58 ON SOUTH-AMERICAN APOCYNACEZ. 
and terminated by 2 subulate stigmata; 2 divaricated ovate follicles, subcompressed, 
stipitate, horned at the apex. 
The Tabernemontana laurifolia, Ker, Bot. Reg. ix. 716, is Taberna laurina. 
8. TABERNAMONTANA OCCIDENTALIS, nob.: ramulis pallidis, striatis : foliis oppositis, lanceolato-oblongis, 
imo acutis, apice in acumen obtusiusculum attenuatis, integris, submembranaceis, supra leete 
viridibus, costa tenui nervisque patentibus subimmersis, tenuibus, subtus pallidioribus, costa 
nervisque paullo prominulis ; petiolo supra plano, limbo 50plo breviore : panicula laterali; pedunculo 
bifido, ramis divaricatis, bracteolatis, 2-floris; pedicellis tenuibus, bracteolatis ; sepalis obtuse ovatis, 
imbricatis, submembranaceis; corolle tubo cylindrico, subbrevi, segmentis membranaceis oblique 
oblongis; antheris subezxrulescentibus, fere omnino exsertis. In Peruvia: v. s. in hb. Mus. Brit.? 
(Maclean). 
A species approaching T. citrifolia : its leaves are 44 in. long, 14 in. broad, on petioles 
1 line long; peduncle 10 lines long; its 2 branches 3 lines; pedicels 4 lines long; sepals 
2 lines long; tube of corolla 3 lines long; segments same length and breadth; anthers 
13 line long. 
9. TABERNAMONTANA BERTERI1, A. DC. Z c. p. 367. In Porto Rico: non vidi. 
Branchlets pallid; in the lower portions, where the leaves have fallen, they are annu- 
lated by a dilated ring; leaves oblong, acute at both ends, 2-3 in. long, 6-12 lines broad, 
on petioles 4-5 lines long, dilated at the base, and conjoined across the nodes; they are 
somewhat heterophyllous at the axils, membranaceous, nerves remote and patent; 
panicles axillary or terminal, shorter than the leaves, on a furcate peduncle, its 
branches, with few flowers, on pedicels 1 line long, with ovate bracteoles at the base; 
sepals obtusely ovate, 2 lines long; corolla 1 in. long, the tube constricted in the middle, 
segments insequilaterally oblong, shorter than the tube; stamens included, seated in the 
constriction of the tube. The estivation of the corolla and other features are unknown; 
but the species is said to be near 7. amygdalefolia. 
10. TABERNEMONTANA UTILIS, Arn. Edinb. Phil. Journ. viii. 318; A. DC. l. c. p. 363. In Guiana, 
Gallica: non vidi. 
A species said to be near T. citrifolia, yielding a lactescent juice, and called “ hya-hya " 
by the natives: leaves oblong, obtuse at the base, suddenly acuminated at the apex, sub- 
coriaceous, glabrous, 4 in. long, 1$ in. broad, on petioles 6 lines long; cymes axillary, 
much shorter than the leaves, few-flowered ; the lower bracts opposite and foliaceous, 
upper ones adpressed about the calyx, ciliated; sepals obtuse, ciliated, tube of corolla 
cylindrical, segments rather short, roundish, simply convoluted; filaments short, seated 
near the middle of the tube; anthers long and deeply biaristate at the base. 
Species of Tabernemontana here excluded and assigned to their proper places :— 
Indications: D., De Candolle, Prodr. vol. viii. ; B., Mull. Fl. Bras. fase. xxvi.; L., Múll. Linn. xxx. 
T. acuminata, Mill. L. 406 . . . . = Peschiera acuminata. 
T. acutissima, Müll. B.73. . . . . Anacampta acutissima. 
