*i636 xciv. APOCTNACE^. (J. D. Hooker.) \_Alyxia. 



6. A. odorata, Wall. Cat. 1606; bark red, leaves oppofflte and 3 in a 

 ■whorl, elliptic or obovate obtuse or obtusely acuminate shining above with 

 numerous raised nearly horizontal nerves, ripe cai-pels fleshy. A. DC. Prodr. 

 Tiii. 347 ; Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 408. 



Tenabserim; between Chappedong and Amherst, Wallich. 



Leaves 3-6 by 1^-2 in., narrowed into the very short petiole, yellow when dry ; 

 nerves almost imperceptible beneath. Flowers not seen. Bipe carpeh § in. long, 

 «tipitate, ellipsoid. — This differs from A. stellata in the coriaceous foliage and larger 

 ' carpels. A piece of the old wood in Wallich's Herbarium is covered with smooth scaling 

 very dark-brown bark. Kiirz (in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, ii. 251) refers this to A. 

 -stellata, but the fruit is very much larger than that of his own description of the 

 datter species. 



7. A . stellata, JRoem. ^ Sch. Syst. iv. 439 ; quite glabrous, bark very white 

 :quite glabrous, leaves 3-4 in a whorl elliptic-lanceolate or oblong or obovate 

 obtuse or obtusely acuminate shining above, nerves numerous very slender 

 nearly horizontal, cymes shortly peduncled nodding panicled, coroUa-tube ^ in. 

 long. Bx>xh. Fl. Ind. i. 699, and ed. Wall. ^ Carey, ii. 539. A. DC. Prodr. 

 viii. 346; Wall. Cat. 1604. Gynopogon steHlatum, licMl. Sert. Austr.-Caled. 

 -30, t. 34 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 176. 



Ten AssEKiM and the Andaman Islds. ; Kttrs. Penang ; WaUich. — ^Distrib. Malay 

 Archipelago, Pacific Islds. 



A shrub ; branches slender, smooth. Leaves 2-5 by I-I5 in., thinly coriaceous, 

 -green when dry, pale beneath, narrowed into a petiole ^ in. long. Cymes short but 

 ■effnse ; bracts short, ovate ; flowers very shortly pediceUed, pure white. Calyx deeply 

 •6-lobed, lobes acute. Corolla-tube cylindric, slender, lobes short, rounded. Bipe 

 carpels ellipsoid, stipitate, "size of a cherry," Boxb., or "of a small pea," Karz, 

 yellowish, sometimes with a second superposed. — I am not convinced of the identity 

 ■«f this with the original species of New Caledonia, which has more obovate leaves. 



8. A . fascicularis, Benth. in Gen. PI. ii. 698 (under Hunteiw) ; bark 

 jale warted, leaves opposite or 3 in a whorl elliptic-oblong or -lanceolate ob- 

 tusely caudate shining above with numerous parallel very slender raised nerves, 

 «ymes very shortly peduncled decurved dense-fid. glabrous or puberulous, corolla- 

 tube ^ in. long. Hunteria P fascicularis. Wall. Cat. 1612 ; A. DC. P-odr. viii. 

 S50. 



Khasia Mts. ; Be Silva ; Ohurra, alt. 4000 ft., H.f. ^ T. 



A woody climber, branches slender or stout. Leaves 3 3iby 1-1 J in., coriaceous, 

 •green or pale brown when dry ; nerves very faint beneath ; petiole distinct, J in. 

 ■Cymes f-1 in. long, dense-fld. ; flowers racemose, very shortly peduncled ; bracts 

 -acute. Calyx-lobes ovate, acute. CoroUa-lobes email, rounded. Fruit not seen. — The 

 short corolla at once distinguishes this from A. stellata. 



9. A. ceylanica, Wight Ic. t. 1293; glabrous, branches slender, leaves 

 ■opposite or 3 in a whorl broadly elliptic obtusely caudate membranous not 

 shining, nerves distant arched, flowers solitary or 2-3-nate long pedicelled, 

 ■carpels often moniliform. Thwaiteg Enum. 191 ; Beddome For. Fl. 168, t. 20, 

 fig. 5. 



Ceylon ; Ambagamowa district, alt. 1-2000 ft., Wali:er, &c. 



Shrubby, erect?; branches diehotomous, 4-angled. Leaves 2-3 by 1-1 J in., 

 ■drying green, base narrowed into a short slender petiole, midrib slender; nerves 

 S-10 pairs, extremely faint and slender. Pedicels ^ in., straight, slender. Calyx- 

 lobes lanceolate, acute, many times shorter than the corolla. Corolla yello'wish, tube 

 ^ in., very slender, funnel-shaped above, glabrous without, villous -within ; lobes 

 ilanceolate, acuminate, half the length of the tube. Carpels fleshy, scarlet, sometimes 

 -^f one dimidiate-oblong compressed pedicelled 1 -seeded segment, ^— f in. long, some- 



