■ioO Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



tlie second uppermost pair of leaves, 2- to 3-chotomous ; peduncles 

 flattened, curved, 1-25 to 1'75 in. long ; secondary peduncles similar 

 but rather shorter ; pedicels slender, about "5 in. long ; bracts and brac- 

 teoles obsolete ; buds clavate, reaching -75 in. long, nearly glabrous, the 

 top globose. Calyx sometimes 7-lobed, cup-shaped, eglandular, hispid 

 without, glabrous within ; tube "15 in. long ; lobes ovate-acute, as long 

 as tube. Corolla-tvhe cylindric, '5 in. long, slightly inflated opposite 

 the stamens near the top, glabrous ; lobes oblong-falcate, crispate on 

 one edge and auricled on that edge near the base, much twisted to the 

 right, "25 in. long (in bud). Anthers lanceolate, with a hooked mucro 

 at tip, "075 to •! in. long, the basal lobes adherent to the connective ; 

 filaments short. Ovary of 2 ovoid glabrous carpels ; style filiform ; 

 stigma clavate, with a slender, usually bifid tip. Follicles ovoid, 

 falcate, recm'ved, obscurely keeled and obtusely beaked, 1 to 1'5 in. 

 long by "5 to '75 in. broad, smooth outside, ventral suture impressed 

 before dehiscence. Seeds many, crescent-shaped, deeply hollowed 

 ventrally, '5 in. long, -25 in. broad and deep ; testa crustaceous, ribbed, 

 and with deep ridges which extend into the albumen ; cotyledons 

 ovate, '05 in. long ; radicle slender, -1 in. long. Tahernamontana hirta, 

 Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 646. 



Malacca : Griffith ; Maingay (K.D.) 1059 ; Derry 77. 



This species comes near to E. corymbosa var. pubescens, but the hirsute in- 

 florescence at once distinguishes it 



3. Ervataml\ coeonael\, Stapf in Dyer Fl. Trop. Afr. iv. 127 (1902). 

 A shrub ; branches many, dichotomous, corky, pale brown. Leaves 

 membranous ; lanceolate or oblanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, long- 

 acuminate at apex, acuminate at base, the pairs often unequal- sized ; 

 deep green on the upper, paler on the lower surface; 3 to 6 in. long, -75 to 

 I'O in. broad ; midrib slender ; main nerves 7 to 9 pairs, distant, curving 

 upwards to and along the margin ; secondary nerves and reticulations 

 indistinct; petiole "3 to •din. long, slender, the base half-stem-clasping; 

 axillary glands present. Cymes few- (2- to 10-) flowered ; peduncles 

 1-5 in. long ; pedicels slender, about -25 in. long ; bracteoles minute, 

 usually 2 to each pedicel, one below the calyx, one lower down ; flowers 

 white, fragrant ; buds clavate. Calyx-tvibe short ; lobes ovate, acute or 

 rounded, ciliate, biglandular within. C'o?'o^/a-tube slender, -7 to '9 in. 

 long, scarcely dilated slightly below the middle opposite the stamens, 

 pubescent within below the stamens ; mouth with flattened glands ; 

 lobes as long as the tube, ovate-oblong, obtuse, one edge slightly crispate. 

 Anthers lanceolate, '05 in. long, minutely hooked at tip ; filaments 

 hairy. Ovary of 2 glabrous carpels ; style short ; stigma cylindric, bifid 



