25 i S. Knrz — Oontr Ihutions towards a [No. 2, 



Hab. Very frequently planted in Burmese villages. — Fl. March, 

 April. 



Alstonia, R. Br. 

 Conspectus of Species. 



Inflorescence densely pubescent, A. scholaris. 



Peduncles glabrous, the calyx and pedicels minutely puberulous, A. speetabilis. 



1. A. scHOLAEis, R. Br. in Mem. Wern. Soc. I. 76 ; DC. Prod. 

 VIII. 409 ; V^ight Icon. t. 422 (mala) ; Bedd. Sylv. Madr. t. 242. 



Hab. Not unfrequent in the leaf-shedding, especially the open and 

 dry, forests, from Prome and Martaban down to Tenasserim ; also Chit- 

 tagong. — Fl. Oct. — Sept. 



2. A. sPECTABiLis, R. Br. in Mem. Wern. Soc. I. 76 ; DC. Prod. 

 VIII. 409. 



Hab. Coast-forests of the Andamans. 



Hardly specifically different from the preceding species. 



Beaumontia, Wall. 



1. B. GEANDIFLORA, Wall. Tent. Fl. Napal. 15. t. 7 ; Bot. Reg. t. 

 911 ; Bot. Mag. t. 3213 ; DC. Prod. VIII. 403.— (^c/uVes grandijiora, 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 14, non Roth). 



Hab. Chittagong hills.— Fl. DS. 



Vallaris, Burm. 



1. V Hetnei, Spreng. Syst. veg. I. 635 ; Dalz. and Gibson Bomb. 

 For. 144 (V dicliotoma, Wall. Cat. 1621 ; Wight Icon. t. 438 ; DC. Prod. 

 VIII. 400 ; Echites dicliotoma, Roxb. Fl. Ind. II, 19 ; Feltandra solana- 

 cea, Roth. nov. sp. 132). 



Var. a. aLABEA, all parts glabrous. 



Var. /8. PUBESCENS, all the softer parts puberulous, the leaves (adult) 

 minutely rough -puberulous beneath. 



Hab. Frequent in the dry, especially the mixed dry, forests of the 

 Prome District. — Fl. Fr. March. 



Douhtful Species. 

 1. F. ? anceps, Wall. Cat. 1622 ; DC. Prod. VIII. 400 (nomen nu- 

 dum). 



Hab. Tenasserim, Tavoy (Wall.). 



I have only seen leaves, which seem hardly referable to Apocynacece. 



Parsonsia, R. Br. 

 1. P. SPIRALIS, R. Br. in Wall. Cat. 1631 ; DC. Prod. VIII. 402. 

 {Heligme Javanica, Bl. Bydr. 1043 ; DC. Prod. VIII. 425 ; P. ohlonga, 



