•634 xciv. APOCTNACEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Eauwolfia^ 



3-5 by 1-2 in., very membranous, drying yellowish green, narrowed into an often- 

 slender petiole; nerves 10-12 pairs, very slender. Peduncle 1^2 in., branches few,, 

 slender, short, divEiricate ; bracts minute, subulate ; flowers J in. Calyx-lobes about 

 one-quarter the length of the corolla-tube. Corolla membranous, tube broad, lobes- 

 ^unexpanded) very small. Drwpes connate to the middle. 



7. B. Beddomei, .Hbo^./. ; leaves oblanceolate acuminate, cymes -with 

 very long slender horizontal peduncles, branches few divaricate, flovs^ers racemed^ 

 calyx-lobes triangular-ovate, corolla small, tube slightly swollen at the top, 

 lobes small, drape \ in. gibljously ovate acuminate. Tabernsemontana verticil— 

 lata, Beddome For. Fl. Anal. Oen. xx. fig. 8. 



Thavancoee ; Beddome. 



Branches very slender ; bark ciliate, minutely lenticellate. Leaves 3-6 by 1 J-1^ in.,- 

 very membranous ; nerves 15-20 pairs, very slender, spreading, nearly straight.. 

 Fednncle 3-5 in. ; horizontal or deourved ; branches 1-2 in., divaricate, very slender,- 

 forked, the long arms bearing racemes of flowers J in. long, like those of B. imcrantha, 

 Bnipe solitary, much flattened. — ^Allied to B. micrantha, differing in the leaves witbi 

 more numerous straighter nerves, the very long peduncles and racemose flowers and 

 large drupes. 



DOUBTFtTL SPECIES. 



Ofhioxtion EEiGAUMENSE, Wight Ic. iv. part ii. 2 (under 0. neilgherrense) ~ 

 shrubby, erect, leaves eUiptic-oblong obtuse or acuminate, corymbs long-peduncled 

 compact many-fld., flowers on rather long pedicels, calyx 5-cleft, lobes dilatedi 

 broad imbricating somewhat truncate, coroUa-tube long slender, lobes forming a 

 round capitulum in bud, stamens about the middle of the tube. — Belgaum, Law. I 

 flnd no specimen of this in Wight's Herbarium ; but for the calyx it seems identical 

 with if. serpentina. 



R.mLAPAKiA, Boxb. ; Smith in Bees' Cyclop, xxix. ; A. DC. Prodr. viii. 341 ; leaves 

 3 in a whorl, 3-4 by 1-1 J in. elliptic-lanceolate subacute, nerves very numerous- 

 nearly horizontal, cymes terminal, peduncle curved stout ^ in., pedicels and bracts- 

 downy, calyx-lobes small ovate acute downy, coroDa-tube many times longer than th& 

 calyx swollen at the top glabrous, lobes short rounded. — A Calcutta garden plant, 

 probably the W. Indian if. nitida, L. I have made up the description from Roxburgh's, 

 coloured figure and Smith's description, having no specimen. 



8. AX.YXXA, Br. 



Shrubs. Beaves 3-4-nately whorled, rarely opposite, nerves faint. Flowers- 

 small, in axillary or subterminal cymes. Caly.v short, 6-partite, eglandular 

 within. Corolla salver-shaped, tube cylindric, throat naied ; lobes overlapping- 

 to the left. Stamens at or above the middle of the tube ; anthers lanceolate,, 

 base of cells rounded. Disc 0, or obscure. Carpels of ovary 2, distinct ; style 

 filiform, top oblong, urceolate or capitate, tip pointed or shortly 2-fld ; oviiles- 

 2-6, 2-seriate in each carpel. Fruit of 1-2 drupes or berries, 1-seeded or with 

 2-4 1-seeded joints. Seeds 'ovoid or oblong, grooved or excavated ventrally,. 

 albumen horny, ruminate ; cotyledons thin, radicle superior, — Disteib. Species- 

 al)out 30, tropical Asiatic, Malayan, Australian and Polynesian. 



1. A. gra,cilis, Benth. in Gen. PI. i\. 697; glabrous, twining, leaves opposite- 

 and 3 in a whorl elliptic oblong or lanceolate obtusely caudate, nerves very 

 many faint horizontal, flowers small in long peduneled very slender branched 

 panicles. Hunteria ? gracilis. Wall. Cat. 1613 ; A, DC. Prodr. viii. 350. 



SmxiM Hjmalata ; in the Terai, alt. 1-2000 ft., J. D. H. Khasia Mts., alt. 

 2-4000 ft., De Silva, H.f. # T. 



Branches slender; bark pale, often warted. Leaves 3-6 by 1-1^ in., shining 

 above, green when dry, paler beneath, base acute ; petiole ^-T in. Cymes 2-4 in., 

 branches spreading, very slender; bracts small, ovate, acute. Calyx-lobes ^s ^^•f 



