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6. HUNTERIA, Roxb. 
Glabrous tree. Leaves opposite, •coriaceous, many-nerved. 
Flowers in terminal and axillary corymbose cymes, small white. 
Calyx 5-lobed. Corolla salver-shaped, tube dilate at mouth. 
Stamens in dilate portion; anthers oblong-lanceolate. Disc o. 
Carpels 2, distinct; style filiform; stigma bifid. Berries twin, 
ovoid, 2-seeded, Seeds ovoid plano-convex. Species 3, 1 Indo- 
Malayan, 1 Javan, 1 African. 
(1) H. corymbosa Roxb. FI. Ind. i. 695; King, lx. 426. 
Tree 30 to 40 ft. tall, 15 to 20 in. through. Leaves lanceolate* 
oblong, caudate-acuminate, base cuneate; nerves fine, 22 to 26 
pairs; 3 to 7 in. long, 1 to 2 in. wide; petioles -5 in. long. Corymbs 
1 to 2 in. long; peduncles *2 to 1 in. long. Calyx-lobes ovate 
acute. Corolla pure white, tube *3 to -35 in. long, throat annulate, 
lobes ovate-oblong, *2 to '25 in. long. Berries globose, beaked, 
yellow, 75 in. long on a thickened stalk. Seeds 2. Hab. Not 
rare; in woods and forests. Negri Sembilan, Petasih (Foxworthy). 
Selangor, Batu Caves; Gombak (Burn-Murdoch); Sungei Buloh 
(Foxworthy). Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Penang (Wallich); Batu 
Feringhi and Telok Bahang (Curtis). Langkawi, Kwah (Curtis). 
Distrib. India, Ceylon, Sumatra. Native names .* Kamuning 
Hutan; Kayu Gading. 
7. RAUWOLFIA, Linn. 
Shrubs or trees. Leaves whorled or opposite. Flowers in 
corymbose or umbellate cymes, axillary and pseudo-terminal. 
Calyx short, eglandular. Corolla-tube cylindric, throat hairy, 
lobes broad, overlapped to left. Stamens above middle of tube; 
anthers rounded at base. Disc cup-shaped or annular. Carpels 
connate or free; style filiform; stigma calyptriform or peltate. 
Fruit of 2 drupes each with 1 pyrene. Seed I, ovate. About 
50 species, chiefly American, about 10 Asiatic. 
Shrub 4 to-7 ft. tall; corolla-tube cylindric . . (i) R. perakensis 
Tree 40 to 50 ft. tall; corolla campanulate . . (2) R. sumatrana 
(1) R. perakensis King and Gamble , l.c. 434. 
A'shrub about 4 to 7 ft. tall. Leaves on ends of branches, 
membranous fleshy, lanceolate acuminate, base narrowed; nerves 
fine, 12 to 15 pairs; 4 to 8 in. long, 1 to 3 in. wide; petioles 75 in. 
long. Cymes corymbose in upper axils, lax, 1 in. long; peduncles 
•5 to 2 in. long; pedicels 1-25 in. long. Calyx *05 in. long, lobes 
linear. Corolla *5 in. long, pink, tube cylindric, inflate above, 
lobes short, ovate blunt. Drupes pink, obovoid, ’3 in. long, 
flattened, pyrenes rugose. Hab. Common in orchards and river 
banks in open spots. Pahang, Pekan. Selangor, Batu Caves; 
Menuang Gasing (Kloss); Gunong Mengkuang Lebah (Robinson). 
Perak, Kwala Dipang; Thaiping Hills to 5000 ft. altitude; Leng- 
