PSIA (meaning not explained by the author.) 

 Blum, bijdr. p. 1030. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx small, 5-toothed, 

 permanent. Corolla salver-shaped ; tube ventricose at apex ; 

 throat coarctate, villous ; segments of the limb spreading or 

 reflexed. Stamens 5, inclosed, free. Style filiform, not ex- 

 serted; stigma oblong, undivided, downy at top. Drupes two, 

 or solitary by abortion, coriaceous, divided by an incomplete 

 dissepiment inside, 1 -seeded. Embryo inverted. Albumen 

 none. Lactescent trees or shrubs, with opposite leaves ; and 

 lateral and terminal pedunculate, bracteate cymes of flowers. 



1 K. ARBOREA (Blum, bijdr. p. 1030.) arboreous ; leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate ; segments of corolla broad-lanceolate. tj . 

 S. Native of Java, in woods, on the mountains, where it is 

 called Kilutung. Flowers white. 



Tree Kopsia. Fl. year. Tree. 



2 K. VINC^EFLORA (Blum, bijdr. p. 1030.) shrubby; leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate; segments of corolla oval. Tj.S. Native of 

 Java, on the Salak mountains. Throat of corolla red. 



Vinca-flowered Kopsia. Fl. year. Shrub. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Taberncemontana, p. 92. 



XLVIII. CALPICA'RPUM (from iX, calpis, an urn ; 

 and Kupxoc, karpos, a fruit ; in reference to the shape of the 

 fruit.) Cerbera species, Roxb. and Lam. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-cleft ; seg- 

 ments lanceolate, permanent, each ending in a gland. Corolla 

 funnel-shaped, with a slender tube, swelling at the throat; throat 

 highly coloured and hairy, but neither furnished with teeth 

 nor scales. Segments of limb obovate, oblong, equal-sided. 

 Stamens .5, inserted round the bottom of the swelled part of the 

 tube ; anthers sagittate, inclosed. Ovaria twin, 2-celled ; on 

 the sides where they meet, there is a small subulate scale cover- 

 ing the fissure: cells 1-ovulate. Ovula attached to the middle 

 of the partition. Stigma large, with a 2-lobed apex, hid by the 

 converging anthers. Drupe, or rather capsule, usually solitary, 

 oblique, urn-shaped, villous, with a slit down the middle, semi- 

 bivalved, 1 -celled, opening up the inside, and along the apex ; 

 pulp hardly any, the whole substance being thin, and rather 

 fibrous. Seeds solitary, ovate-oblong ; integument simple, 

 white, pretty thick and soft. Albumen none. Embryo erect, 

 with pale yellow cotyledons, conforming to the seed ; and an 

 ovate, superior radicle. Glabrous shrubs, with dichotomous 

 branches ; broad, opposite, lanceolate leaves ; and terminal co- 

 rymbs of red flowers. 



1 C. ROXBU'RGHII ; leaves opposite, remote, oblong to lan- 

 ceolate, glabrous, acuminated ; corymbs at first terminal, but 

 afterwards in the forks, with sub-trichotomous, short divisions. 



\j . S. Native of Pegu. Cerbera fruticosa, Roxb. fl. ind. 2. 

 p. 526. Ker. bot. reg. 391. Flowers size of those of Vinca 

 rbsea, the mouth of a lively red, the rest of a bright pink, rather 

 fragrant, and extremely ornamental. 



Roxburgh's Calpicarpum. Fl.year. Clt. 1819. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



2 C. ? LAMA'RKII ; leaves opposite, ovate-oblong, rounded or 

 blunt at the apex ; 'panicles corymbose, short, in the forks of the 

 branches ; flowers small. \j . S. Native of the East Indies ; and 

 the Moluccas, if Cerbera salutaris, Lour, be the same. Lac- 

 taria salubris, Rumph. amb. 2. p. 255. t. 84. Cerbera oppo- 

 sitifblia, Lam. diet. 1. p. 62. suppl. 1. p. 262. Cerbera salu- 

 taris, Lour. coch. Blum, bijdr. 1033. Flowers red? Ca- 



