88 
Kraeuterbuch, 1589, and Figures of Plants, 1590, in an oblong 
quarto form. He was physician to the Elector Palatine, and 
died in 1590.) Plum. gen. 30. Lin. gen. no. 301. Juss. 145. 
R. Br. prod. p. 467. 
Lin. syst.  Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla 
salver-shaped; limb 5-parted; segments unequal-sided. Sta- 
mens inclosed ; anthers sagittate, cohering to the stigma. Ova- 
ria 2. Style filiform ; stigma bifid, from the dilated base. 
Hypogynous glands wanting.? Follicles 2, ventricose. Seeds 
immersed in pulp.—Small trees. Leaves opposite. Stipulas 
interpetiolar, adnate at bottom, and loose at top. Cymes sub- 
dichotomous, interpetiolar. Calyx permanent. 
* Natives of New Holland. 
1 T. orntenta‘uus (R. Br. prod. p. 468.) leaves lanceolate-oblong, 
acuminated, glabrous, as well as the branches; bracteas subu- 
late, slowly deciduous. h. S. Native of New Holland, within 
the tropic; and of Malabar, if Rheede’s Curuta Pala, mal. 1. p. 
83, t. 46, be the same which is T. alternifolia, Lin. in which there 
is not a specimen in his herbarium. Flowers white, sweet-scented. 
Follicles yellow, ex Rheede. 
Eastern Taberneemontana. Shrub 6 feet. 
2 T. puse’scens (R. Br. prod. p. 468.) leaves elliptic-oblong, 
sub-acuminated, downy beneath, as well as the branchlets ; 
branches of cyme erect, and are, as well as the calyxes, pilose ; 
bracteas very minute, caducous. 5. S. Native of New Holland, 
within the tropic. ` 
Downy Taberneemontana. Shrub. 
3 T. rsRAcTEA' TA (R. Br. prod. p. 468.) leaves oval or 
elliptic, and are, as well as the cymes, downy ; branches and 
peduncles spreading, bractless. 5. S. Native of New Holland, 
within the tropic. 
Bractless Tabernzeemontana. 
* * Natives of South America, and the West India Islands. 
4 T. cirgiróLiA (Lin. spec. 210.) leaves ovate-lanceolate, 
glabrous; flowers in sub-umbellate, axillary fascicles, towards 
the tops of the branches. 5. S. Native of Jamaica, and other 
West India Islands. Willd. spec. 1. p. 1244, exclusive of the 
syn. of Jacq. Lam, ill. t. 170. f. 1.—Plum. icon. t. 248. f. 2. 
Leaves 4-6 inches long. Flowers beautiful yellow, sweet- 
scented. Segments of corolla narrow, elongated, bluntish. 
Teeth of calyx acute. Follicles acuminated, recurved. 
Citron-leaved Tabernzeemontana. Clt. 1784. Tree 15 feet. 
5 T. A'z5A (Mill. dict. no. 2.) leaves oblong ovate, acumi- 
nated, shining, glabrous ; corymbs terminal, large. k. S. 
Native of Martinico, in woods, and the adjacent continent. T. 
citrifólia, Jacq. amer. 38. Leaves 5 inches long, and 1j inch 
broad. Flowers white, sweet-scented, like those of a Jasminum. 
White-flowered Tabernzemontana. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1780. 
Shrub 10 to 12 feet. 
6 T. rauniróLrA (Lin. spec. 2. p. 210.) leaves ovate or oval, 
bluntish, glabrous; flowers lateral, subumbellate. h.S. Na- 
tive of St. Domingo, Jamaica, on the banks of rivers. Jacq. 
amer. p. 39. pict. p. 25. Ker. bot. reg. 716.— Sloane, hist. 2. p. 
62. t. 186. f. 2. Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2d. vol. 2. p. 72. Flowers 
small, yellow, sweet-scented. Leaves 4 inches long, and 2 
broad.  Linnzus cites under this species T. laurifdliam, flore 
albo, fructu rotundiore, Amm. herb. 212, which probably belongs 
to the preceding species. 
Laurel-leaved Taberneemontana. Fl. May. Clt. 1768. Shrub 
5 to 10 feet. 
7 T. oronA'rA (Vahl. eclog. amer. 2. p. 22. Poir. dict. 7. p. 
532.) leaves ovate-oblong or lanceolate-elliptic, acuminated, reti- 
culately veined, glabrous; corymbs terminal, and in the forks of 
the branches. h.S. Native of Guiana and Surinam. Cameraria 
Shrub or tree. 
APOCYNEJE. XXIX. 
