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Order LIX. APOCYNACEAE. 



1. Thevetia nerifolia, Juss. 



In gardens. West Indies and South America. 



2. Rauwolfia nitida, I>. 

 Indigenous. Jamaica. 



3. Tabernaemontana citrifolia, Jacq. 

 West Indies and South America. 



4. Vinca rosea, L. 



Periwinkle. Naturalized from Old World. 



5. Plumiera rubra, L. 



Jasmine Tree, Frangipani ; from South America. 



6. ,P. obtisa, L. (Swains.) 



White Frangipani. Indigenous, This plant is exceedingly- 

 common hi the windward islands of the group. 



7. Mandevillea, sp. 



Chili Jasmine. Naturalized from South America. 



8. Echites subereeta, Jacq. (Rhabdadenia.) 



Described by Herrick as a common and showy climber, often 

 completely covering the lower shrubbeiy, and distinguished by its 

 large lemon-colored flowers, shining leaves and milky juice. 



9. E. n. sp. ? near umbellata, Jacq. (Ca/esb.) 



Wolff road, New Providence. Shrub about 8 feet high, glabrous, 

 flowers in axillary cymes, pedicels geminate, corolla white with violet- 

 purple throat. Anthers hispid on back, follicles united at tips 6-8 

 inches long, other characters like umbellata. Corolla limb 6 inches 

 long. Calyx lobe 1-1 -j inches, Coma 4 inches, 8 Anthers 1J-2 

 inches. 



10. E. neriandra, Ur. (Swains.) 



Harold's road New Providence, and common. 



11. E. paludosa, Vahl. (Swains.) 



12. E. Sagraei, A. D. C. (Sjvains ) 



13. E. Jamaicensis, Gr. (Srvains.) 



14. Nerium Oleander, L. 



Oleander, Rose Laurel, Sweet Oleander, South Sea Rose Natu- 

 ralized from India. 



15. Vallesia glabra, Car. [Swains.) 



16. Forestieracassinoides, Poir. (Hjalmars.) Turk's Island. 



Many of the plants of this order are intensely poisonous and all 

 are to be suspected. Some are strongly purgative, while the bark 



