APOCYNE/E. XXXIV. OnmcurPEDA. 
shining. Seeds nestling in the pulp, ovate, compressed, wrin- 
kled, bay-coloured externally.—An unarmed tree. Leaves 
opposite, oblong-lanceolate, membranous.  Panicles terminal, 
pedunculate, bracteate. Flowers scattered, greenish white. 
Fruit large, of a reddish orange colour, and of the shape of an 
orange. 
1 R. AvuRAxTÍIACA (Gaud. l. c. p. 451. t. 61.). h. S. Native 
of the Moluccas, in the island of Raddak. Tabernzemontana 
aurantiaca, Gaud. gen. p. 50. and 55. 
Orange-fruited Rejoua. Tree. 
Cult. See Tabernemontana, p. 92. for culture and propagation. 
XXXIV. ORCHIPEDA (meaning unknown to us). Blume, 
bijdr. p. 1026. 
Lin. syst.  Pentándria, Monog?nia. Calyx tubular, deci- 
duous; limb bluntly 5-cleft. Corolla funnel-shaped: having 
the throat half closed inside by a tumid ring; tube length of 
calyx, inflated in the middle; limb spreading, 5-lobed. Sta- 
mens inclosed; anthers sagittate, cohering to the stigma. 
Ovarium didymous, girded by a ring. Style 1 ; stigma conical, 
5-angled: with 2 notches at top.  Drupes twin, fleshy, globose, 
1-celled, pulpy inside, dehiscing at the side. Seeds numerous, 
wrinkled, convolutely 2-lobed at one side. Albumen fleshy. 
Cotyledons foliaceous.—A tree, with opposite, oblong, glabrous, 
leaves ; and lateral and terminal, bifid, few-flowered peduncles. 
1 O. ra^rrpA (Blum. bijdr. p. 1027.). h. S. Native of 
Java, among bushes on the mountains, where it is called Hampru- 
badak. 
Fetid Ochipeda. Fl. year. Tree. 
Cult. See Tabernemontana, p. 92. for culture and propagation. 
XXXV. PLUMIERA (so named by Tournefort, in honour 
of Charles Plumier, of Marseilles, a Franciscan traveller in 
South America, and author of several excellent works, as Plante 
Americane, 1693, and by Burmann in 1755.; Genera, 1703; 
Fougeres Americaines, 1705, &c.). Tourn. coral. t. 439. Lin. 
gen. 298. Juss.45. Lam. ill. t. 173. f. 2. 
Lin. syst.  Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx small, 5-parted, 
blunt. Corolla funnel-shaped, with a long, slender tube ; seg- 
ments of the limb oblong, unequal-sided: throat scaleless. 
Stamens inserted in the middle or base of the tube of the co- 
rolla, inclosed, free; anthers connivent. Style hardly any; 
stigma thick, emarginate ; ovaria 2, immersed in a fleshy ring. 
Follicles 2, long, acuminated, ventricose, spreading or bent up- 
wards. Seeds numerous, oblong, imbricated, ending in a peculiar 
membrane at the base.— Trees or shrubs, with thick, fleshy 
branches. Leaves alternate, forming tufts at the tops of the 
branches. Peduncles terminal, corymbose. Flowers showy. 
1 P. rv'sra (Jacq. amer. p. 35. pict. p. 23. Lin. hort. 
cliff. p. 76. spec. 306.) leaves obovate-oblong, acute, with flat 
edges, glabrous ; peduncles elongated, trifid; flowers crowded 
in fascicles; corollas red. h-.S. Native of Jamaica, Surinam, 
and the main land of South America. Curt. bot. mag. t. 279. 
—Catesb. car. 2. t. 92.—Ehret. pict. t. 10. Trew. ehret. t. 41. 
—Sloan. hist. 2. p. 61. t. 185. f. I. and t. 186. f. 1.— Merian, 
surin. t. 8.—Plukn. alm. 109. t. 207. f. 2. Peduncles downy. 
Corolla red, with a pilose throat, and obliquely obovate-oblong 
segments, which are rounded at the apex. The flowers are so 
sweet as well as beautiful, that the women of South America 
adorn themselves with them, and put them among linen to scent 
it, as we do lavender. It is called by the French in the West 
Indies Frangipanie rouge. 
Red-flowered Plumiera. 
12 to 20 feet. 
2 P.? AnBonE'scENs; leaves ovate-oblong, flat; petioles 
biglandular ; flowers twin, disposed in terminal spikes. k. S. 
Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1690. Tree 
XXXV. PrLUMIERA. 93 
Native of Jamaica.—Lin. hort. cliff. p. 76. Brown, jam. p. 
181. Flowers red. 
Arborescent Plumiera. Tree 10 to 12 feet. 
8 P. PunPU nEA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 20. t. 137.) leaves 
oblong-ovate, with revolute edges; flowers terminal, cymose ; 
corollas reddish purple. h. S. Native of Peru, in gardens. 
Petioles biglandular. Corollas sweet-scented, purple, with a 
yellow hairy throat, smaller than the other species. Perhaps P. 
incarnata, P.carinàta, and P. tricolor are only varieties of P. 
purpurea, differing in the size and colour of the flowers. In 
Peru the corollas are used by the women to ornament their 
hair. 
Purple Plumiera. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Tr. 20 ft. 
4 P. incarna‘ta (Ruiz et Pav. l. c. t. 138.) leaves ovate- 
oblong, acute ; flowers cymose ; corollas flesh-coloured, with a 
fulvous disk. h.S. Native of Peru. Cymes subumbellate. 
Flesh-coloured-flowered Plumiera. Fl. July, Aug. Clt.1820. 
Tree 20 feet. 
5 P. caniNA' TA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 21.) leaves oblong- 
ovate, acuminated, keeled: with flat, red edges; corollas large, 
3-coloured. h. S. Native of Peru. Very nearly allied to 
P. incarnáta, but differs in the edges of the leaves being usually 
red. Corollas yellow, with the centre white outside in the mid- 
dle, and reddish above. Calyx red. 
Keeled-leaved Plumiera. Tree 25 feet. 
6 P. tricotor (Ruiz et Pav. l. c. t. 139.) leaves oblong, 
acute, and acuminated : with flat, veiny edges; flowers corym- 
bose; corollas tricoloured. h. S. Native of Peru. Leaves 
with red veins. Corolla with a red tube, a copper-coloured 
throat, and the limb white, tinged with red. 
Tricoloured-flowered Plumiera. Tree 30 feet. 
7 P. Kran; leaves obovate-oblong, tapering at both ends, 
entire, with parallel veins and flat edges ; peduncles terminal, 
cymose ; corollas with a yellow throat, white above the yellow 
part, and red round the margins of the segments. 5. S. Na- 
tive of Mexico. P. tricolor, Ker. bot. reg. 510. but not of 
Ruiz et Pav. : 
Ker's Plumiera. Fl.July, Oct. Clt. 1815. Tree 15 feet. 
8 P. MirrEmi; leaves ovate-oblong; flowers corymbose; 
corollas flesh-coloured. h. S. Native of St. Christopher. 
P. incarnàta, Mill. dict. no. 2. but not of Ruiz et Pav. Very 
nearly allied to P. ràbra, but of more humble growth, and the 
leaves are thicker and more veiny. Flowers 10 or more in each 
corymb. 
Miller's Plumiera. Fl. July, Aug. Clt.? Tree or shrub. 
9 P. Bicotor (Ruiz et Pav. l. c. t. 140.) leaves oblong, acu- 
minated: with flat edges ; flowers corymbose ; corollas cream- 
coloured: with a curved tube, yellow throat, and milk white 
limb. h.S. Native of Peru. 
T'wo-coloured-flowered Plumiera. 
Tree 25 feet. 
10 P. nv'rEA (Ruiz et Pav. l. c. t. 142.) leaves oblong-obo- 
vate, acuminated ; flowers corymbose; corollas yellow, varie- 
gated with white. kh. S. Native of Peru. Tube of corolla 
curved, yellowish. 
Yellow-flowered Plumiera. 
15 feet. 
11 P. arsa (Jacq. amer. 36. t. 174. f. 12. ed. pict. t. 38. 
Lin. spec. p. 307.) leaves lanceolate-oblong; with revolute 
edges, acuminated; peduncles thickened at top, corymbose ; 
corollas white: with a yellow throat. 5. S. Native of the 
West Indies, as of Jamaica and Martinico, and of the main land 
of South America.—Plum. icon. t. 231.— Commel. hort. 2. p. 
47. t. 24. Corolla with a very long, thick, incurved tube, 
and obovate-oblong oblique segments.  Follicles reflexed. 
Flowers spicate, ambrosiacal, exciting cephalalgia, Lin. Leaves 
Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1815. 
Fl July, Aug. Clt.1815. Tr. 
