1058 APOCYNACEAE 
Anther with a foliaceous connective: carpels 6-8- 
ovuled: stigma glabrous: corolla funnelform. 4. VINCA. 
Anther with an inconspicuous connective: carpels 
several-ovuled: stigma pubescent: corolla salver- 
form. 5. CATHARANTHUS. 
II. ECHITIDEAE 
Shrubs or trees. 6. NERIUM. 
Herbs or vines. 
Corolla appendaged within:  ealyx-tube partially at- 
tached to the gynoecium by the thick disk: upright 
T. APOCYNUM. 
Corolla 'unappendaged : calyx-tube wholly free: vines. 
Sti iene s appendaged with a reversed cup or 5 lobes. 
oe funnelform, the throat widened upward. 
"Cal yx-lobes relatively long and narrow: scale- 
like glands borne at the base of the calyx 
8. URECHITES. 
cerned lobes relatively broad and short: scale- 
glands wanting. 9. RHABDADENIA. 
Co rolla salverform, e throat narrowed upward. 10. ECHITES. 
Stigma merely thic 11. TRACHELOSPERMUM. 
III. ALLAMAND 
Shrub with opposite, sometimes whorled leaves, slew fun- 
nelform corollas, and echinate capsules. 12. ALLAMANDA. 
1. VALLESIA R. & P. Shrubs. Leaves alternate: blades relatively 
broad. Calyx-lobes short. Corolla salverform, the throat contracted at the 
mouth: lobes shorter than the tube, equi- 
lateral. Stamens adnate up to the throat of 
the corolla: anthers cordate: disk wanting. 
Carpels 2. rupe narrow. . Seeds clavate, 
unappendaged.—Two species tropical Ameri- 
can 
V. glabra Cav. Shru b3 m. tall or Ed 
j e 
lanceolate, e es deltoid 
to ovate- deltoid, less than 1 em. long: coro 
white ; m. long; be eel 
j 0-14 
. elliptic, 3-4 mm. don ng; drupe 
long.—Hammocks, Florida Keys.—(W. I. A Mex., C. A., S. A.—Spr.-fall. 
2. CERBERA L. Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate: blades relatively 
narrow. Calyx-lobes long. Corolla funnelform, the throat not constricted at 
outh. Drupe broad. Seeds angular. 
8 
T L.]—About 7 species, tropica 
American. 
l. E Thevetia L. Sh d leaves approxi. 
m. long: unt co 3-4 cm. broad.— 
Pinelands, eult. oo and waste-places, S. 
pen. Fla. and ur ida Keys. Nat. 25 E op 
Am (Wr I., Mex., C. A., S. A.)— Ps 
—Known as nn in the West dies 
and in southern Florida. 
