APOCYNEZJE. LVIII. ArrLAMANDA. 
of plants to Linnzus.) Lin. mant. 146. syst. 1295. p. 252. 
Gaertn. fruct. 1. p. 293. t. 61. Juss. 148. Pohl, bras. 1. p. 70. 
—Orélia, Aubl. guian. t. 106.—Galàrips, Allamand. 
Lin. syst.  Pentándria, Monogiynia. Calyx 5-parted; seg- 
ments lanceolate-oblong, acute. Corolla funnel-shaped; with 
a narrow tube: and a swollen, large, inflated limb, which is 5- 
cleft at the apex; furnished with 5 scales in the throat of the 
tube, which cover the anthers. Anthers 5, almost sessile, con- 
verging. Style 1; stigma capitate, contracted in the middle, 
adhering to the anthers. Capsule echinated, roundish elliptic, 
1-celled, 2-valved, many-seeded. Seeds surrounded by a mem- 
branous edge, fixed to the edge of the valves. Albumen 
wanting.—Lactescent shrubs or sub-shrubs, with verticillate 
leaves; terminal and interpetiolar many-flowered peduncles. 
Flowers large, yellow. This genus differs from all other Apo- 
cyneous plants, in the figure of the corolla. It agrees, in some 
respects, with Ambellània, Pacoária, and Melodinus. 
1 A. ŒNOTHERIFÒLIA (Pohl, bras. 1. p. 71. t. 57.) stem 
straight; leaves 3 in a whorl, oblong, acute, attenuated at the 
base, pilose on the nerves beneath. ^. S. Native of Brazil, 
in the province of Goyaz, in humid places, among bushes. Stem 
fistular. Flowers large, yellow. 
Evening Primrose-leaved Allamanda. Shrub. 
2 A. Scuértu (Pohl, bras. 1. p. 73. t. 58.) stem erect; 
leaves oblong, acuminated, 4 in a whorl, quite glabrous on both 
surfaces. h.S. Native of Brazil, on the banks of the river 
Parahyba. A. Braziliénsis, Schott. A. cathártica, Schrad. 
in Gott. anz. 1821. p. 701. no. 6. and p. 718. no. 42. Flowers 
large, yellow. 
Schott's Allamanda. Shrub 6 feet. 
3 A. ANGUSTIFÒLIA (Pohl, bras. 1. p. 73. t. 59.) stems erect ; 
leaves 4-5 in a whorl, narrow-lanceolate, acuminated, ciliated, 
rather pilose. h. S. Native of Brazil, in the province of 
Goyaz, in boggy places, about Meyapoute. Flowers large, 
yellow. 
Narrow-leaved Allamanda. Shrub. 
4 A. Linnz't (Pohl, bras. 1. p. 74.) stem scandent; leaves 
4 in a whorl, obovate, obtuse, acutish, with sub-undulated edges, 
glabrous. b... S. Native of the Antille. A. cathártica, 
Lin. mant. 214. suppl. 165. Schrad. in Wendl. sert. hann. fasc. 
l. p. 6. t. 22. Geertn. fruct. 1. p. 293. t. 61. f. 4.—Plum. 
icon. p. 21. t. 29. Flowers large, yellow. The branches are 
said to be downy. 
Linncus's Allamanda. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1785. Shrub cl. 
5 A. Avste‘rs1 (Pohl, bras. 1. p- 75.) stems scandent ; leaves 
4-5 in a whorl, broad-oblong, acuminated, rusty beneath. h. 
S. Native of Guiana, Cayenne, Maranham, Surinam; and in 
the Island of Arrowabish, near Essequibo; and on the banks of 
the Orinoco, near Carichana. A. cathártica, Roem. et Schultes, 
syst. 4. p. 186, exclusive of the syn. of Lin. and Willd. H. B. 
et Kunth. nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 229. Meyer, esseq. p. 129. 
Curt. bot. mag. 338. Lam. ill. 303. t. 171. Orélia grandiflora, 
Aubl. guian. 1. p. 271. t. 106, exclusive of the synonymes. 
Echites salicifólia, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 796. Leaves 
rather hairy beneath, especially on the nerves, as well as the young 
branches. Flowers large, yellow. We have seen this species 
growing wild in Maranham; but it did not appear to us to be 
in any way scandent. 
Aublet’s Allamanda. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1785. Shrub cl. 
