334 xci. apocynace^e. [Alyxia. 
Calyx-lobes linear pubescent. Corolla *25 in. long, white, glabrous, 
lobes blunt ovate. Drupe elliptic-obovoid, black, *25 in. long. 
Hab. Rare among bushes on rocky slopes on mountains. Pahang, 
Gunong Tahan at 5000 ft. altitude and upwards (Ridley). 
(6) A. Forbesii King and Gamble, l.c. 490. A stellata Wall. 
Cat. [not of Roem. and Schult.). 
Straggling-branched climber; branches 3-angled, slender. Leaves 
chartaceous in whorls of 3 or 4, lanceolate cuspidate acuminate, 
base shortly cuneate; nerves very fine and inconspicuous, 30 pairs, 
midrib prominent; 2'5 to 5 in. long, 75 to 1*5 in. wide; petioles 
•1 in. long. Cymes lax, 3- to 5-flowered, 1 in. long; peduncles 
•25 in. long; pedicels slender. Calyx-lobes ovate acuminate. 
Corolla ‘4 to ‘6 in. long, cylindric, lobes blunt, ovate cordate, white 
and yellow. Drupes ellipsoid, -4 to *5 in. long. Hab. Mountains. 
Pahang, Kluang Terbang (Barnes). Perak, Gunong Inas (Wray); 
Thaiping Hills 3200 to 3800 ft. altitude (Kunstler). Penang 
(Wallich). Distrib. Java, Sumatra. 
(7) A. selangorica King and Gamble, l.c. 422. 
Woody climber, slender. Leaves coriaceous, pubescent beneath, 
3- to 4-whorled, obovate or oblanceolate, abrupt acuminate, base 
long-cuneate; nerves very fine, 30 pairs or more, midrib sunk 
above and pubescent on both sides; 3 to 4 in. long, 1 to 1-25 in. 
wide; petioles *25 in. long, pubescent. Cymes very short. Flowers 
unknown. Drupe ellipsoid acute both ends, 75 in. long, *45 in. 
through, on a pedicel *4 in. long, black. Hab. Selangor, top of 
the Batu Caves, limestone rocks. Very rare (Ridley). Distrib. 
Sumatra. 
(8) A. Scortechinii King and Gamble, l.c. 421. 
A stout species, upper part of stem angled and pubescent. 
Leaves thin coriaceous in whorls of 3, oblong-lanceolate, shortly 
cuspidate, narrowed gradually to base; nerves extremely numerous 
and close, faint, generally invisible beneath, midrib stout beneath; 
4 to 6 in. long, 1-5 to 2 in. wide; petioles *3 to -5 in. long. Cymes 
sessile, axillary, dense pubescent, *4 in. long. Calyx-lobes linear, 
pubescent. Corolla-tube narrowed at mouth, pubescent above, 
lobes ovate. Drupes ellipsoid, 1 in. long, ’5 in. wide. Hab. 
Mountain forests. Perak, Kwala Kangsa; Gunong Batu Putih 
(Wray). Gunong Berumbun, Telom (Ridley). 
Excluded Species 
A. odorata Wall. Cat. 1606, from Tenasserim, is distinct in its 
very conspicuous intra-marginal nerves and large elliptic 
leaves. The Singapore plant referred to this (and also to A. 
lucida) by King, appears to me to be the latter species, and 
a specimen labelled Malacca, Griffith, in Herb. Kew may be 
the same with exceptionally large narrow-oblong leaves', but 
it does not at all resemble A. odorata Wall. 
