46 ON SOUTH-AMERICAN APOCYNACEZ. 
distinctly broader at its base, where it is staminigerous; disk none; 2 obtusely obovoid 
ovaries ; style double their length. 
34. PESCHIERA AUSTRALIS, nob.: Tabernemontana australis, Müll. l. e. p. 84. In Brasiliz prov. aus- 
tralioribus : non vidi. 
A species said to be near T. bracteolaris (P. hystrix), differing in its leaves scarcely 
narrowed at the base, with much shorter petioles, in its acuminated bracts, and a shorter - 
tube in the corolla. Leaves narrowly elliptie oblong, subobtuse at the base, gradually 
acutely acuminated, submembranaceous, 4-43 in. long, 11-16 lines broad, on petioles - 
13 line long; corymbs in the dichotomies of the branchlets, densely 20-flowered, with | 
linear acute bracteoles; pedicels 14 line long; sepals acuminated, with membranaceous 
margins, 3 line long; tube of corolla in bud cylindrical, 4 lines long, broader near ` 
its base; stamens inserted near its base, in a pilose ring; disk none; ovaries 2, acutely | 
oblong, with a short style; follicles 13 in. long. 
35. PESCHIERA SOLANIFOLIA, nob.: Tabernemontana solanifolia, A. DC. l. c. p. 365: Mull. l. c. p. 86. 1 
In Bahia: v. s. in hb. Mus. Brit. Bahia (Blanchet 2724). 
A very peculiar species, with thick, 4-angular, fuscous, pubescent branches, densely | 
covered with rather large leaves, and annularly ringed at intervals of 4 lines. The leaves _ 
are ovate-oblong, shortly and obtusely acuminated, spathulately and gradually contracted 
downwards from above the middle, becoming very narrow at the base, where they are ` 
subcordate and nearly sessile, are membranaceous, opake green above, puberulous upon _ 
about 15—30 pairs of short subpatent nerves conjoined near the margins, pale yellowish 
below, and densely puberulous, 33-62 in. long, 12-34 in. broad above the middle, ` 
reduced gradually to a breadth of about 4 lines at the base, on petioles 1-1} line long; ` 
cymes terminal, puberulous, 40-120-flowered, 3-4 in. long and broad, several times | 
trichotomously divided, each ultimate branchlet about 4 lines long, bearing about 
7 almost umbellate approximated flowers on bracteolated pedicels 4 lines long; sepals | 
ovate-lanceolate, 14 line long; tube of corolla 42 lines long, broader at the base, and 
there staminigerous; segments of border obliquely ovate, 24 lines long; no disk; other | 
_ parts as in the preceding species. 
36. PESCHIERA SOLANDRI, nob. : Tabernemontana cymosa, Sol. (non Jaeq.) Primit. Fl. Bras. p. 72: ramulis i 
dichotomis, pallidis, interrupte striatis : foliis ovato-oblongis, imo acutis, apice in acumen obtusulum — 
constrictis, submembranaceis, supra viridibus, pruinoso-opacis, ad costam sulcatis, nervis curvatim i 
patentibus immersis, subtus flavide pallidioribus, opacis, granulatis, costa nervisque prominulis; ` 
petiolo tenuissimo, limbo 15-18plo breviore: paniculis axillaribus, tenuiter ramosis, ramis medio - 
bracteolatis 2-floris; pedicellis calyce paullo longioribus; sepalis viridibus, anguste lanceolatis, 
recurvis, intus squamula plurilacinulata munitis; corolle tubo calyce 2plo longiore, imo latiore, — 
intus pubescente, segmentis dolabriformibus, tubo 3plo brevioribus, glabris, sinistrorsum convolutis; 
staminibus paullo supra basin insertis, filamentis tenuibus; disco nullo; ovariis 2, ovatis; ceteris i 
generis. In Brasilia: v. s. in hb. Mus. Brit. Rio de Janeiro (Solander). 
A species near P. Spixiana, differing in its smaller, more lanceolate leaves, on shorter — 
petioles, in its inflorescence and more lanceolate reflexed sepals. The leaves are 3-34 in. 
