APOCYNEJs. XLIX. MELODISTS. L. CARPODINUS. LI. CHILOCARPUS. LII. WILLUGHBEIA. 



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lycine segments small, connivent, ex Blume. Cymes on long 

 peduncles, dichotomous, many-flowered. 



Lanark's Calpicarpum. Shrub or tree. 



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



Tribe VIII. 



MELODINIE V .. Fruit baccate, 2-celled, solitary. Seeds 

 naked, flattened, imbedded in pulp. Ovula attached to two ele- 

 vated receptacles, which rise from the middle of the partition. 



XLIX. MELODIOUS (so named by Foster, from /iijXov, 

 melon, an apple; and tiviw, dineo, to turn round; in reference 

 to the fruit being like an apple, and the stems twining.) Forst. 

 gen. 23. Juss. gen. 148. Schreb. gen. no. 425. suppl. 23. 

 Labill. sert. caled. p. 29. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted, im- 

 bricate. Corolla salver-shaped ; segments of the limb oblique, 

 twisted to the right : corona in the throat of 5 bifid or quadrifid 

 segments, alternating with the segments of the corolla. Stamens 

 5. inserted in the tube, inclosed, with very short filaments, and 

 ovate anthers. Ovarium ovate ; placentas 2, fixed to the dis- 

 sepiment. Style simple ; stigma dilated, conical, with a bifid 

 apex. Berry globose, 2-celled, pulpy inside. Seeds many, 

 flattened a little, wrinkled, nestling in the pulp, albuminous. 

 Lactescent, erect, or climbing shrubs; with opposite leaves, and 

 opposite axillary cymes of flowers. 



1. Segments of corona bijid or quadrifid. 



1 M. PHYLLIR.EOIDES (Labill. sert. cal. p. 29. t. 33.) stem 

 erect, cymes opposite, axillary ; leaves rhomboid, coriaceous ; 

 corona of 5 quadrifid segments, fj . G. Native of New Caledonia. 

 Leaves rhomboid, or elliptic-oblong, obtuse, 1-| to 2 inches long. 



Phyllirca-like Melodinus. Shrub 6 feet. 



2 M. BAUE'RI (Endlicher, prod. fl. ins. norf. p. 57.) leaves 

 elliptic-oblong, acute, ribbed, shining ; corymbs axillary, oppo- 

 site, shorter than the leaves ; corona of 5 bifid segments, f; . 

 w . G. Native of Norfolk Island. Bauer, ill. pi. ins. norf. t. 

 140. and t. 164. Leaves 4 inches long. Berry globose, yellow, 

 warted, about the size of an orange. 



Bauer's Melodinus. Shrub climbing. 



3 M. SCA'NDENS (Forst. fl. austr. no. 125. Lin. syst. 256.) 

 glabrous; stem climbing ; leaves oblong-ovate ; cymes opposite, 

 axillary ; corona of the corolla of 5 cloven, lacerated segments, 

 ij . w . S. Native of New Caledonia. Lam. ill. t. 179. 



Climbing Melodinus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1775. Shrub cl. 



| 2. Segments of corona entire. 



4 M. MONOGYNUS (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 56. Ker. bot. reg. 

 834.) glabrous; climbing; leaves lanceolate, shining, acumi- 

 nated ; panicles axillary and terminal, sub-globular, brachiate, 

 crowded; corolla 5-parted ; segments sub -falcate ; scales in the 

 mouth of the tube, entire, ensiform ; style short ; stigma ovate, 

 emarginate at top. Ij . S. Native of Silhet, where it is called 

 Sadul. Corolla white, fragrant. Extreme divisions of panicles 

 3-flowered. Berry 4 cornered, yellow, size of an orange, con- 

 taining edible pulp. 



Monogynous Melodinus. Fl. July. Clt. 1820. Shrub cl. 



5 M. EL-GENI.EFOLIA (Wall. cat. no. 1616.) petioles, branch- 

 lets, peduncles, and calyxes, clothed with rusty down ; leaves 

 elliptic, acuminated, with parallel, alternate veins, running into 

 an almost marginal nerve ; peduncles panicled, axillary ; brae- 

 teas foliaceous. t; . S. Native of Penang. Fruit s'ize of a 

 middling gooseberry. Scales in the throat of the corolla undi- 

 vided. Perhaps a distinct genus. 



Eugenia- (tared Melodinus. Shrub. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Echites, p. 76. 



L. CARPODTNUS (from caps-of, karpos, a fruit; and 

 ci-tu, dineo, to turn round ; a name given to separate it from 

 Melodinus.) R. Br. mss. 



