XCI. APOCYNACE^E. 
[Strophanthus. 
354 
many within at the lobe bases. Corolla shoit, funnel-shaped with 
5 or io corona scales in mouth, lobes twisted often produced into 
long tails, more rarely ovate acute. Stamens in top of tube 
included; anthers sagittate, tips produced into a long bristle, 
connivent and adhering to stigma, base spurred. Disc o. Carpels 
distinct; style slender; stigma thick, columnar with a reflexed 
frill. Follicles large, oblong or terete. Seed flattened, fusiform 
with a long plumose point. Species 40, chiefly African and Asiatic. 
Lobes of corolla long-tailed. 
Flowers large, white, tails purple, 4 in. long 
Flowers smalier, yellow, pink in tube, fails 3 in. 
long . . .. 
Lobes not tailed, ovate acuminate, yellow green, 
•5 to *7 in. long ...... 
Lobes lanceolate acuminate, red, *5 in. long 
Lobes ovate acuminate, ‘ia in. long, dark purple 
(1) S. dichotomus 
{2) S. WaUichii 
(3) S. perakensis 
(4) S. Jackianus 
(5) S. brevicaudatus 
(1) S. dichotomus DC. Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris , iii. 123; 
King , l.c. 468. 
A stout sarmentose shrub; stem 3 to 4 in. through, glabrous. Leaves 
thickly chartaceous, elliptic-oblong or obovate abrupt acuminate; 
nerves 8 to 9 pairs, sunk above, slightly elevate beneath; 3 to 5 in. 
long, 2 to 3 in. wide; petioles *25 in. long. Cymes terminal; 
peduncles *2 in. long; branches about ’5 in. long. Flowers several. 
