130 58. APocYNACE^. [Carissif. 



ghats, abundant near the coast on the hills about Karwdr. Fl. Jany., 

 Feb, - Fr. ripe June. 



. C. suavissima, Bedd. MSS. Fl. Br, I. 3. 632, I^Torth Kanara and 

 Koiikan ghats, in evergreen forests, a fine loftj climber. I am of opinion 

 that this species is the same as C mncrophylla, and differs only in the 

 glabrous cymes and climbing habit. Fl. and Fr. at the same times as 

 C. maci oplnjlla, "Wall. 



RAUWOLFIA, Linn. 



Glabrous slirabs. Leaves wliorled, rarely opposite. Calyx 5- 

 divided. Corolla salver-sbaped, tube inflated above the middle, 

 pilose within. Stamens included in the inflated part of tbe corolla- 

 tube. Disc large, cup-shaped or annular. Ovary 2-Cidled, ovules 2, 

 collateral iu each cell. Fruit a didymous drupe, usually l-seeded. 



A small shrub, corolla-tnbe slender R. serpentina. 



Large shrub. Corolla-tube broad, inflated at the top. 



Peduncles erect or spreading in fruit R. densifiora 



R. serpentina, Benth. in Gen. Plant, II, 695; Fl, Br, T. .3. 632; 

 Ophioxylon serj)entin,v.m, Linn. ; Dalz. & Gibs, Bomb, Fl. 143 ; Bedd. 

 Fl. Sylv. 156, Earki, M, Throughout the moist forests of the Konkan 

 and North Kanara. Fl. May. Fr. June. An undershrub, drupes often 

 didymous, endocai-p rugose. 



R. densifiora, Benth. in Gen. PI. TL 697 ; Fl, Br, 1, 3. 633 ; /?. 

 decurva, Hook. f. Fl. Br, L 3- 633 ; Ophioxylon neilgherrense, Dalz, & 

 Gibs, Bomb, Fl. 144 ; 0. densiforum, Bedd. Fl. Sylv, If 6. In the 

 moist forests of the ghats from the Konkan southwards, common in 

 the forests of the Supa subdivision of North Kanara, B. decurva, 

 Hook, f,, is, in my opinion, only a variety of R. densifiora, Benth, 

 Fruiting specimens of both being exactly similar. The decurved, 

 short peduncles seem, however, to be a constant character of the form 

 decurva. 



CERBERA, Linn. 



Tree, Leaves alternate. Flowers large, white or red, in terminal 

 cymes. Calyx 5-partite. Corolla funnel-shaped, tube short, throat 

 ribbed or scaly ; lobes broad. Stamens inserted at the middle of 

 the tube. Ovaries 2, distinct, style filiform, stigma 2-lobed ; 

 ovules 4 in each ovary or carpel. Fruit an ellipsoid drupe with a 

 Woody fi.brous mesocarp, Seeds broad, compressed. 



C. Odollam, Geertn. Fruct. IL 193, t, 124 ; Fl, Br, I, 3, 638 ; Brandis 

 For, Fl. 322; Bedd. Fl, Sylv, 157. Suhanu, M, Salt swamps of the 

 South Konkan and North Kanara. Fl. at different times thr-ougbout the 

 year. 



RHAZYA, Dene, 



Shrubs. Leaves alternate, thick, glabrous. Flowers in large 

 terminal or axillary cymes. Calyx short, 5-divided. Corolla-tube 



