370. A FLORA OF MANILA 
part of the tube cylindric, dilated above, the lobes 5, longer than the tube, 
somewhat inequilateral. Stamens adnate to the bearded throat of the 
corolla-tube, the anthers free from the stigma. Disk lobed. Ovary 2-lobed 
2-celled, the cells 2-ovuled. Drupe broader than long, the endocarp hard, 
2-celled, 2- to 4-seeded. (In honor of A. Thevet, a French priest who 
worked in Brazil.) 
Species about 7 in tropical America, some now cultivated in other warm 
countries. 
*1. T. NERIIFOLIA Juss. Campanilla (Sp.-Fil.). 
An erect, branched, glabrous shrub 2 to 5 m high, with copious milky 
sap. Leaves linear, 10 to 15 cm long, 7 to 10 mm wide, sessile, shining. 
Calyx-teeth acuminate 7 to 9 mm long, green. Corolla 7 cm long about 
5 em broad, yellow. Drupe subglobose, glabrous, green, shining, 3 to 4 em 
in diameter (Fl. Filip. pl. 45.) 
Cultivated only, fl. all the year; an ornamental shrub introduced from 
tropical America. 
4. LOCHNERA Reichenbach 
Low undershrubs or shrubby plants with erect stems. Leaves opposite, 
entire. Flowers axillary, solitary or in pairs. Calyx-lobes 5, slender. 
Corolla salver-shaped; the tube slender, the limb of 5, broad, spreading 
lobes. Stamens included, the anthers free from the stigma. Disk of 2 
large glands alternating with the carpels. Carpels 2, distinct, united by 
the styles. Follicles 2, several-seeded, erect or spreading. Seeds not ap- 
pendaged. (In honor of M. F. Lochner, an early German botanist.) 
Species 3, tropical America, India, and Madagascar, a single introduced 
one in the Philippines. 
1. L. ROSEA (L.) Reichb. (Vinca rosea L.). Chichirica (Sp.-Fil.). 
An erect, simple or slightly branched plant, 30 to 50 cm high, glabrous 
or slightly pubescent, the stems woody at least below. Leaves oblong, 4 
to 7 cm long, apex usually rounded and apiculate, base often inequilateral. 
Calyx-lobes subulate, about 4 mm long, green. Corolla-tube slender, 2.5 
to 3 cm long, pale-green, the limb spreading, 3.5 to 5.5 cm in diameter, 
white, pink, red, or white with a red or pink center, the lobes obliquely 
obovate, 1.7 to 2.5 em wide. Follicles cylindric, pubescent, 2 to 3 cm long. 
(Fl. Filip. pl. 42.) 
Frequently cultivated, fl. all the year; all tropical countries, cultivated 
or wild. A native of tropical America, now naturalized and widely dis- 
tributed in the Philippines. 
5. TABERNAEMONTANA Linnaeus 
Erect shrubs or small trees, glabrous or somewhat pubescent. Leaves 
opposite, one of each pair often smaller than the other. Flowers white, 
5-merous, in few-flowered axillary cymes, in pairs, or solitary. Calyx 
5-lobed or -parted, usually glandular within. Corolla salver-shaped, the 
tube cylindric, somewhat inflated at or above the middle, the lobes spread- 
ing, often faleate. Stamens inserted at or above the middle of the tube, 
included, the anthers free from the stigma. Carpels 2, free; ovules many 
in each carpel. Fruit of 2, somewhat fieshy, usually red, oblong to subglo- 
bose, smooth or longitudinally ribbed, few- to many-seeded follicles; seeds 
borne in the pulp, grooved down one side. (In honor of J. B. Tabernae- 
montanus, an early German physician and botanist.) 
