Willoughheia.] xciy. apocynace^. (J. D. Hooker.) 625 



leaf. Burbidge has made in Borneo excellent diawinga of the whole plant in floorer 

 and fruit. In both Singapore and Borneo it is said to yield the " G-utta Singarip." 



5. VT. g^randlflora, Ih/er in Herb. Kew. ; quite glabrous, leaves elliptic 

 or orbicular tip and base rounded very thickly coriaceous pale, nerves 4-7 pairs 

 very strong arching interspaces with distant reticulations, cymes densely many- 

 fld., corollas-lobes very large oblong much longer than the slender tube. 



Malacca; Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1047). — Distbib. Borneo. 



A very stout climber, with woody tendrils, branches as thick as a goose-qnill. 

 Leaves 3-5 by 3-3J in., very pale yellowish-red and rather shining above when dry, 

 beneath cinnamon coloured and soft to the touch, with midrib and nerves very distinct 

 but not prominent ; petiole stout, |-1 in. Cymes very dense-fld. ; flowers shortly and 

 stoutly pedicelled. Calyx broad, lobes rounded. Corolla nearly 1 in. long before 

 expansion, tube ^ in., very slender, swollen towards the base, lobes J-1 in. long, tip 

 rounded. Anthers lanceolate, base cordate, filaments slender. Ovary minute, broadly 

 conical ; style very short, base conical, top urn-shaped ; stigma slender, as long as 

 the style. 



6. W. tenulflora, Dyer in Herb. Kew,; shoots and cymes pubescent, 

 leaves elliptic-oblong or oblanceolate obtusely acuminate base acute, nerves 20- 

 30 pairs very slender nearly horizontal interspaces nerveless, petiole slender. ' 



Kaxacca; Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1049). 



Branches with black bark. Leaves 3-4 by 1-lJ in., thinly coriaceous, dark brown 

 and hardly shining above when dry, pale brighter brown beneath but without reticu- 

 lations between the nerves, margins flat ; petiole ^-^ in. Cymes numerous, rusty 

 pubemlous, subsessile, dense-flowered ; bracts small, rounded. Calyx-lobes rounded . 

 Corolla-t'ube j in. long, slender, hairy within, globose near the base just above the 

 calyx; lobes narrowly linear-oblong, obtuse. Anthers cordate-lanceolate, filaments 

 short slender. Ovary hemispheric, top almost truncate; style very short, stigma 

 large, elongate conic. Fruit 4 in. long, "pyriform, abounding in caoutchouc; peri- 

 carp thick, leatheryk Seeds many, naked, cotyledons pink fleshy " {Maingay). 



** Mouth of the corolla with tvbercles or scales. (Tendrils not seen.) 



7. IW. oblong'a, Dyer in Herb. Kew. ; branches very stout, leaves elliptic 

 obtuse or suddenly obtusely contracted at the tip opaque above, base acute, 

 nerves 10-15 pairs arched interspaces reticulated, cymes sessile dense-fld., 

 corolla-lobes linear-oblong longer than the rather long tube, berry oblong. 



Maiacca ; Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1089). 



A long flexuose shrub {Maingay). Branches woody, obtusely angled, rough, with 

 close-set small lenticels, bark pale. Leaves 3-6 by 1^3 in., base usually rounded, 

 thickly coriaceous ; when dry dark brown and opaque on both surfaces ; petiole stout, 

 \ in. Cymes very small, sessile, pedicels very short. Calyx-lobes short, oblong, 

 strongly ciliate. Corolla-tube i in., rather slender, infiated in the middle, lobes twice 

 as long, with glands or tubercles at the sinus. Berry many-seeded, pericarp leathery. 

 Seeds 2-seriate, imbedded in firm pulp ; cotyledons large, fleshy {Maingay). — Abounds 

 in tenacious milky juice. 



8. W. flavescens, Dyer in Herb. Kew. ; quite glabrous, leaves elliptic 

 obtusely acuminate base subacute or rounded, nerves numerous nearly horizontal 

 very slender interspaces reticulated, cymes ses.sile many-fld., corolla-tube very 

 short, tubercles at the mouth small lobulate. Ohilocarpus flavescens, Keic 

 Gard. Report, 1880, 47. 



SiNGAPOHE ; in jungles near the Botanic Gardens, H. Mterton. " A large climber ; 

 stem 8 in. diam." {Mwtton). 



Branches stout, smooth, divaricate, somewhat compressed, nodes swollen, bark 

 brown. Leaves 3-4 by 1^2J in., thickly coriewieous, dirty brown and opaque above when 

 dry, brighter and paler yellowish-brown beneath, nerves very distinct though slender ; 

 ° TOl. m. " SB 



