460 LXXIII. APOCYNACE^E [Taberncemontana 



I. Ervatamia, DC. (Stapf in Fl. Trop. Afr. iv. 126, genus). L. chartaceous 

 or membranous, sec. n. arching. Style filiform when the fl. opens. No resinous 

 exudations. 



A. Corolla-lobes overlapping to the left. 



(a) Calyx- segments ovate. 



I. T. coronaria, Willd. ; Wight Ic. t. 477.— Syn. T. divaricata, Bl. ; 

 Kurz F. Fl. ii. 174; Ervatamia coronaria, Stapf in Fl. Trop. Afr. iv. 127. 

 Vera. Ghandni, Taggar, Hind. ; Zalat, Burm. 



An evergreen glabrous shrub, dichotomously branched, bark grey, often 

 ■with copious lenticels. L. membranous, elliptic-oblong, acuminate, blade 4-6, 

 narrowed into petiole \-h in. Fl. pure white, fragrant at night, often double, 

 corolla-tube 4-1 in., follicles ribbed, recurved, red inside, 1-2 in. long, seeds 

 3-6. 



Subhiinalayan tract, from the Jumna eastwards, ascending to 2,000 ft. Upper Burma . 

 Common in gardens of India and Burma. Fl. May-Dec. Grown in gardens through- 

 out the tropics. The specimens from the Peninsula have the anthers in the middle 

 of the corolla-tube and a long style, while the subhiinalayan specimens have a short 

 style, and the corolla-tube inflated at J from the base (Stapf, 1. c. 127). 2. T. gracili- 

 flora, Wall. Tenasserim. Peduncles B-A in. long, corolla-tube very slender, 1 in.,' 

 follicles turgid, | in long, 1-2-seeded. 3. T. subcapitata, "Wall. Pegu, Tenasserim. 

 Upper Burma (Zulat thein). Peduncles 1-2 in. Corolla-tube J-J in. long, follicles 

 1-2-seeded. 4. T. crispa, Poxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 470 (T. alternifolia, Poxb. not L., Kurz 

 F. Fl. ii. 174) Diamond Island. Andamans, frequent on the coast. A large evergreen 

 shrub, cymes many-fld., peduncles 1—4 in. long, sepals almost foliaceous, ovate, J— J in. 

 long, deciduous. 



(b) Calyx-segments lanceolate. 



5. T. recurva, Roxb. Chittagong, Pegu and Tenasserim. Taw Zalat, Burm. Sepals 

 unequal, ciliolate, follicles broad, 1 in. long, many-seeded. 6. T. membranifolia, Kurz. 

 Forests east of Toungoo. 7. T. calycina, Wall. Tenasserim. Sepals one-third of the 

 corolla-tube, which is § in. long, and swollen at the top. 



B. Corolla-lobes overlapping to the right. 



8. T. Heyneana, Wall. Western Ghats in evergreen forests from the Konkan south- 

 wards. A small glabrous tree, bark grey, rough, with much milky juice. L. elliptic- 

 oblong, acuminate, blade 6-8, pet. \-\ in. long. Cymes many-fld., peduncles 1-2 in. 

 Corolla-tube 1 in. long, swollen at the top, limb 1 in. across. 9. T. rostrata, Wall. Upper 

 Burma, banks of the Irawadi. Imperfectly known. Follicles beaked. 



II. Rejoua, Gaudichaud (genus). L. coriaceous, sec. n. prominent, straight, 

 nearly at right angles to midrib. Corolla fleshy, style short. Besinous exuda- 

 tions at the base of 1., in the bifurcations of the cyme and on the fl. buds. 



10. T. dichotoma, Poxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 433. Common at the foot of the Western 

 Ghats, Bedd. Ceylon, moist low country, common. A small dichotomously branched 

 tree, bark pale grey, smooth, branch lets marked with scars of fallen 1., young parts 

 covered with a shining resinous coat. L. elliptic-oblong, blade 4-10, pet. i— 1 in. long, 

 sec. n. 20-24 pair. Cymes lax, peduncle stout 2-6 in. long. Fl. sweet-scented, corolla- 

 tube yellow, J-l in., lobes white, longer than tube. Follicles orange, 2 in. long, more 

 or less fleshy. Called Eve's Apple or Forbidden Fruit in Ceylon. 



Parsonsia spiralis, Wall. (Seligme Rheedii, Wight Ic. 1. 1303). Assam. Lower Bengal. 

 Lower Burma. Western Ghats from the Konkan southwards, in evergreen forest. 

 Ceylon, low country, very common. Malaj' Penins. and Archip. China. A twining 

 shrub, 1. glabrous, ovate to ovate-lahiceolate, blade 3-6, pet. l-l in., sec. n. 6-8 arching. 

 Fl. 5-merous, yellow or purplish-green, in axillary pedunculate minutely pubescent 

 compound cymes, bracts small ovate. Corolla-tube cylindric, short, barely longer than 

 sepals, lobes valvate, sometimes slightly overlapping to the right. Filaments spirally 

 twisted, longer than anthers, slightly hairy. Ovary glabrous, surrounded by 10 fleshy 

 scales, alternately smaller and more or less adnate to calyx-tube. Fr. cylindrical, 6 in. 

 long, at last septicidally 2-valved. seeds oo, beaked, i in. long, on the beak a dense tuft 

 of silky hairs more than twice the length of seed. 



Urceola esculenta, Benth. (Chavannesia esculenta, A. DC. Strettell, Note on 

 Caoutchouc. Pangoon, 1874.) Kyetpamig, Burm. Pegu and Tenasserim. A large 



