XCI. APOCYNACEAs. 
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Cerbera.\ 
stigma large discoid. Fruit of i (rarely 2) globose, flattened or 
oblong drupes large; pericarp outside fleshy, inside very thick, 
woody-fibrous. Seeds 1 (rarely 2), albumen 0. Species 5. Sea- 
coasts from Madagascar and Indo-Malaya to Polynesia. The 
large oblong fruit, covered with its strong fibrous network, can 
be often seen in abundance floating in the sea or cast up on the 
coasts. 
Corolla-tube shorter than lobes, thick; limb larger, white, 
eye yellow . . . . . . . • (1) C. odollam 
Corolla-tube longer than lobes, slender; limb white, eye 
pink.{2) C. lactaria 
(1) C. odollam Gaertn. Frtict. ii. 192; Valeton, Ann. Jard. 
Buitenz, 12, 244. 
A low tree about 20 ft. tall. Leaves obovate-oblong, base 
long, narrowed tip shortly acuminate acute; nerves 25 to 50 pairs 
parallel; 4 to 6 in. long, 1*5 to 2 in. wide; petioles x in. long. 
Corymbs *2 in. long on peduncles *3 in. long. Calyx-lobes linear- 
lanceolate, *3 in. long. Corolla white, mouth yellow, tube *2 in. 
long dilate in middle, lobes as long or nearly, oblong acute, ribs 
in mouth of tube glabrous above, villous below. Anthers below 
the mouth. Fruit sub-globose green flushed red ovoid, 4 in., long, 
2 to 3 in. through. Seeds sometimes 2. Hab. Sea-coasts. Not 
very common. Singapore, Selitar; Kranji. Pahang, Rumpin 
River, Malacca. Distrib. Bengal, Assam, Malay isles. 
King and Gamble have confused this species and the next, as other 
botanists working from dried material have done; Valeton, l.c., shows the 
differences very well. 
(2) C. lactaria Ham. in A.DC. Prodr. viii. 353; Valeton, l.c. 
245. 
Large shrub or tree. Leaves as in odollam, but shorter and 
more oblanceolate-spathulate; nerves fewer, 20 pairs. Corymb 
similar. Calyx-lobes obovate oblong, -5 in. long, broader. Corolla- 
tube cylindric, x in. long, inflate at mouth, with densely bearded 
red ribs in mouth, lobes *5 in. long obovate blunt; anthers in mouth 
of tube. Fruit often twin ovate-oblong, 4 in. long. Seed cavity 
flattened. Hab. Common on seashores in tidal mud and sand; 
Singapore, Kranji. Johor, Batu Pahat. Pahang, Rumpin River. 
Dindings, Pangkor. Perak, Matang (Wray). Lankawi, Kesap 
(Curtis). Setul. Distrib. Malay islands. Native . names: Buta- 
Buta; Babuta. Use : The whole plant very poisonous, and the 
milk dropping in the eye is said to produce permanent blindness, 
hence the name (Buta, i.e. blind). The fruit is rubbed on a limb 
to cure rheumatism. 
10. OCHROSIA, Juss. 
Maritime tree. Leaves whorled or scattered; nerves very 
numerous, parallel. Cymes peduncled on the branch ends, lateral. 
