224 



59. apocynace;e. 



\_Rauwolfia, 



of both being exactly similar. The dccurved, short peduncles seem, 

 however, to be a constant character of the form deourva. A largo 

 shrub or small tree. 



, 8. CERBERA, Linn. 



Tree. Leaves nlternate. Flowers large, white or red, in terminal 

 cymes. Calyx 5-partite segments long. Corolla funnel-shaped, 

 tube short, throat ribbed or scaly ; lobes broad. Stamens hiserted at 

 the middle of the tube, included. Ovaries 2, distinct ; style filiform, 

 stigma 2-lobed ; ovules 4^ in each ovary or carpel. Fruit an ellipsoid 

 drupe with a woody, fibrous mesocarp. Seeds broad, compressed, 

 pelt-ately attached to the placenta ; albumen 0. 



C. Odollam, G^^rtn. Fruct. IT. 193. 1. 124 ; Fl. Br. I. 3. 688 ; Brandis 

 For. Fl. 322 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 157 ; Wight Ic. t. 441. Sukanu, M. 



Salt swamps of the sea coasts of India and Ceylon, salt swamps of the 

 South Konkan and North Kanara, planted in hedges near the sea coast 

 at Murdeshwur. Fl. at different times throughout the year. Bark 

 white with much milky juice. Wood grey soft, spongy. Annual rings 

 distinct. Pores small, in short radial lines. Med. rays indistinct. 

 Flowers white, sweet-scented. 



4. RHAZYA, Dene. 



Shrubs. Leaves alternate, thick,, glabrous. Flowers in large 

 terminal or axillary cymes. Calyx short, 5 -divided. Corolla-tube 

 long, throat constrictel, bairy; lobes 5, overlapping to the left. 

 Stamens included. Disk obscure. Carpels distinct ; style fihform, 

 top broad, thickened, stigma sometimes furnished with a reflexed 

 membrane ; ovules many. Follicles 2, erect, slender. Seeds winged 

 at both extremities ; albumen ruminate. 



R. stricta, Decaisue in Ann. Nat. Sc. Ser. 2. IV. 81 ; Fl. Br. I. 3. 



640 ; Brandis For. Fl. 322. Sewar, sihar, ishavjarg, Sind. 



Trans-Indus territory, Salt range and at Peshawar. On the dry plains 

 of Sind and Afghanistan. Fi. April. Wood used for fuel and the dried 

 fruit for coagulating milk in the manufacture of cheese. The fruit and 

 leaves are used in native medicine. 



5. ELLERTONIA, Wight, 



Climbing shrubs. Leaves opnosite or ternately whorled. Flowers 

 in terminal cymes. Calyx 5-fid. Corolla-tube eylindric; lobes 5, 

 overlapping to the left. Stamens with ciliate filaments. Carpels 2, 

 distinct ; ovules many. Follicles 2, linear, spreading. Seeds 2-seriate, 

 winged above and below ; albumen scanty ; cotyledons thin ; radicle 

 superior. 



E. Rheedii, Wgt. Ic. t. 1295 ; Fl. Br. I. 3, 641 ; Rheede Hort. Mai. 

 IX. t. 14. 



