Holarrhena.] xcrsr. apoctnacej!. (J. D. Hooker.) 645 



439. ?H. villosa, Ait. ex Loud, in Stmd. Nommcl. — SJieede Hort Mai. i. 

 t. 47. 



Tropical Himalaya ; ascending to 3500 ft., from the Chenab westwards, and 

 throughout the drier forests of India to Thavancoee and Malacca. 



A small deciduous tree, bark pale. Leaves 6-12 by IJ-.? in., base obtuse rounded 

 or acute ; uerres 10-14 pairs, strong, arched; petiole 0-J in. Oymes 3-6 in. diam., 

 corymbose, sessile, terminal ; bracts small, ciliate ; pedicels slender. Flowers in- 

 odorous, white, 1-2 in. diam., puberulous. Sepals acuminate. Corolla-tube very 

 slender, j- J in. ; lobes as long, oblong, tip round. Follicles 8-1 6 by ^ in , TPry 

 slender, parallel, terete, coriaceous, obscurely torulose, usually with small long white 

 spots. Seeds ^ in., narrowly linear-oblong, glabrous, coma 2 in., brown. 



2. H. mitis, Br. in Mem. Wern. Soc. i. 62 ; glabrous, leaves lanceolate or 

 linear-lanceolate obtuse. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 413 ; Thwaites Enum. 194 ; 

 Beddome For. FL Anal. Gem,. 161. 



Ceylon ; not uncommon up to 1 500 ft. 



A medium- sized tree (Thwaites). Leaves 3-5 by J-1 in., shining above, paler 

 beneath, nerves about 10 pairs ; petiole \ in. Cymes axillary and terminal, many- 

 fld. CoroUorlobes narrowly linear. Follicles upwards of a foot long. — A specimen of 

 this is in the Wallichian Herbarium without name or number, ticketed as from Herb. 

 Pinlayson ; probably erroneously, as Finlayson collected only in 5iam. 



19. TABZ:S,N'S:niEONTANA, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite. Flowei's white in axillary terminal 

 cymes. Calyx 6-lobed or -partite, glandular within, rarely eglandular. Corolla 

 salver-shaped, tube cylindric, usually slender, inflated in the middle or top ; 

 lobes overlapping to the left. Stamens at or above the middle of the tube, 

 filaments short or 0; anthers sagittate or base obtuse, acuminate. Disc 0. 

 Carpels 2, distinct ; style short or long, top urceolate ovoid or clavS,te, stigma 

 . short or long 2-lobed ; ovules usually many, and oo-seriate in each carpel. 

 F^uit of 2 ovoid or oblong or reniform, smooth or ribbed 1-many-seeded, 

 dry or fleshy foUioles. ' Seeds buried in pulp, ovoid-oblong, subterete or com- 

 pressed, grooved down one face, smooth striate or rugose, albumen fleshy 

 equable or ruminate ; cotyledons ovate, radicle short or long. — Disikib. About 

 110 species in all tropical regions. 



• Calyx 5-lobed to the middle, lobes obtuse, eglandular or with glands on 

 their inner faces at the base. Corolla^lohes globose in bud. 



\ Sranohes stoui ; leaves large coriaceous ; peduncles and pedicels very stout. 

 Calyx large. Corolla-tube cylindric, stout. 



1. T. dlchotoma, JRoxh. Sort. Beng. 20, and Fl. Ind. ii. 21 ; glabrous, 

 leaves coriaceous oblong or obovate- or linear-oblong tip rounded, base acute, 

 nerves horizontal, petiole stout, cymes long-peduncled few-fld. A. DC. Prodr. 

 viii. 866 ; Wight Ic. t. 433 ; Wall. Cat. 1570 ; Thwaites Enum. 192 ; Bot. Reg. 

 1841, t. 53. Cerberea dichotoma, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1516. 0. Manghas, Linn., 

 partly (Thwaites). Tanghinia dichotoma, <?. Don Sort. Brit. ed. 3, 461. — 

 Burm. Thes. Zeyl. t. 70, fig. 1. 



Dbooan Peninsula; common in the Western Ghats, Beddome. Ceylon; very 

 common in the warmer parts of the island (Thwaites). 



A small tree ; branches very stout, woody, cylindric ; buds resinous. Leaves 4-8 

 by 1-2 in., pale yellow-brown when dry, midrib very stout, nerves 16-22 pairs ; 

 petiole i-j in., base semiamplexicaul. Peduncle 2-5 in., bracts 0. Caly.v hemispheric, 

 very thick, lobes semicircular. Flowers scarcely fragrant. Corolla white, tube 

 J-1 in., yellow, cylindric, swollen at the very base, limb white, 2-3 in. diam., mouth 

 contracted ; lobes broadly oblong, falcate, obtuse. Anthers half-way down the tube. 



