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OCHROSIA OPPOSITIFOLIA (Lam.) K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl Nat. 
Pflanzenfam. 4’ (1895) 156. 
Cerbera oppositifolia Lam. Encycl. 1 (1783) 62. 
G. E. S. 125, McGregor 569, locally known as fago. 
Madagascar through Malaya to the Admiralty Islands and Guam. 
This species, as interpreted by K. Schumann, is of wide distribution, 
and has numerous synonyms. Cerbera oppositifolia Lam., if correctly inter- 
preted, supplies the oldest valid specific name. It is based entirely on 
Lactaria salubris Rumph. Herb. Amboin. 2: 255, t. 84, which is also the 
type of Ochrosia salubris Blume. Valeton® has queried the correctness 
of K. Schumann’s interpretation of Lactaria salubris, retaining Ochrosia 
borbonica Gmel. and O. salubris Blume as distinct species under the section 
Echinocaryon, and O. oppositifolia Lam. (as a synonym of O. elliptica 
Labill.) under the section Lactaria. Material from Amboina is essential 
in order properly to interpret Lactaria salubris from which Ochrosia salu- 
bris and O. oppositifolia must in turn be interpreted. While the Guam 
material does not agree especially well with Rumpf’s figure of Lactaria 
salubris as to vegetative characters, the outline and size of the fruit 
agrees very well. The Guam material certainly belongs in the section 
Echinocaryon. 
TABERNAEMONTANA Linnaeus 
TABERNAEMONTANA DIVARICATA (Linn.) R. Br. ex Roem. & Schult. 
Syst. Veg. 4 (1819) 427. 
Nerium divaricatum Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 209. 
G. E. S. 395, the form with double flowers, from cultivated plants, 
apparently a recent introduction from Manila or from Honolulu. 
Widely distributed in the tropics in cultivation, where native uncertain. 
THEVETIA Linnaeus 
THEVETIA PERUVIANA (Pers.) comb. nov. 
Cerbera peruviana Pers. Syn. Pl. 1 (1805) 267. 
Cerbera thevetia Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 209. 
Thevetia nereifolia Juss. ex Steud. Nomencl. ed. 2, 2 (1840) 680. 
Thevetia thevetia Millsp. in Field. Columb. Mus. Bot. 2: 83. 
G. E. S. 124, cultivated, apparently of recent introduction as it is not 
recorded by Safford. 
A native of tropical America, now cultivated in most tropical countries. 
ASCLEPIADACEAE 
ASCLEPIAS Linnaeus 
ASCLEPIAS CURASSAVICA Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753) 215; Safford 191. 
McGregor 464, Thompson 15, Mrs. Clemens s. n. 
This pantropic weed, originating in tropical America, is apparently 
common in Guam. 
“Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. 12 (1895) 226. 
