406 APOCYNE.E. 



4. FORESTIERA, Pair. 

 (Adelia, P. Br., non L.) 

 Flowers polygamous, in short, axillary, amentaceous racemes. Calyx 4-partite, minute, 

 deciduous. Petals 0. Stamens 4-2(-l). Style cylindrical: stigma capitate-emarginate. 

 Drupe 1-seeded by abortion : seeds albuminous. — Shrubs ; leaves simple, variable. 



5. P. cassinoides, Poir. {excltis. syn. P. Br.). Glabrous (or glabrescent) ; leaves 

 rigid, elliptical-roundish or elliptical-oblong, quite entire, petioled, slightly dotted (or nearly 

 dotless) beneath ; drupe obliquely oblong, bluntish, longer than the pedicel. — Leaves 2£"-l", 

 drupe 6'" long, the latter black with bluish bloom. — Hab. Bahamas !, Hjalmars., Turk 

 Islands; Jamaica!, Pd., S. Elizabeth, in the Santa Cruz mountains ; [Guadeloupe!]. 



6. P. porulosa, Poir. Glabrous ; leaves leathery, lanceolate-oblong or elliptical, usually 

 blunt, quite entire, cuneate at the subsessile base, dotted beneath ; drupe obliquely ellip- 

 soidal, bluntish or subacute, nearly as long as the pedicel. — Br. Jam. t. 36. f. 3. Jacq. 

 Ic. Bar. t. 625 : a larger leaved form. — Adelia, Mich. Borya, W. Myrica segregata, Jacq. 

 Piptolepis phyllyreoides, Benth. ! : I however saw no more than 4 stamens. — Leaves 6"-2" 

 long, often shining above ; drupe 4'" long, with a bloom. — Hab. Jamaica !, March, common 

 in the low hills east of Kingston (P. Br.) ; [Cuba !, Florida, Texas !, Mexico !]. 



CVIII. JASMINES. 



Stamens 2, inserted into the sympetalous, imbricative corolla. Ovary superior, syncar- 

 pous, 2-celled : ovules single (or few) in each cell, ascending. Seeds exalbuminous, or nearly 

 so. — Shrubs, often climbing ; leaves exstipulate, usually opposite ; inflorescence corymbi- 

 form-cymose. 



1*. JASMINTJM, L. 



Corolla salver-shaped : limb 5-8-partite. Berry didymous. — Leaves compound, or 1- 

 foliolate with a jointed petiole ; flowers fragrant. 



1*. J. officinale, L. Glabrous ; leaves opposite, Jmpari-pinnate : leaflets 3-jugal, 

 ovate, or ovate-lanceolate, terminal acuminate ; cymes lax, few-flowered, terminal and from 

 the uppermost axils ; calyx-lobes linear ; corolla white : tube exceeding the calyx, lobes oval. 

 — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica, Antigua!, Wullschl.; [introduced from Asia]. 



2*. J. gracile, Andr. Glabrous; branches cylindrical, scandeut ; leaves opposite, 1- 

 foliolate, ovate, pointed ; cymes trichotomous, terminal ; calyx-teeth miuute ; corolla white ; 

 tube much longer than the calyx, nearly as long as the oblong lobes. — Jacq. Schcenbr. t. 321. 

 — J. volubile, Jacq. — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica !, March ; [introduced from the Pacific 

 islands]. 



CIX. APOCYNE^]. 



Stamens 5, inserted into the sympetalous, contorted (rarely valvate) corolla. Ovaries 

 superior, usually 2, united by the style or ovary of 2 connected carpophylls, 2-1-celled : 

 placentas usually mauy-ovulate. Seeds mostly albuminous : cotyledons usually foliaceous. 

 — Leaves entire, usually opposite, often with stipular glands or fringes ; inflorescence 

 cymose. 



The milky sap is rich in Caoutchouc (prepared in Jamaica from Echites paludosa, Pd.), 

 and it affords drastic medicines {e.g. Allamanda, Rauwolfia). It is said to be not milky, 

 but is very poisonous in the anomalous genus Strychnos, which on the continent affords the 

 Curare-poison. The drupe of Thevetia is poisonous too. From Echites suberecta starch is 

 extracted in Jamaica. 



Series 1. Rauwolfiese. — Connective not produced below the anther-ceils. Seeds devoid 

 of a coma (rarely comose). — Corolla, in the West Indian genera, sinistrorsely contorted 

 (except in Strychnos). 



1. STRYCHNOS, L. 

 Calyx 5-4-partite. Corolla salver-shaped or rotate: lobes valvate. Stamens inserted 



