322 LIV. APOCYNEiE. [Cerbera. 



abortion of one carpel) a single drupe, flattened on one side, with a woody 

 or fibrous endocarp, usually 1 -seeded. Seeds without hairs. 



1. C. Odollam, GsBrtn. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 692 ; Wight Ic. t. 441. 



A large tree or a shrub, wholly glabrous, with thick branches. Leaves 

 6-12 in. long, shining, oblong lanceolate or oblanceolate, acuminate, nar- 

 rowed into petiole 1 - 1^ in. long ; main lateral nerves numerous, par- 

 allel, at right angles to midrib, joined by indistinct intramarginai veins. 

 Flowers white, sweet-scented, in a corymbose pedunculate cyme. Calyx- 

 segments linear, reflexed, deciduous. Bracts coloured, J-l in. long, cadu- 

 cous. Drupe ovoid, 2-4 in. long, endocarp thick, fibrous. 



Common in salt swamps on the coast of Bengal, the peninsula and probably 

 of Sindh. A widely spread tree, on the coasts of China, the Indian Archipelago, 

 Queensland, and the Pacific islands. In flower and fruit throughout the year. 

 Wood white, soft, and spongy. 



3. TABERN^MONTANA, Plum. 



1. T. coronaria, Willd. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 23; Wight Ic. t. 477; 

 Bot. Reg. t. 1064. Vern. Chandui, taggai, taggar. 



A shrub, 6-8 ft., glabrous, branches dichotomous. Leaves opposite, ellip- 

 tic-oblong, acuminate. Flowers white ; calyx glahdulose inside ; corolla- 

 tube cylindrical, slender ; ovaries 2 with many ovules, style 1. Fruit of 2 

 distinct recurved cylindrical follicles, 1-3 in. long. Seeds 3-6, embedded 

 in red fleshy pulp ; embryo in a fleshy albumen. 



Cultivated in gardens throughout India, with single and double flowers ; ex- 

 ceedingly fragrant at night. Wild in Eastern Bengal, Nepal, Kamaon, and in 

 the Konkan. Fl. in the hot and rainy season. 



T. utilis, Arnott in Edinb. New Phil. Journ. 1830, i. 318, is a tree in British 

 Guiana, which yields a thick sweet nutritious milk, called Hya-hya by the 

 Indians. 



4. RHAZYA, Decaisne. 



1. R. stricta, Decaisne in Jacquem. Voy. Bot. t. 111. Yern. Vena, 

 Salt range ; Gandera, Trans-Indus ; Seivar, sihar, ishwarg. Sindh. 



A small glabrous shrub. Leaves alternate, linear - oblanceolate, mu- 

 cronate, sessile. Flowers white, odorous, corolla -tube cylindrical, much 

 longer than lobes ; ovary 2-celled, with numerous ovules. Fruit of 2 

 distinct erect cylindrical follicles. Seeds numerous, flat, with membranous 

 wings at the two extremities ; embryo straight, in a fleshy albumen. 



Abundant in the trans- Indus territory, between Indus and Jhelam, and in 

 Sindh. Afghanistan, Beluchistan, and Arabia. Fl. April. Used as fuel. The 

 leaves, after steeping for some days, are fodder for goats. The fruit (Sanwar) 

 and the leaves are used in native medicine. 





