FLOEA OF THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA. 1G7 
oljlongo-ovatis acuminatis basi in petiolum attenuatis tri- vel qiiintuplinernis supra glabris subtus 
ad nervos pTiberulis, civrliis nuUis^ racemis paniculatis axUluribus pubcsccutibus, laciiiiis calycinis 
ovato-lauccolatisj corolla liypocraterimorplia cxtus glabra, lobis acutis. — Island of Coyba and Coa-st 
of Darien. 
A cliuiblng sea-side sbrub, closely allied to SJ cogens, Beuth.; the berry is about 1^ inches in diameter, 
and yellow ; the seeds are flat, and about G lines broad. 
APOCYNE^. 
638. Allamanda cathaftica, Linn., Dc Cand. Prodr. vol. viiL p. 318. — Cbagres (Fendlcr). 
639. Rauwolfia Jieterophylla, Kocm. ct Scliult., De Cand. Prodr. vol. nii, p. 338. In waste 
places, Panama and Island of Taboga. 
This species is diffused over Mexico (Galeotti, Dcppe), Central America (Barclay), New Grauada 
(Seemann), and Ecuador (Seemann). In the latter state I gathered it about Esmeraldas, at which place it 
is known by the name of Contra de vivora, and its root employed as an antidote for snake-poison. Whctlier, 
as such a remedy^ it is cfficaeiouSj I liare not been able to ascertain. 
640. Thevetia neriifolia^ Juss,, De Caud, Prodi\ vol. viii, p. 3-1-3- — Nomcn vemacul. "Cam- 
paiiilla.'^ In ^aste and stony places about Panama, often used for making hedges. 
This slirub is commoLily cultivated in the gardens of trojjical America for ornamental purposes^ and, 
having thence escaped, has obtained a wider geographical range than it originally must have enjoyed. I do 
not think it is a true native of the Isthmus ; at least I have never observed it in any locality except the 
neighbourhood of to^Tis and other inhabited places. Is or do I know which country may be looked upon 
as its native land, as the conditions under which it occurs in the Isthmus are the same in all the countries 
in which I have met it, including several of the West Indian Islands, Ecuador, Pern, and Mexico. 
641. Thevetia nitida^ Dc Cand. Prodr. vol- viii. p. 344. — Nomcn vcruacul. 'Xojon del gato." 
On the outskirts of forests, from Chagres (Fendler) to Panama* 
A slirub from 4 to 6 feet high; flowers white; fruit bright scarlet. The vernacular name of this 
plant is derived from the shape of the fruit, which, as the Isthmians fancy, bears some resemblance to the 
testicles of the cat (cojones del gato). 
642- Taoern^emoxtana amygdaUfoUa^ Jacq-, De Cand. Prodr. vol. viii, p. 367. — Nomen ver- 
uacul. ^'Jasmin del niontc," From Tole to Da^dd, Ycraguas. 
This shrub (mentioned, by a clerical error at p, 72 of this work, as T. alha, ]MilL) is about 6 feet high, 
and producej:^ fine blossoms, which emit an odour not iwXiko ihiit o£ the Jasminum Sanibac ; hence the popular 
name, "Jasmin del monte," an appellation also current at Cartagena de Indias, T, amt/^JcdifoUa was 
found by Cuming and AYatts in Kew Granada, and by Moritz in Venezuela, 
613. Tabeuxxmoxtaxa yrandijlora, Jacq., Dc Caud. Prodr. vol. \iu. p. 368. From Cliagres 
+ 
(Feudler) to Panama, aud also in Darien. 
Hooker's Herbanuin contains spet'Imena of this plant from Guayana (Scboml)urgk) , Surinam (llost- 
niann), Venezuela (Linden), and New Granada (Linden, Cuming, no. H21). 
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644. ViNCA rosea, Linn., DeCand. Prodr. vol. ^iii. p. 382. — Nomen vemacul. "Maravilla del 
ticmpo." In waste places, common in the neighbourhood of inhabited places. 
