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* J. Sambac, Ait., (Bot. Mag. t. 1785. J. undulatum, Willd. Nyc- 
tanthes Sambac, Linn,) ; branches pilose, leaves nearly sessile simple 
oblong acute crisped towards the edge, flowers few in crowded corymbs, 
calyx long with 5-9 setaceous teeth, corolla white with 6-9 lanceolate 
lobes nearly as long as the tube. Seychelles on waste lands in 
Praslin, Horne , 334 ! A native of Tropical Asia, now widely spread 
in cultivation. 
Order LXYIII. APOCYNACEiE. 
Flowers regular hermaphrodite, pentamerous. Calyx inferior, cam- 
panulate, usually small. Corolla usually hypocrateriform ; lobes 
oblique, obtuse or acute, twisted in bud. Stamens 5, inserted high up 
in the throat, alternate with tiie petals ; filaments 0 or short ; anthers 
2-celled, dehiscing longitudinally, usually cohering round the stigma. 
Ovary free, composed of two distinct or combined carpels ; ovules 2 or 
more in each cell ; style simple ; stigma capitate or emarginate. Carpels 
becoming more or less distinct in fruit, drupaceous or follicular. Seeds 
mostly albuminous, not comose in any of our genera. — Shrubs, with 
opposite leaves, often milky juice, tbe stipules none or very small, the 
flow r ers mostly corymbose. Distrib. Bound the world in the tropics 
and warmer zones. Species about 900. 
Fruit-carpels drupaceous. 
Calyx large, with foliaceous teeth 1. Cerbera. 
Calyx minute. 
Corolla-lobes acute 2. Carissa. 
Corolla-lobes obtuse ... 3. Ochrosia. 
Fruit carpels follicular. 
Flowers cymose. Carpels oblong, pulpy inside . . 4. Tabernjemontana. 
Flowers 1-3, sessile, axillary. Carpels dry, cylin- 
drical * Vinca. 
1. CERBERA, Linn. 
Calyx large, divided nearly or quite to the base into 5 oblong acute 
lobes. Corolla hypocrateriform, the tube furnished with 5 longitudinal 
folds at the top of the throat, the segments acute, twisted in bud. 
Stamens 5, inserted above the middle of the throat ; anthers sagittate, 
incumbent on the stigma. Ovary of 2 distinct carpels ; style filiform ; 
stigma conical at the top, with 10 ribs, the summit emarginate. Drupe 
usually of one lobe, large, oblong, with a thick woody endocarp. — Shrubs, 
with milky juice, oblanceolate prominently veined leaves and showy 
flowers in lax corymbs. Distrib. Tropics of the Old World. Species 4. 
1. C. Odollam, Gartn. ; A. DC. Prod. viii. 353. A tall shrub, 20-30 
feet high, glabrous in all its parts. Leaves distinctly petioled, oblanceo- 
late, acute, 6-9 in. long, cuneate at the base, subcoriaceous, with very 
distinct spreadiug main veins. Flowers in a broad lax terminal 
corymb ; bracts large, ovate, caducous. Calyx § in. long, with large 
foliaceous lobes. Corolla-tube f in. long, broadly funnel-shaped at 