TABERNEMONTANA, 
Tamaquarina, Aubl. guian. 1. p. 260. t. 102. Cameraria lutea, 
a, Lam. dict. 1. p. 566.  Pedicels bractless. Calycine segments 
subulate. Segments of the corolla linear-lanceolate, ex Vahl, 
Flowers corymbose, in the forks of the branches, large, yellow, 
sweet-scented, ex Aubl. 
Sweet-scented "'abernaemontana. 
Shrub 4 feet. 
8 T. ecutna‘ta (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 263. t. 103.) leaves ovate- 
oblong. acuminated, somewhat undulated, clothed with fine 
white tomentum beneath; flowers terminal, almost sessile, 
10-12 in each fascicle: each flower furnished with a small, scale- 
like bractea; follicles echinated by soft tubercles. 5^. S. Na- 
tive of Guiana. Leaves 4-6 inches long, and 2 broad. Flowers 
sweet-scented. Calyx white, 5-toothed. Corolla seated on a 
yellow disk, with a red margin, and dotted with red; lobes of 
limb large, yellowish, undulated, acute. Follicles yellow, ovate. 
Teeth of calyx small, acute. Perhaps a distinct genus. 
Echinated Tabernemontana. Shrub 4-5 feet. 
9 T. FAscicULA'rA (Poir dict. 5. p. 531. no, 14.) leaves ovate, 
acuminated, nerved, glabrous, shining above; flowers lateral 
towards the tops of the branches, axillary, numerous, in fascicles, 
inclining to a short, sub-umbellate corymb ; branches opposite, 
articulated, sub-dichotomous ; bracteas very short, caducous. 
b.S. Native of Cayenne. Leaves almost lanceolate, blunt at 
the apex, rufescent beneath, 2-3 inches long, with parallel nerves 
confluent to the margin. "Teeth of calyx short, obtuse. Corollas 
small; segments of the limb narrow, obtuse. Allied to 7. 
muricata. 
Fascicled-flowered Taberneemontana. Shrub. 
10 T. ripa‘ria (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 228.) 
glabrous; leaves oblong, acuminated, with undulated margins ; 
peduncles dichotomous, few-flowered ; calycine segments elliptic- 
oblong, obtuse, undulated, 3 times shorter than the tube of the 
corolla; segments of corolla obovate, roundish, oblique. kh. S. 
Native of New Granada, on the banks of the river Magdalena, 
near E] Peron, in shady places. Leaves membranous, glandless 
at the base, 4 to 43 inches long. Corolla yellow. Ovaria 
girded by a fleshy ring. 
River-side Taberneemontana. FI. May. Tree 20 feet. 
11 T. nrrona'rr (H. B. et Kunth. l. c.) glabrous; leaves 
elliptic-oblong, sub-acuminated ; peduncles sub-dichotomous, 
few-flowered; calycine segments elliptic-oblong, obtuse, 4 or 
5 times shorter than the tube of the corolla; segments of corolla 
dimidiately obovate, roundish. h.S. Native of Mexico, near 
Campeche, on the sea-shore. This species differs from T. 
riparia, in the flowers being twice the size, and in the structure 
of the calyx. 
Shore Tabernzemontana. Tree. 
12 T. mrzrERoPHY'LLA (Vahl. ecl. amer. 2. p. 22.) leaves 
elliptic-lanceolate, and somewhat cordate, sub-undulated, acu- 
minated, glabrous; peduncles in the forks and tops of the 
branches, glabrous, 5-7-flowered, racemose; bracteas minute, 
twin at the base of each pedicel. %.S. Native of Cayenne. 
T. echinàta, Rohr. mss. from which name the follicles are pro- 
bably echinated. Leaves petiolate and sessile. Pedicels alter- 
nate. Calycine segments linear lanceolate. Corolla 3 an inch 
long, with some silky hairs in the throat; segments of the limb 
lanceolate, obtuse. 
Variable-leaved ''abernzemontana. Shrub or tree. 
13 T. cranprrLora (Jacq. amer. 40. t. 31. ed. pict. p. 25. t. 
41.) leaves oval, attenuated at both ends, acute, glabrous, 
shining, unequal in size; peduncles irregular, 2-3-flowered at 
the sides of the ultimate bifurcations; calyxes unequal; stem 
dichotomous. b. S. Native of Carthagena, in woods. Lin. 
mant. p. 53. Lam. ill. t. 170. f. 2. Flowers white, scentless, 
larger than those of other species of the genus. Calycine seg- 
Fl. Oct. Nov. Clt. 1793. 
