306 OLEACEZ. 
3. Forestiera pubescens, Nutt. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. n. s. v. p.177; A. Gr. 
Synop. Fl. N. Am. ii. p. 77; Torr. Bot. U.S. & Mex. Bound. Surv. p. 167. 
Forestiera ligustrina, var. pubescens, A. Gr. in Proc. Am. Acad. iv. p. 364. 
Frioripa ; ARKANSAS; Texas.—Norta Mexico, Chihuahua (ex Torrey). 
Order LXXXVII. APOCYNACE. 
Apocynacee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 681. 
About 900 species, chiefly shrubby and arboreous, belonging to 103 genera; they 
are rare in extratropical regions. 
1. ALLAMANDA. 
Allamanda, Linn. Mant. n. 1295; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. 11. p. 690. 
Trees or shrubs, often lofty climbers. About twelve species have been described, 
nearly all of them Brazilian. | | 
1. Allamanda cathartica, Linn. Mant. p. 214; DC. Prodr. viii. p. 318; Bot. 
Mag. t. 338; Lam. Ill. t. 171. 
‘Allamanda aubletii, Pohl, Bras. i. p. 74; Bot. Mag. t. 4411. . 
Nicaraaua (Tate, 352); Panama, Chagres (Fendler, 201, 235, 457).—Southward to 
Perv and Braziu, and in the West Inpies. Hb. Kew. 
2. VALLESIA. 
Vallesia, Ruiz et Pav. Prodr. Fl. Per. et Chil. p. 28, t.5; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 696. 
Limited to the following species, which are shrubs or small trees. 
1. Vallesia glabra, Cav. Ic. Pl. iii. p. 50, t. 297; DC. Prodr. viii. p. 349. 
Vallesia dichotoma, Ruiz et Pav. FI. Per. ii. p. 26, t. 151. fig. B. 
Vallesia chiococcoides, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. iii. p. 288, t. 241. 
Vallesia cymbefolia, Ort. Dec. p. 58. 
Fiorina; Lower Catirornia.—Mexico, Tehuacan, at 5000 feet (Galeotti, 7193).— 
Bauamas; Cuspa; Cotompra, southward to CHILI and eastward to Buenos Ayres ; also 
in the GaLapagos. Hb. Kew. 
9. Vallesia mexicana, Mill. Arg. in Linnea, xxx. p. 393. 
South Mexico, region of Orizaba (Miller, 1000; Bourgeau, 2876); GUATEMALA, 
‘Duefias (Fraser). Hb. Kew. 
3. RAUWOLFIA. 
Rauwolfia, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 293; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 697. 
About forty arboreous and shrubby species, inhabiting tropical Asia, Africa, and 
America, and extratropical South Africa. 
