458 LXXIII. APOCYNACE^E [Cerbera 



in. long. PI. large, white, scented, in ample terminal, pedunculate cymes, 

 bracts coloured, i-1 in. long, caducous. Calyx-segments recurved, deciduous, 

 corolla-tube h in., lobes longer than tube, contorted in bud. Ovary of 2 distinct 

 carpels, united by a single style. Pruit (from the abortion of one carpel) a 

 drupe 2-4 in. long, flattened on one side, with a fibrous endocarp, seed usually 

 one, oily, albumen 0. 



Tidal Forests : Western Peninsula, Sundriban, Chittagong, the Andamans and 

 Burma. Fl. throughout the year. — Near the coast in Ceylon, the Malay Archipelago, 

 China, Formosa and New Guinea. 



Thevetia neriifolia, Juss. Tropical America, cultivated in gardens. A large glab- 

 rous poisonous shrub or small tree, 1. alternate, linear, sessile, 4-6 in. long, with a 

 strong mid-rib, fl. yellow, corolla funnel-shaped, 2-3 in. long, fr. obtriangular. 1-1J in- 

 broad, seeds 2-4, cotyledons orbicular, oily, albumen 0. 



Plumeria acutifolia, Poiret (P. acuminata, Eoxb. ; "Wight Ic. t. 471). Vern. Guldchim 

 Hind.; Goalanchi, Ass. ; Khair Cham-pa, Son Champa, Mar. ; Ganagala, Kan. A native 

 of Mexico and Guatemala, cultivated in India from time immemorial. The other species 

 of this lai'ge genus are all indigenous in South America and the West Indies. A small 

 tree, wholly glabrous, with thick branches, full of tenacious white milk. L. alternate, 

 lanceolate or oblanceolate, spirally arranged at the ends of branches, sec. n. numerous, 

 straight, transverse, joined by straight intramarginal veins, blade 6-15, pet. 1-2 in. 

 long. Fl. usually when the tree is leafless, large, fragrant, white with a pale yellow 

 centre, in compound pedunculate cymes. Karely produces seed in India. 



Khazya stricta, Dene. Vern. Gandera, Trans Indus ; Vena, Salt range ; Sewar, 

 Sainwar, Sind. Baluchistan to 4,000 ft., in all dry stony water courses, covers 

 large areas in the Bolan pass. Trans-Indus, Punjab between Indus and Jhelam. 

 Afghanistan. Arabia. A small gregarious glabrous shrub, 1. alternate, lanceolate or 

 oblanceolate, 2-4 in. Fl. in short axillary cymes, bracts subulate, persistent. Corolla 

 white, tube J in. long, lobes short. Ovary of two distinct carpels, ovules numerous, 

 2-seriate in each carpel. Fr. of 2 erect slender follicles, seeds numerous, flat, with 

 short membranous wings at the two ends. Embryo straight, in a fleshy albumen. 



Ochrosia borbonica, Gmel. ; Trimen Handb. Ceylon t. 60 (0. salubris, Blume). Tidal 

 forests of the Andamans. Ceylon. Malay Peninsula and Archip. A small littoral 

 wholly glabrous tree, branchlets stout, marked with large 1. scars, usually in 'whorls. 

 L. whorled or alternate, crowded near the ends of branches, obovate, blade 4-9, tapering 

 into pet. ^-li in. long, sec. n. numerous, nearly at right angles to midrib. Fl. white, 

 small, on the short thick branches of small pedunculate dichotomous panicles, corolla- 

 tube J-| in. long, lobes overla]3ping to the right. Drupes bright yellow, usually in 

 pairs, free or connate at the base, more or less diverging, 2-2J in. long, pericarp thick 

 spongy-fibrous. 



Kopsia fruticosa, A. DC. (Cal picarpium Roxourghii, G. Don ; Wight Ic. t. 431.) Salat, 

 Burm. Pegu, Martaban and Tenasserim. Malay Penins. and Archip. Often planted. 

 A large evergreen shrub, entirely glabrous, 1. chartaceous, glossy, elliptic 3-7 in. long, 

 pet. very short. Fl. large, pink or white, in a dense, bracteate, terminal, sessile or 

 shortly pedunculate corymb. Corolla-tube slender, 1-1^ in. long, throat hairy, lobes 

 overlapping to the right. Ovaries 2, alternating with 2 hypogynous subulate scales. 

 Follicles 1-seeded, coriaceous, usually solitary by abortion, obliquely truncate. Seeds 

 oblong, albumen 0. 



Ellertoma Eheedu, AVight Ic. t. 1295. Western coast and ghats from the Konkan 

 southwards. A glabrous, twining shrub, 1. thinly coriaceous, of a peculiar dark grey 

 colour when dry, opposite or in whorls of 3, elliptic, blade 4-5, pet. slender J in. long. 

 Cymes terminal, fascicled, corolla slender, \ in. long, stamens in the middle of the 

 tube, filaments ciliate, carpels 2 distinct, ovules many, style filiform, ovoid at top, 

 stigma linear, 2-fid. Fr. of 2 linear divaricating follicles, seeds numerous, flat, winged 

 at both ends, with the wings over 1 in. long. 



6. ALSTONIA, K. Brown; PL Brit. Ind. iii. 641. 



Trees, rarely shrubs, 1. mostly whorled, sec. n. numerous, close, nearly at 

 right angles to midrib. Corolla-tube cylindrical, lobes spreading, shorter than 

 tube, overlapping to the left in bud. Stamens included. Ovary of 2 distinct 

 carpels, united by the style, ovules numerous. Pr. of 2 distinct long linear 

 follicles. Seed flat, peltate, a dense fringe of hairs all round on the edge. 

 Cotyledons oblong, flat, in scanty albumen. Species 30, Indo-Malayan region, 

 extending to Australia and Polynesia. 



