460 LXXIII. APOCYNACB.E [Tabtrmvmo^itana 



I. Ervatamia^ DC. (Stapf in El. Trop. Afr. iv. 12Gj genus). L. clmrtaceoiis 

 or membranous, sec. n. arching. Style filiform wlien the fl. opens. No resinous 

 exudations. 



A. Corolla-lobes overlapping to the left. 

 [({) Calyx-segments ovate. 



I. T. coronaria, Willd. ; Wight Ic. t. 477.~Syn. T. divarlcafa^ BL ; 

 Kurz F. El. ii. 174; Erratamia coronaria^ Stapf in El. Trop. Afr. iv. 127. 

 Vern. Chandnt, Taggar, Hind. ; Zalat^ Burm. 



An evergreen 2;labrous bhrub, dichotomously branched, bark grey, often 

 with copious lenticels. L. membranous, elliptic-oblong, acuminate, blade 4-G, 

 narrowed into petiole l-l in. El. pure white, fragrant at night, often double, 

 corolla-tube i-1 in., follicles ribbed, recurved, red inside, 1-2 in. long, seeds 

 3-6. 



Subhimalayan tract , from the Jumna eastAvards, ascending to 2,000 ft. Upper Burm a . 

 Common in gaidens of India and Burma. El. Maj'-Dec. Grown in gardens through- 

 out the tropics. The specimens from the Peninsula have the anthers in the middle 

 of the corolla-tuhe and a long style, while the subhimalayan specimens have a short 

 style, and the corolla-tube inflated at \ from the base (Stapf, 1, c. 127). 2. T. gracili- 

 flora, Wall. Tenasserim. Peduncles 3-4 in. long, corolla-tube very slender, 1 in., 

 follicles turgid, I in long, l-2-6eeded. 8. T. subcapitata, Wall. Pegu, Tenasserim. 

 Upper Burma [Zulat theln). Peduncles 1-2 in. Corolla-tube Vi i^^^- lc>^g} follicles 

 1-2-seeded. 4. T. crispa, Eoxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 470 {T. alternifoJia^ Eoxb. not L., Kurz 

 E. El. ii. 174) Diamond Island. Andamans, frecxuent on the coast. A large evergreen 

 shrub, cymes many-fid., peduncles 1-4 in. long, se2:>alb almost foliaceous, ovate, }~\ in. 

 long, deciduous. 



(6) Calyx-segments lanceolate. 



5. T. recurva, Koxb. Chittagong, Pegu and Tenasserim. Taw Zalat, Burm. Sepals 

 unequal, oiliolate, follicles bioad, 1 in. long, manv-seeded. 6. T. membranifolia, Kurz. 

 Eorests east of Toungoo. 7. T. calycina, Wall. Tenasserim. Sejaals one-third of the 

 corolla-tube, which is | in. long, and swollen at the toja. 



B. Corolla-lobes overlapping to the right. 



8. T. Heyneana, Wall. Western Grhats in evergreen forests from the Konkan south- 

 "wards. A small glabrous tree, bark grey, rough, with much milky juice. L. elliptic- 

 oblong, actiminatej blade 6-8, pet. J-1 in. long. Cymes manj^-fld., peduncles 1-2 in. 

 Corolla-tube 1 in. long, swollen at the top, limb 1 in across. 9. T. rostrata, Wall. Upper 

 Burma, banks of the Irawadi. Imperfectly known. Eollicles beaked. 



II. Eejouctj Gaudichaud (genus). L. coriaceous, sec. n. prominent, straight, 

 nearly at right angles to midrib. Corolla fleshy, style short. Resinous exuda- 

 tions at the base of 1., in the bifurcations of the cyme and on the fl. buds. 



10, T. diclxotoma, Roxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 433. Common at the foot of the Western 

 Ghats, Bedd. Ceylon, moist low country, common. A small dichotomously branched 

 tree, bark pale grey, smooth, branchlets marked with scars of fallen 1., young parts 

 covered wdth a shining resinous coat. L. elliptic-oblong, blade 4-10, pet. -J-l in. long, 

 sec. n. 20-24 pair. Cymes lax, peduncle stout 2-6 in. long. PL sweet-scented, corolla- 

 tube yellow, |-1 in., lobes white, longer than tube. Follicles orange, 2 in. long, more 

 or less fleshy. Called 2Sve''s Apple or Forhklclen Fruit in Ceylon. 



Parsonsia spiralis, Wall. {Heligme Wieedi% Wight Ic. 1. 1303). Assam. Lower Bengal. 

 Lower Burma. Western Ghats from the Konkan southwards, in evergreen forest. 

 Ceylon, low country, very common. Malay Penins. and Archip. China. A twining 

 shrub, 1. glabrous, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, blade 3-6, pet. ^-1 in., sec. n. 6-8 arching. 

 PL 5-merous, yellow or purplish-green, in axillary pedunculate minutely pu.bescent 

 compound cymes, bracts small ovate. Corolla- tube cylindric, short, barely longer than 

 sepals, lobes valvate, sometimes slightly overlapping to the right. Filaments spirally 

 twisted, longer than anthers, slightly hairy. Ovary glabrous, surrounded by 10 fleshy 

 scales, alternately smaller and more or less adnate to calyx-tube. Pr. cylindrical, 6 in. 

 long, at last septicidally 2-valved. seeds oo, beaked, ^ in. long, on the beak a dense tuft 

 of silky hairs more than twice the length of seed. 



Urceola esculenta, Benth. {Ohavannesia esculentay A. DC. Strettell, Note on 

 Caoutchouc. Rangoon, 1874.) Kyetpaungy Burm. Pegu and Tenasserim. A large 



