320 
XC. OLEACEiE. 
[Olea. 
style o; stigma mitriform, 2-lobed. Drupe ovate-oblong, flattened, 
•7 in. long. Hab. On low levels on the hills. Malacca (Hervey). 
Perak, Gunong Bubu 500 to 800 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 
A very doubtful plant, unlike any other Olea. If it belongs to this Order 
at all, I should rather suggest it to be a Linociera. 
5 . MYXOPYRUM, Bl. 
Large climbing shrubs; branches 4-angled. Leaves large, 
tripli-nerved. Flowers very numerous, small, yellow, in axillary 
and terminal trichotomous panicles. Calyx-tube short, lobes 4. 
Corolla fleshy, tube urceolate, lobes 4, concave, valvate. Stamens 
2 on base of tube; filaments very short. Ovary 2-celled; ovules 
1 or 2 in each cell; style very short or 0. Fruit 1- or 2-seeded, 
globose. Species 10, Indo-Malayan. 
(1) M. nervosum Bl. Bijdr. 683; King , l.c. 272. 
Leaves coriaceous, elliptic acuminate, base narrowed, glabrous, 
often denticulate; nerves 4 to 6 pairs very prominent; 4 to 7 in. 
long, 1-5 to 3-5 in. wide. Flowers sessile; panicles pubescent, 
1-5 to 3 in. long. Calyx-lobes triangular acuminate. Corolla 
•15 in. long, yellowish or greenish white. Berry -5 to 7 in. long, 
blue black, ovoid or globose. Hab. Woods. Pahang, Kota 
Glanggi. Malacca (Griffith). Selangor, Bukit Kutu (Goodenough). 
Negri Sembilan, Bukit Burunang (Cantley). Perak, Batu Togoh 
(Wray); Thaiping (Scortechini); Goping (Kunstler). Penang, 
Telok Bahang (Curtis). Distrib. Java, Sumatra. Native names : 
Akar Kulawai; Akar Dudaro. 
Order XCI. APOCYNACE^:. 
Climbing or erect shrubs or trees (rarely herbs) very laticiferous. 
Leaves simple, entire, opposite or whorled. Stipules o. In¬ 
florescence terminal or axillary; cymes solitary or corymbose. 
Flowers small or large, regular, bisexual, white, yellow or pink. 
Calyx inferior, tube short, lobes 5, imbricate often with glands, 
inside. Corolla gamopetalous usually salver-shaped, lobes 5 
(rarely 4), contort in bud. Stamens 5 (or 4) insert in tube or 
mouth; filaments short; anthers linear-oblong, free or connivent. 
Ovary superior, i-celled, placentas 2 parietal; when 2-celled placen¬ 
tas axile. Fruit a berry, drupe or of 2 follicles, containing seed 
with aril ( Ervatamia ) or more commonly plumed or winged {Dyera), 
rarely a bivalved capsule of arillate seed {Chilocarpus). Species 
about 1000, whole world, chiefly tropical. Many are cultivated in 
gardens, including the Allamandas, of which one, A. Schottii, has 
occasionally escaped, but is hardly established, and Plumieria, 
the Frangipanni, " Chempaka Biru ” P. acutifolia Poir., planted 
largely in graveyards, natives of South America, and the Oleander, 
Nerium oleander, native of West Asia. 
