Ervatamia .] 
XCI. APOCYNACEjE. 
34i 
Leaves very thick; nerves horizontal; stamens in 
middle of tube ..... 
Leaves thick; nerves curving upwards; stamens 
near top of tube. 
Cymes nearly or quite glabrous 
Cymes very hairy ...... 
Leaves thin membranous, slender shrubs. 
Calyx-lobes under *1 in. long. 
Flowers few in a short cyme, large, lobes 
rounded ....... 
Flowers few in short-peduncled cymes, medium, 
lobes linear. 
Corolla 2 in. across ..... 
Corolla 1 in. across ..... 
Flowers in a spreading slender panicle, small . 
Calyx-lobes -1 in. long. 
Follicles oblong curved about 1 in. long 
Follicles ovoid, long-beaked .... 
Follicles cylindric, 3 in. long 
(1) E. polyneura 
(2) E. corymbosa 
(3) E. hirta 
(4) E. coronaria 
(5) E. jasminiflora 
(6) E. pauciflora 
(7) E. peduncularis 
(8) E. malaecensis 
(9) E. Curtisii 
(10) E. cylindrocarpa 
(1) E. polyneura King and Gamble , l.c. 454. E. coriacea 
Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 61, p. 29. 
Shrub 20 ft. tall with thick branches. Leaves very coriaceous 
elliptic-oblong blunt, base cuneate, pustular beneath, midrib 
prominent beneath, broad; nerves 20 to 30 pairs usually con¬ 
spicuous beneath horizontal; 4-5 to 8 in. long, 1-5 to 3 in. wide; 
petioles 1 in. long. Cymes 1 or 2, terminal; peduncles 2 in. long; 
branches erect, as long, 1- or many-flowered; pedicels thick, 1 in. 
long. Calyx *1 in. long, lobes truncate or sub-acute. Corolla- 
tube thick, 5 in. long, lobes *25 in. long, linear-oblong, blunt. 
Follicles ovoid, long-beaked orange, 1 to 1*5 in. long, -5 in. broad, 
curved. Seeds 4 to 6; aril scarlet. Hob. Mountain forests up 
to 4000 ft. altitude. Malacca (Millar). Pahang, Wray’s Camp, 
Gunong Tahan (Ridley). Selangor, Gunong Mengkuang Lebah 
(Robinson); Sempang, Semangkok. Perak, Bujong Malacca 
(Scortechini). 
(2) E. corymbosa King and Gamble, l.c. 448, 
Shrub or tree up to 40 ft. tall. Leaves thinly coriaceous, 
elliptic or ovate lanceolate, blunt acuminate, base cuneate; nerves 
elevate 12 to 16 pairs; 6 to 16 in. long, 2 to 6 in. wide; petioles 
stout, 2 to 8 in. long, base enlarged, clasping stem. Cymes in 
uppermost axils much-branched, usually about 4 in. long; peduncles 
and branches thick ; pedicels ’5 to 1 in. long. Flowers corymbose. 
Calyx campanulate, lobes ovate round. Corolla-tube slender, 
dilate at top, 75 in. long, lobes oblong, falcate, *5 in. long, pubescent. 
Follicles orange, ovoid curved beaked, i'5 in, long, 1 in. through. 
Seed oblong blunt, *5 in. long. Hob. Not rare in forests, Singapore, 
Garden Jungle; Changi; Reservoir woods. Johor, Kota Tinggi; 
Jaffaria (King). Malacca (Griffith). Negri Sembilan, Senawang 
(Foxworthy). Perak, Gunong Bubu (Kunstler); Goping and 
Chanderiang (Kunstler). Province Wellesley, Ara Kudah, 
