Meldtlinua.'] apooynace3). 219 



rollk of the size of M. monogynm, but the lobeS less oMiqufe and less distinctly 

 ioothed on the inner edge, aild the scales of the throat very small and haiiy. 

 The berty, according to Champion, is spindle-shaped or pear-shaped, the size of 

 a large apple. In a specimen of Wright's, if not mismatched, it is globular. 

 Hongkong, Champion, on Victoria Peak, WUford; also Wright. Not known from elsewhere. 



3. ALYXIA, E. Br. 



Calyx without glands. CoroUa-tube cylindrical or slightly contracted at 

 the top ; the limb spreading, the lobes ovate or oblong, without scales at the 

 throat. Anthers enclosed in the tube. Ovary of 3 distinct carpels> united 

 by a single style, with a capitate or oblong stigma. Ovules several in each 

 carpel. IPruit a single-seeded ovoid or oblong drupe or berry, or sometimes 

 consisting of 3 one-seeded joints placed end to end, or rarely 3 from the same 

 flower, as only one of the carpels usually ripens, 



A small genus, chiefly Australian or from the islands of the Pacific, with a very few S. 

 Asiatic species. 



1. A. sinensis^ Champ, in Kew Journ. Bot. iv. 334. A straggling, 

 prostrate, or somewhat climbing glabrous shrub. Leaves opposite or in whorls 

 of three, oval or obovate, obtuse, rarely more than 1 in. long, coriaceous, 

 smooth and shining, with a thick recurved edge, on short petioles. Mowers 

 in small sessile panicles or clusters, either terminal or in the forks of the upper 

 branches. Sepals little more than \ line loiig; Corolla'tube rather more than 

 1 line, cylindrical or slightly contracted at the top ; the lobes small, ovate, 

 spreading. Bemes ovoid, about \ in. long. 



On rocky hills, in raviheS and woods. Very common, GkaMpiah,; not Common, Wilford ; 

 eUbo Wright. Not IflioWn out of the island. 



4. CEBBEBA, Lima. 



Calyx without glands. CoroUa-tube cylindrical. The lobes ovate, spread- 

 ing, without scales at the throat. Antha* Unear-lanceolate, included in the 

 tube. Ovary of 3 distinct carpels, .'united by a single style, with a conical 

 3-lobed stigma. Ovules 3 in each carpel. Fruit a nearly globular drupe, 

 flattettedon one side, with a woody endocarp, usually one-seeded.-^Shrubs or 

 small trees. Leaves alternate, crowded on the young branches. Flowers 

 white, in terminal Cymes or panicles. 



A genus of Very feW species, from the Pacific Islands and tropical Asia. 



1. C. Odollam, Gcertn.; A.BG.Prod.-nii.m^; WigU, let. 441. A 

 glabrous erect Shrub, with thick herbaceous branches. Leaves oblong or lan- 

 cfeolate, a6ttminate, 4 to 6 in. long, narrowed into a rather long petiole ; the 

 lateral veins transverse. Flowers white, sweet-scented, in a dense terminal 

 pedunculate tsfwe,. Sepals oblong or lanceolate, obtuse or acute, about \ in. 

 long. Oorolla-tube 1 in. long ; the lobes about half as long, obovate-oblong. 



On low grounds, chiefly near the sea. Champion, at, Aherdeen and Little Hongkong, 

 Wilford. Widely distributed over the maritime distritts of India, the Archipelago, and the 

 Pacific islands. 



5. VINCA, Linn. 

 Calyx without glands inside, but the sepals sometimes glandulai>ciliate on 

 the edgei CoroUa-tube slender, the lobes ovate or oblong, oblique, spreading, 



