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XCI. APOCYNACE^E. 
[Chilocarpus. 
late, blunt or shortly apiculate, base long cuneate; nerves 25 to 
30 pairs, horizontal, very faint and often quite invisible; 3 to 4 in. 
long, 1-25 to 2 in. wide; petioles -5 to 75 in. long. Cymes small, 
dense. Flowers small, white. Calyx-lobes 5, ovate puberulous. 
Corolla-tube cylindric, *3 in. long, lobes oblique, falcate, -i to 
•15 in. long. Berry ellipsoid or obovoid, orange, 1-5 to 2 in. long; 
pericarp woody, more or less ribbed, 2-valved. Seeds *4 in. long, 
oblong with a lobed orange-coloured aril on one side. Hab. Edges 
of woods, forests. Johor, Kota Tinggi. Malacca (Maingay). 
Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tangga Pass. Perak, Relau Tujor (Wray) ; 
Thaiping (Cantley) ; Bujong Malacca. 
(6) C. Cantleyi King and Gamble, lx. 403. 
Glabrous climber. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic or oblong, blunt 
or shortly blunt apiculate, base long, narrowed; nerves about 30 
pairs, invisible beneath; 3*5 to 4 in. long, 1-25 to 1-5 in. wide; 
petioles rather slender, *5 in. long. Cymes *4 to -5 in. long, many- 
flowered on stout peduncles; branches few, short. Calyx -i in. 
long, lobes elliptic, round. Corolla yellow, tube *2 in. long, lobes 
rhomboid-falcate, *15 to -2 in. long. Hab. Rare in damp lowland 
forest. Selangor, Kwala Lumpur (Curtis, Ridley). Perak, Ulu 
Kerling (Kunstler); common in swamps; Lower Perak (Cantley). 
Native name : Getah Cherit Morei. 
(7) C. nigrescens King and Gamble, lx. 404. 
Rather stout, drying black. Leaves chartaceous-coriaceous, 
elliptic-oblong, shortly cuspidate, base narrowed; nerves 12 to 16 
pairs, joining an intramarginal nerve; 3 to 5 in. long, 1-5 to 2 in. 
wide; petioles -5 to -6 in. long. Cymes large, many-flowered, 
1*5 in. long on stout peduncles, -5 in. long; branches about -5 in. 
long; pedicels with numerous imbricate bracts. Calyx small, 
lobes broad, ovate. Corolla cylindric, dilate near base, lobes 
linear-falcate acuminate, *2 in. long. Hab. Penang Hill and Penara 
Bukit up to 3000 ft. altitude (Curtis). Very local in hill-forest. 
(8) C. minutiflorus King and Gamble, lx. 405. 
Climber 10 to 15 ft. long. Leaves thinly coriaceous, waxy- 
white beneath elliptic or oblong-lanceolate; nerves 9 to 12 pairs, 
faint or invisible; 2 to 2-5 in. long, 75 to 1-25 in. wide; petioles 
slender, *15 to -2 in. long. Cymes small, -12 in. long; peduncles 
and branches very short. Calyx-lobes minute. Corolla white 
or reddish yellow, tube short, inflate in middle, *1 in. long; lobes 
ovate falcate. Berry pear-shaped, bivalved with low ridges, 
2 to 2-5 in. long, 75 to 1-25 in. through, green with grey spots. 
Seeds oblong angular, -25 in. long, aril papery. Hab. Forests, 
local and scarce, sometimes epiphytic. Perak, Larut (Kunstler). 
3 . LEUCONOTIS, Jack. 
Climbing shrubs. Leaves sub-coriaceous; nerves few, not 
parallel. Flowers in axillary cymes, 4-merous, yellow. Calyx 
