352 xci. apocynace i£. [Vallaris. 
late, *25 in. long, limb 1 in. across, lobes broad, ovate-oblong, 
pubescent inside; anthers half exsert. Fruit cylindric, 12 in. 
long, *25 in. through, slender. Seed linear red brown, 1 in. long, 
plume 4 in. long. Hab. Lowland woods; Singapore, Tanglin, 
Garden Jungle, Malacca (Maingay). Selangor, Kwala Lumpur 
(Foxworthy). Penang, Batu Feringhi and the hill (Curtis). 
(2) V. lancifolia Hook. fil. F.B.I. iii. 651; King, l.c. 461. 
A stiff epiphytic shrub; stem warty. Leaves chartaceous, 
ovate or lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, base rhomboid or cuneate 
1 to 2 in. long, -5 to 75 in. wide; nerves fine, 8 to 10 pairs; petioles 
*i to *25 in. long. Cymes axillary; peduncles very slender, *1 
to *2 in. long; pedicels *25 in. long. Flowers white. Calyx- 
lobes ovate acute. Corolla-tube cylindric, '15 in. long, lobes 
linear-oblong, *2 in. long, throat villous. Fruit long, slender. 
Hab. Woods; Malacca (Maingay). Perak, Goping (Kunstler). 
Penang Hill and Batu Feringhi (Curtis). 
18 . POTTSIA, Hook, and Arn. 
A climber. Leaves opposite; nerves distant. Flowers small, 
pink in large lax terminal and axillary panicles. Calyx small, 
5-lobed. Corolla salver-shaped, lobes overlapping to right slightly 
twisted. Stamens in corolla-mouth; anthers exsert, connivent 
sagittate. Disc 5-lobed. Carpels 2, distinct; ovules many; 
style thickened in middle; stigma conic. Follicles slender, 
terete. Seeds linear, plumed. Species 1, Indo-Malaya. 
(1) P. cantoniensis Hook, and Arn. Beech Voy. 199, t. 43. 
Large climber. Leaves ovate-acuminate, glabrous except mid¬ 
rib; nerves 5 to 6 pairs; base round, 2 to 4 in. long, 1 to 2*5 in. 
wide; petioles 75 to 1 in. long. Panicles 4 to 6 in. long, 6 to 
10 in. across. Corolla pink, tube -15 to *2 in. long, limb *3 in. wide, 
lobes ovate. Follicles 1 ft. long, flexuous. Seed 1 in. long enlarged 
at top, plume white, 1 to 1*5 in. long. Hab. Malacca (Maingay). 
Perak, Kampar (Curtis); Ulu Selama (Scortechini). Penang, 
Waterfall; Pass to Batu Feringhi (Curtis). 
19 . WRIGHTIA, Br. 
Shrubs or small trees. Flowers white or yellowish (or red) in 
corymbs of cymes, terminal. Calyx 5-lobed, with scales inside, 
lobes blunt. Corolla salver-shaped, tube cylindric, lobes overlap¬ 
ping to left, the throat with a corona of 5 to 10 scales often lobed 
or fimbriate (absent in W. religiosa). Stamens in mouth of tube; 
anthers exsert, sagittate, base spurred, conniving and adhering 
to stigma. Disc 0. Carpels 2, free or connate; style filiform; 
stigma ovoid. Follicles slender, terete. Seed linear narrowed 
to top, plumed. Species 10, tropical Asia and Australia. 
