94 
a foot long. 
blanc. 
Var. B; fragrantissima (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. 
p. 230.) leaves obovate-lanceolate, short-acuminated, with flat 
edges, glabrous except the nerve and veins, which are downy 
beneath; flowers paniculately spicate, very fragrant; corolla 
with a white limb and yellow throat. h. S. Native of New 
Granada, and Peru, in the gardens of the Indians. Tree 40 
feet high. P. bicolor, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 21. t. 141.? 
Tube of corolla green, and ventricose at the base; segments of 
the limb obovate-oblong, obtuse, equal : throat hairy. 
Var. y, inodóra; stem with very few branches, about 8 feet 
high; flowers white, scentless, large. h.S. Native of Car- 
thagena, in woods. P. inodóra, Jacq. amer. p. 36. Leaves 
like those of P. rubra. 
White-flowered Plumiera. 
15 feet. 
12 P. móts (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 230.) 
creeping or procumbent, rarely erectish; leaves obovate, acute, 
flat, glabrous above, but clothed with soft down beneath; 
corolla white. h. S. Native in the Missions of the Orinoco, 
in the island of Panumana, in places formerly cultivated. Leaves 
membranous, 6 inches long. Corolla with a downy tube and 
funnel-shaped limb ; and ovate, acutish, equal segments. Per- 
haps a variety of P. alba. 
Soft Plumiera. Shrub procumbent. 
13 P. osrv'sA (Lin. spec. 307.) leaves lanceolate, petiolate, 
obtuse; flowers racemosely panicled; corolla white. h. S. 
Native of South America. P. nívea, Mill. dict. no. 7. — Catesb. 
Called by the French in Martinico Frangipanie 
Fl. July, Aug. Cit. 1733. TE 
car. 2. t. 93.— Plum. icon. t. 232. Leaves like those of 
Oleánder. 
Blunt-leaved Plumiera. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1733. Tree 
10 feet. 
14 P. pra’stica (Mart. reise. ex Linnaa. 5. p. 40.) leaves 
on short thick petioles, obovate-oblong, short-acuminated, cu- 
neated at the base while young, but rounded in the adult state, 
glabrous, distantly ribbed; panicles corymbose, glabrous, many- 
flowered, shorter than the leaves, bracteate. kh.S. Native of 
Brazil, in the province of Rio Negro. Corollas white. 
Drastic Plumiera. "Tree. 
15 P. pHacepa’nica (Mart. reise ex Linnea. 6. p. 30.) leaves 
cuneate-oblong, short-acuminated, or rounded, glabrous on both 
surfaces, shining above, and veined beneath ; flowers racemosely 
corymbose, involucrated by keeled bracteas; corolla with a 
slender tube, and obliquely lanceolate segments. 5. S. Na- 
tive of Brazil, in the province of Rio Negro. 
Phagedanic Plumiera, Tree. 
16 P. rupicA (Jacq. amer. 37. ed. pict. 24.) leaves oblong, 
flat, veined; limb of corolla closed, as in Achania malvaviscus. 
5.8. Native of South America, in Curagoa, where it is highly 
esteemed, and is there called Donzelle. Corolla yellowish, very 
sweet-scented. The flowers succeed each other for two months 
together, and have an odour much more agreeable than that of 
any other species, or even any other flower. 
Chaste-flowered Plumiera. Fl. July, Aug. Clt.? Sh. 5 ft. 
17 P. articuna‘ta (Vahl, eclog. amer. 2. p. 20.) leaves el- 
liptic, glabrous, veiny; spikes disposed in fascicles, articulated. 
h.S. Native of Guiana. Leaves scattered towards the tops 
of the branches, attenuated at both ends, but also rounded, paler 
beneath. Universal peduncles twin, often terminal, glabrous, 
elongated: partial ones disposed in something like fascicles, 
3-8 together, simple, 3-4 inches long, flexuous, composed of 
turbinate joints half an inch long, which are dilated on the upper 
margins, and furnished with many minute teeth at the base of 
each joint. Flowers alternate, sessile. This is a very doubtful 
species of Plumiéra, and may probably form a new genus. 
12 
APOCYNEÆ. XXXV. Prumiera. 
