104 supplement. 



MYRSINEjE. 



[ii. p. 295.] Jacquinia aristata, Jacq. Fragm. t. 94, fig. 2 ; Griseb. Fl. Brit. 

 West Ind. p. 397. 



Jacquinia caracasana, H. B. K. ; Biol. Centr.-Am. ii. p. 295. W. 



SAPOTACE.E. 



Bumelia retusa, Sw. var. 1 ?; Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. p. 401. 

 Common. — Jamaica; Cuba. 



APOCYNACE.E. 



[ii. p. 307.] Thevetia neriifolia, Juss. w. 

 Thevetia gaumeri, Hemsl. in Hook. Ic. PL 1. 1517. 



Foliis subcoriaceis oblanceolatis venis inconspicuis, floribus mediocribus, corollse tubo calyce sub- 

 sequali, lobis angustis oblique spathulatis, faucis squamis filamentisque barbatis, disco maximo 

 carnoso. 



Arbor 40-60-pedalis ( Gaumer) , omnino glaberrima, ramulis ultimis crassiusculis, nitidis. Folia petio- 

 lata, tenuiter coriacea, oblanceolata, cum petiolo usque ad 5 poll, longa 1^ lataque, vix acuta, 

 deorsumiu petiolum sensim attenuata, supra nitida, subtus pallidiora, venis utrinque immersis 

 inconspicuis. Flores citrini {Gaumer), mediocres, in cymas erectas subterminales 5-10-floras 

 breviter pedunculatas dispositi, pedicellis ^-1 poll, longis ; calycis segmenta crassa, ovato- 

 oblonga, abrupte breviterque acuminata vel apiculata, 4-5 lineas longa, corollse tubum sequantia, 

 basi intus multisquamulosa vel glandulosa; corolla infundibularis, sesqui- ad bipollicaris, tubo 

 brevi, lobis oblique spathulatis, truncatis, faucis squamis albo-barbatis ; stamina ad medium 

 tubi inserta, filamentis complanatis medio puis longis albidis rigidis dense barbatis; antheras 

 connectivo apice breviter graciliterque cornuto; discus cupularis, crassus, carnosus, ovarium 

 cingens ; ovarium glabrum, loculis biovulatis ; stylus filif ormis, infra stigma conoideum nudus, 

 stigmate pilis albidis supra instructo. Fructus compressus, trigonus, apice 1£ poll, latus, 

 deorsum attenuatus, | poll, longus, biapiculatus. * 

 "Not common " {Gaumer). 

 The relatively short tube and narrow lobes of the medium-sized corolla, associated 



with inconspicuously veined leaves, are the most prominent characteristics of this* 



species. 



[ii. p. 309.] TabernsBnumtana acapulcensis, Miers. 



ASCLEPIADACE.E. 



[ii. p. 323.] Asclepias curassavica, Linn. w. 

 [ii. p. 337.] Marsdenia maculata, Hook. w. 



