356 xci. apocynace^e. [Strophanthus. 
(5) S. brevicaudatus Wight, Ic. p. 1302; Hook. F.B.I. iii. 
656. S. singaporianus Gilg. Engl. Monogr. 11; King, l.c. 471. 
An erect bush about 4 or 5 ft. tall. Leaves fleshy membranous, 
elliptic-oblong cuspidate, base rounded or shortly acute; nerves 
6 to 8 pairs; 2 to 4 in. long, 1*5 to 2 in. wide. Cymes many- 
flowered, terminal, much-branched, 1*5 in* long on peduncle. 
Flowers small, purple. Calyx campanulate, maroon with short 
acute lobes. Corolla-tube dilate in middle, '12 in. long, lobes 
ovate acuminate as long, dark madder pink, tube light pink, 
streaked darker. Coronal scales linear falcate, white. Follicles 
8 in. long, *5 in. through, lanceolate-acuminate. Seed oblong, 
lanceolate, 75 to 1 in. long with a long plumed point. Hab. Open 
country in the south, in damp open spots. Singapore, Holland 
Road; Sungei Jurong; Balestier plain. Malacca, Bukit Bruang 
(Derry). Distrib. Borneo. 
21 . URCEOLA, Roxb. 
Stout lianes. Leaves coriaceous or nearly. Flowers small, 
white in dense corymbose cymes on the branch-ends. Calyx-lobes 
oblong or linear, no glands within. Corolla urceolate or globose, 
lobes short, valvate. Stamens in corolla-base; anthers sagittate, 
connivent and adhering to stigma; cells spurred at base. Disc 
cupular or annular. Carpels distinct. Style short; stigma conic. 
Follicles terete, dagger-shaped or torulose ( i.e. contracted between 
seeds). Seed oblong or linear, compressed, villous, tip with stiff 
brown hairs and a long white plume. Species about 10, Malay 
Peninsula and islands. 
Follicles terete acuminate. 
Leaves coriaceous, thickly pubescent beneath 
Leaves thinner, glabrous. 
Corolla urceolate; calyx-lobes broad obtuse 
Corolla globose; calyx-lobes ovate, very small. 
Follicles terete recurved; calyx-lobes longer than 
corolla ....... 
Follicles dagger-shaped at base, recurved; panicles 
large; branches slender .... 
Follicles torulose ...... 
( 1 ) U. elastica 
(2) XJ. Maingayi 
(3) U. brachysepala 
(4) XJ. malaccensis 
(5) XJ. lueida 
(6) XJ. torulosa 
(1) XJ. elastica Roxb. As. Res. v. 167, fig. of plant [not of fruit). 
King, l.c. 472. 
A large stout climber. Leaves coriaceous glabrous except 
nerves above, pubescent beneath, ovate to elliptic ovate, 4 to 7 in. 
long, 2 to 3'5 in. wide; nerves elevate 10 to 11 pairs; petioles 
■5 to 1 in. long, pubescent. Panicles terminal and in upper axils 
pubescent, 6 in. long, 3 in. wide; peduncles 2 in. long; branches 
as long; branchlets 1 in. long, bearing dense cymules about 4 in 
a head, 1 in. across. Flowers very small, numerous. Calyx-lobes 
linear. Corolla urceolate, *1 in. long, lobes oblong. Follicles 
