APOCYNACEAE 369 
4. Flowers medium, the corolla-lobes spreading, nearly straight, 1.5 
202 CRP WORE CEs SIT ie oi 1 ee 12. Aganosma 
4, Flowers small, the corolla-lobes short, their tips deflexed. 
13. Ichnocarpus 
1. PLUMIERA Linnaeus 
Erect glabrous trees with very stout branches. Leaves scattered, elon- 
gated. Flowers large, in terminal cymes. Calyx small, 5-lobed, the lobes 
obtuse. Corolla funnel-shaped, the lobes strongly overlapping. Stamens 
inserted near the base of the tube; anthers obtuse, rounded at the base, 
free from the stigma. Carpels 2, distinct; ovules many. Fruit a linear- 
oblong or ellipsoid follicle. (In honor of C. Plumier, an early French 
botanist.) 
Species about 40, all of tropical America, the following now cultivated in 
tropical countries. 
*1. P. ACUTIFOLIA Poir. Calachuchi (Sp.-Fil.); Temple Flower, Grave- 
yard Flower, Frangipangi. 
A tree 3 to 7 m high, the branchlets swollen, leafy at their tips. Leaves 
oblong, narrowed at both ends, 20 to 40 cm long. Flowers numerous, very 
fragrant, white and pinkish outside, yellow within, 5 to 6 cm long. (FI. 
Filip. pl. 39.) 
Commonly cultivated for the fragrant flowers, but not spontaneous, fl. 
all the year; cultivated in all tropical countries, a native of tropical America. 
2. CERBERA Linnaeus 
Glabrous trees with alternate leaves. Flowers rather large, in terminal 
cymes. Calyx 5-parted, not glandular. Corolla funnel-shaped or salver- - 
shaped, the tube slender, the lobes broad. Stamens included; anthers 
lanceolate, cells rounded at the base, free from the stigma. Disk none. 
Carpels 2, distinct; ovules 4 in each carpel. Fruit large, ovoid or ellipsoid, 
the pericarp thick, fibrous and woody. (After the dog Cerberus of Greek 
mythology.) . ’ 
A small genus of 5 or 6 species in the littoral districts from Madagascar 
to India and Malaya, at least 2 in the Philippines. 
1. C. odoliam Gaertn. Barabay, Lipata (Tag.). 
A tree 4 to 6 m high, the branches stout. Leaves lanceolate to oblong- 
lanceolate, narrowed at both ends, acuminate, about 20 cm long, shining, 
the nerves slender. Cymes often as long as the leaves, peduncled. Calyx- 
tube short, the lobes spreading, pale-green, lanceolate, acuminate, about 
2 cm long. Corolla-tube slender, greenish-white, enlarged above, about 4 
cm long, the 5-lobed limb white with a purple center, spreading, about 5 cm 
in diameter. Fruit smooth, ellipsoid or ovoid, about 6 cm long. 
Occasional along the Pasay beach, fl. all the year; throughout the Phil- 
ippines along the seashore. India to China, Malaya, Australia, and Pol- 
ynesia. 
38. THEVETIA Linnaeus 
Shrubs with elongated branches and numerous, entire, narrow, alternate 
leaves. Flowers large, yellow, solitary or in few-flowered cymes. Calyx- 
lobes 5, lanceolate, somewhat spreading. Corolla funnel-shaped, the lower 
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