XXXVI. ConopHARYNGIA. 
Jointed-spiked Plumiera. Shrub or tree. —— 
18 P. Arrica‘na (Mill. dict. no. 5.) leaves linear-lanceolate, 
very long, thick, juicy; corollas yellow. kh. S. Native of 
Senegal. Trunk red. Leaves 9-10 inches long, 2 broad. 
African Plumiera. Shrub or tree. 
19 P. acumrna‘ra (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 2. p. 70.) leaves 
scattered, lanceolate, acuminated, glabrous, flat ; flowers corym- 
bose, terminal. h.S. Native of Amboyna, China, and Cochin- 
china. Ker. bot. reg. 114. P. acutifólia, Poir. suppl. 2. 
p. 067. P. obtüsa, Lour. coch. 117. Flos. convolütus, Rumph. 
amb. 6. p. 85. t. 38. Leaves with many transverse veins. 
Flowers terminal, in compound, spreading upright racemes. 
Corolla sweet-scented, white, mixed with red outside, and yellow 
inside ; tube curved; segments obovate. Follicles reflexed. 
Acuminated-leaved Plumiera. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1790. 
'Tree 20 feet. 
20 P. MxxicA'sA (Lodd. bot. cab. t. 1024.) leaves elliptic- 
lanceolate, acuminated; corollas white, with a yellow throat. 
k. S. Native of Mexico. Perhaps the same as the following. 
Mexican Plumiera. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1810. Tree. 
21 P. Lamsertia‘na (Lindl. bot. reg. t. 1378.) leaves ob- 
long, acuminated, flat; corollas white, with a yellow throat ; 
segments of the limb broad-rhomboid, obtuse. kh. S. Native 
of Mexico. P. Gouàni, D. Don, ex Loud. hort. brit. p. 68. 
It differs from P. Kérrii, in the flowers being inodorous, and 
in being a little larger, and in the segments being broader and 
rounder. 
Lambert's Plumiera. 
to 20 feet. 
22 P. TUBERCULATA (Lodd. bot. cab. 681. Hamilt. prod. 
p. 26.) branches tuberculate, especially at the origin of the pe- 
tioles; leaves coriaceous, narrow-oblong, obtuse, tapering a 
long way into the petioles, downy beneath ; peduncles axillary, 
much shorter than the leaves, many-flowered. h. S. Native 
of St. Domingo. Flowers white, scentless. 
Tubercled-stemmed Plumiera. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1812. Sh. 6 ft. 
Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1824. Tree 10 
+ Species under the following names are in Lodd. cat. 1830. 
p. 15. and p. 16., but they are probably synonymous with those 
described above. 
1 P. aurántia, Lodd. cat. p. 15. 2 P. Blandfordidna, Lodd. 
cat. p. 15. 3 P. Jamaicénsis, Lodd. cat. p. 15. 4 P. leucán- 
tha, Lodd. cat. p. 15. 5 P. macrophylla, Lodd. cat. p. 15. 
6 P. Northiàna, Lodd. cat. p. 16. 7 P. tenuifólia, Lodd. 
cat. p. 16. 
Cult. All the species of Plumiéra are very showy when in 
blossom, and on that account are favourites with gardeners. 
Being of a rather succulent or fleshy nature, they require but 
little water when not in a free growing state. The best soil for 
them is a mixture of peat, loam, and sand. Large cuttings of 
them strike readily in the same kind of mould recommended for 
the plants, if kept dry. 
XXXVI. CONOPHARY'NGIA (from xovoc, conos, a cone ; 
and $apv»£, pharynx, the throat; in reference to the anthers 
being combined into a cone, protruding from the throat of the 
corolla.) Plumiéra species, Lam. dict. 2. p. 542. 
Lin. syst. — Pentándria, Monogijnia. Calyx 5-toothed. 
Corolla funnel-shaped; segments oblong, villous, convex out- 
side, and concave inside, regularly twisted into a spire about 
the centre, opening bya small hole; tube widening gradually to 
the top. Stamens 5, in the throat of the tube, rising each from 
the inside of a scrobicle; anthers triangular, very acute, coher- 
ing at top, above the throat of the tube, in a cone which clasps 
the style. Style slender, but thickened at top; stigma sub- 
bifid at the apex. Follicles twin, slipper-shaped, thick, fleshy, 
