Alyxia.] xciv. apoctnacEjE. (J, D. Hooker.) 637" 



times of 2-4 similar superimposed ones. — Very dissimilar from the other species, it' 

 indeed congeneric. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



Gthopogon BBETiFioBTiM, KuTz FoT. Fl, ii. 177 ; glabrous throughout, scandent^ 

 leaves 2-3 in. opposite or in whorls of 3 oblong lanceolate to lanceolate obtusely^ 

 caudate base acuminate thinly coriaceous, nerves parallel obsolete, petiole 2-3 in^ 

 (? lines), cymes axillary and terminal short sessile, trichotomous, pedicels glabrous 

 very short, flcwers small ; calyx-lobes lanceolate acuminate, corolla-tube J in., lobesi 

 shorter, drupes ellipsoid pointed glabrous, pedicel slender. — Upper Tenasserim and 

 Martaban, in tropical forest, alt. 2000 ft. — The above description is condensed fi;oii> 

 Kurz's. I have seen no specimens. 



9. XUNTERIA, Roxh. 



Glabrous trees. Leaves opposite, coriaceous, shining, nerves very slender.. 

 Flowers small in terminal axillary or subterminal cymes. Calyx small, 5-lobed, 

 eglandular. Corolla salver-shaped, tube oylindric, throat annulate, lobes over- 

 lapping to the left. Stameris above the middle of the tube ; anthers oblong- 

 lanceolate, cells rounded at the base. Disc 0. Carpels 2, distinct ; style fili- 

 form, top thickened, stigma shortly 2-fid ; ovules 2-4 in each carpel. Fruit of 

 2 ovoid or oblong, oblique or recurved fleshy berries, 1-seeded or 2-celled by the- 

 intruded placente, and 2-seeded, not pulpy within. Seeds ovoid or oblong,, 

 albumen fleshy ; cotyledons thin, radicle straight. — Distrib. 3 Indian species. 



K. corymbosa, Eoxh. Fl. Ind. i. 695, and ed. Carey ^ Wall. ii. 53 j. 

 leaves lanceolate or oblong^lanceolate obtuse or obtusely caudatei shining above,, 

 cymes short terminal and axillary. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 350; Wight Ic. t. 428.. 

 H. zeylanica, Gard. Thioaites Enum. 191 ; Bedd. For. FL ii. t. 265. H. ? Ian- 

 ceolata. Wall. Cat. 1611 ; A. DC. I. c. A. Eoxburghiana, Wight Ic. t. 1294 ; 

 Thwaites Enum. 192 ; Bedd. I. o. Anal. Gen. 158. Cameraria zeylanica, Beta: 

 Ohs. iv. 24 ; A. DC. I. c. 389. Gynopogon lanceolatum, Kurz For. Fl. ii. 177.. 

 Tabemsemontana salicifolia. Wall. Cat. 1580. T. parviflora, Hei-h. Heyne. 



Deccan Pekihsvla ; Coromandel coast, Boxbwrgh, &c. ; Tinnerelly Ghats, Bed^ 

 dome ; Courtallum, Seyne, &c. Tavot ; • WalUch, Roxburgh. Penang ; WalUoh^ 

 Phillips. Cetlon; K<mig, &c. 



A tree; branches slender, smooth. Leaves very variable, 4-6 by |-2 in., very" 

 coriaceous, narrowed into the petiole, pale yellow-brown when dry; nerves very- 

 numerous, slender, spreading, with close intermediate reticulations ; tip sometimes. 

 ^ in. long ; petiole :^f in. Cymes shortly peduncled, shortly corymbosely branched ; 

 bracts minute ; flowers pedicelled, white. Calyx-lobes ovate, acute. Corolla-tub^ 

 \ in., limb about ^ in. diam. ; lobes short, obliquely ovate-oblong. Ripe carpels siise 

 of a cherry, globose, pedicelled, pulpy, orange-coloured, 2-seeded.— ^ome Peccan 

 specimens, figured by Wight as H. Eoxburghiana, and which includes Wallich's. 

 Taiemcemontana salicifolia, have very narrow leaves. 



10. CERBZiXtA, Linn. 



Small glabrous trees. Leaves alternate, long, nerves slender hori»ontal and' 

 parallel. Flowers large, white or red, in terminal cymes. Calyx 5-partite,. 

 eglandular, segments long. Corolla funnel-shaped, tube short, throat ribbed or- 

 with pubescent scales ; lobes broad, overlapping to the left. Stamens included ;. 

 anthers lanceolate, apiculate, cells rounded at the base. Disc 0. Cm-pels 2,. 

 distinct ; style filiform, top dilated, stigma 2-lobed ; ovules 4 in each carpel, 

 on the faces of a thick placenta. F-uit of 1 (rarely 2) globose ovoid or- 

 ■ellipsoid 1-2-seeded carpels ; pericarp very thick, fibrous and woody. &f«f& 