Lix. SYST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-toothed. Co- 

 rolla funnel-shaped, hairy, 5-cleft ; segments lanceolate, oblique, 

 reflexed ; anthers 5, sagittate, conniving. Style 1 ; stigma round. 

 Fruit orange-formed, 2-celled ? many-seeded. Seeds flattened, 

 nestling in pulp. Climbing, cirrhiferous shrubs ; with opposite 

 leaves : and twin, axillary, 1 -flowered peduncles. 



1 C. DC'LCIS ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, glabrous ; tendrils 

 axillary ; flowers almost sessile, twin, axillary. Jj . w . S. Na- 

 tive of Sierra Leone, in the neighbourhood of Freetown, where it 

 is called Sweet Pishamin. a name introduced tji 'he Nova Scotia 

 settlers. 



Street-fruited Carpodin-is. Fl. June. July. Clt. J 822. Sh. cl. 



"--^ . r S. 



2 C. A'CIDA ; fruit roundev, and 

 Native of Sierra Leone. ' ..... 

 Acid-fruited Carpodinus. Shrub cl. 

 Cult. For culture and propagation see Ech'ites, p. 76. 



LI. CHILOCA'RPUS (from \ti\os, cheilos, a lip ; and 

 copx-oc, karpos, a fruit ; in reference to the fruit opening at one 

 side.) Blum, bijdr. p. 1025. 



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

 Corolla salver-shaped ; tube thickened in the middle ; segments 

 of the limb 5, oblique. Anthers sagittate, almost sessile, in- 

 serted in die middle of the tube, inclosed. Stigma capitate, 

 inclosed among the anthers. Capsule large, corticate, 1 -celled, 

 filled with granular pulp inside, dehiscing at the side when ripe. 

 Seeds numerous, compressed, convolutely furrowed on one 

 side, wrapped in membranes which rise from the parietes of the 

 capsule. Albumen horny. Cotyledons foliaceous. Climbing 

 shrubs, with opposite, simple leaves, and axillary cymes of 

 flowers. This genus is nearly allied to Wlllughbeia, but is 

 easily distinguished from that genus, in the fruit being capsular, 

 and in the seeds being albuminous. 



1 C. SCAVE'OLENS (Blum, bijdr. p. 1025.) leaves oblong, 

 glabrous, with five parallel veins ; flowers sub-cymose, axillary : 

 pedicels covered with imbricating bracteas. Ij . w . S. Native 

 of Java, on the mountains, where it is called Aroy (Jambier ; and 

 Tjunkankan-lalan. 



Sieeet- scented Chilocarpus. Shrub cl. 



2 C. DESCDA'TCS (Blum. 1. c.) leaves lanceolate-oblong, pa- 

 rallelly veined, glabrous ; cymes axillary, few-flowered ; pedicels 

 bractless. >j . ^,. S. Native of Java, in woods, on the Salak 

 mountains. 



NaJced-ped\ce\\ed Chilocarpus. Fl. Aug. Shrub cl. 

 Cult. For culture and propagation see Echites, p. 76. 



LII. WILLUGHBE'IA (named after Francis Willughby, 

 F.R.S., a friend and pupil of Ray ; author of Ornithologia, 

 1676 ; and Historia Piscium, 1678 ; published by Ray, after 

 his death, which happened in 1672, at the age of 37 years.) 

 Scop. Schreb. gen. no. 417. Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 57. Blum. 

 bijdr. p. 1023. 



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

 Corolla salver-shaped ; tube thickened in the middle : limb of 5 

 oblique segments. Stamens inclosed ; anthers ovate, free. 

 Ovarium 2-celled. Style didymous ; stigma conical. Ovula 

 attached to 2 opposite, parietal placentas. Berry large, corticate, 

 half 2-celled, many-seeded. Seeds in rows, exalbuminous, ni- 

 dulent. Cotyledons plano-convex. Climbing, usually cirrhi- 

 ferous shrubs ; with opposite, glabrous leaves ; and axillary, 

 pedunculate cymes of flowers. 



1 W. EDC'LIS (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 57. Blum, bijdr. p. 1024.) 

 climbing, cirrhiferous ; leaves elliptic-oblong, obtuse, acumi- 

 nated, with parallel veins ; peduncles cymose, axillary, shorter 

 than the petioles, f^ . w . S. Native of the Mauritius, Chitta- 

 gong, and Silhet. Flowers pale pink. Berry very large, 

 globular, 1 -celled. The milky, viscid juice, which flows from 