6 A. veRTICISLA'TA (Desf. tabl. de l’ecol. ed. 2d. p. 93. Pohl, 
bras. l. p. 75. Spreng. syst. 1. p. 584.) leaves usually 6 in a 
whorl, ovate-oblong, obtuse, quite glabrous. ^. S. Nativeof 
South America. Flowers large, yellow. 
Whorled-leaved Allamanda. Shrub. 
Cult. All the species of Allamdnda are worth cultivating, in 
every collection of stove plants, for the sake of the beauty of 
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their large, yellow flowers, and whorls of showy foliage. A 
mixture of loam, sand, and peat, is the best soil for them ; and 
cuttings strike root freely in the same kind of earth, under a 
hand glass, in heat. They require a strong, moist heat to make 
them flower freely. 
LIX. ASPIDOSPE'RMA (from asrıç aa7téoc, aspis aspidos, 
a buckler; and ezsppa, sperma, a seed; in reference to the 
shape of the seeds.) Mart. nov. gen. bras. 1. p. 57. 
Lin. svsr. —Pentándria, Monogijnia. Calyx campanulate, 
5-parted; segments lanceolate. Corolla 5-cleft; segments lan- 
ceolate, acute or obtuse, contorted. Stamens 5, adnate to the 
tube; which is naked beneath the throat; the rest free. Anthers 
erect, ovate, inserted above the base of the tube, filled with 
globose pollen, even to the base.  Ovaria twin, combined at the 
base. Stigma clavate, umbonate, bearded or naked. Capsules 
solitary or twin, obovate, compressed, unequal-sided. Seeds 
numerous, surrounded by a membranous wing, peltate, with- 
out albumen.—Trees with spreading, squarrose, or refracted 
branches, covered usually with suberose or solid bark; ovate, 
quite entire, alternate, sessile, petiolate leaves, which are usually 
clothed with down; and terminal cymes of small white flowers. 
Fruit usually one in each cyme. 
1 A. romenrosum (Mart. bras. 1. p. 58. t. 34.) bark of 
branches corky; leaves crowded at the tops of the branches 
into round heads, ovate, tapering at the base, almost sessile, 
tomentose ; cymes compound, densely crowded. h.S. Native 
of Brazil, in the mine provinces, where it is called Pereiro do 
Campo. Leaves ovate or obovate. Corollas white, villous 
outside, and downy inside; with linear-lanceolate, acute seg- 
ments, which are downy outside, and glabrous inside. Capsule 
obovate, usually solitary. 
Tomentose Aspidosperma. ‘Tree 10 feet. 
2 A. wacRocA'RPON (Mart. l. c. p. 59.) bark of branches 
solid; leaves broad-ovate, sub-cordate, petiolate, bluntish, co- 
riaceous, glabrous above, in the adult state; cymes compound, 
dense. h. S. Native of Brazil, in the mine provinces, be- 
tween Tejuco and Serra do Gran Mogol. Bark warted, covered 
with soft down while young. Leaves coriaceous, clothed with 
dense white tomentum above when young, but always beneath. 
Cymes tomentose. Corolla white, globose at the base; with 
lanceolate, obtuse segments, which are tomentose outside, and 
glabrous inside. 
Large-fruited Aspidospermum. Tree 10 feet. 
3 A. nzrRA'cTUM (Mart. l. c. p. 60.) bark solid; branches 
dichotomous, refracted ; leaves ovate, acute, downy ; cymes 
simple, few-flowered. h. S. Native of Brazil, in the pro- 
vince of Bahia, in the woods called Catingas, between the town 
of Cactete and Maracas. 
Refracted-branched Aspidosperma. Tree. 
4 A. sicotor (Mart. l. c. p. 60.) bark solid ; branches squar- 
rose; leaves petiolate, obovate, obtuse, glabrous above, and 
clothed with hoary tomentum beneath. h. S. Native of 
Brazil, in the province of Pianhia, among bushes. 
T'wo-coloured-leaved Aspidosperma. Tree or shrub. 
5 A. pyrirotium (Mart. l. c.) bark solid; leaves petiolate, 
ovate, acute, glabrous on both surfaces. h. S. Native of 
Brazil, in the province of Pianhia, among bushes near Oeiras, 
and elsewhere, on the edges of woods. 
Pear-leaved Aspidosperma. Shrub or tree. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see A/lama’nda, above. 
Tribe X. 
CARANDIENJE (this tribe contains shrubs agreeing with 
Carandas in particular characters). Fruit solitary, baccate. 
Seeds peltate, naked. Albumen copious, rather horny. 
