N. O. APOCYN AOEJE. 
805 
A tall, nearly glabrous, climbing shrub. Shoots and petioles 
sometimes pubescent; old stems with tubercled bark; branches 
pendulous. Leaves 3-5 by l-l^in., opposite, elliptic-lanceolate, 
obtusely acuminate. Petiole |-|in. Flowers white or pink, 
fragrant. Cymes loosely panicled ; peduncles very slender, 
l-3in., stout, angular, tfichotomously branched. Bracts, minute, 
lanceolate. Pedicels slender. The cymes in upper axils ; long- 
peduncled. Sepals in., the length of- the Corolla-tubes, ovate 
or lanceolate. Corolla salver-shaped, twisted in bud, tube 
slender, with the throat -§-£in. ; 'lobes at the base and mouth 
pubescent, obcuneate, obliquely truncate. Anthers spurred at 
base, included. Disc-glands quadrate. Ovary glabrous, acute. 
Follicles 4-9 by £in., incurved and converging, cylindric, acu- 
minate, narrowed at the base. Pericarp thinly coriaceous, 
smooth, pale. Seeds fin. long, slender, compressed, obtuse at 
both ends, pale smooth, coma as long, white (J. D. Hooker, 
Duthie and Kanjilal). 
Use : — According to Atkinson (Gazetteer of the Himlayan 
Districts, Vol. I, p. 726), it is said to possess properties similar 
to those of Alstouia seholaris, for which it is used as a substitute 
in Kumaon. 
766 . Anodendron 'panievlatum, A. Dc., ij.f.b.i., 
iii. 668. 
Syn. Echites paniculata, Roxb. 247. 
V ern. K&vali (M.). Lamt4ni (Bomb.). 
Habitat From Sylhet to Martaban, Deccan Peninsula ; on 
the Western Ghats, from the Concan southwards. 
A very large, woody climber. Stems reaching 3 or more in. 
in diam., much dichotomously branched. Bark greyish-brown 
young parts glabrous. Leaves opposite, 4-8 by l£-3in., elliptic 
or oblong or oval-oblong, rounded at base, shortly and suddenly 
acuminate, obtuse, glabrous and shining on both sides, thinly 
coriaceous ; lateral veins numerous, 12-15 pairs, prominent 
beneath. Petiole ^in. Flowers very small, pale, dull, orange or 
yellowish white, on slender, glabrous pedicels, numerous. Cymes 
large, lax, trichotomous ; bracts small, ovate, deciduous. Calyx- 
