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feet ia height. The leaves are obovate-oblong, acute, ^Yith flat 

 edges, glabrous, the peduncles are elongated, trifid, downy ; the 

 flowers crowded on fascicles. Corolla red, with a pilose throat and 

 obliquely obovate-oblong segments which are rounded at the apex. 

 In South America the women adorn themselves with these flowers 

 and put them among linen to scent it, as we do Lavender. 



P. alha, Jacquin, Stirpium Americanarum Historia, p. 36; t. 174, 

 f. 12, coloured edition, t. 38; Lin., Sp. PL, p. 307 ; Plumier, Icones 

 plantarum Americanum, t. 231 : Commelyn, Horti Medici, ii., p. 

 47, t. 24. Xative of the West Indies, as of Jamaica and 

 Martinique and of the main land of South America. It is called 

 by the French in Martinique Frangipanie hlanc. This tree is 

 about 15 feet in height ; the leaves are lanceolate-oblong with 

 revolute edges, acuminated, about a foot in length ; peduncles 

 corymbose. Flowers white, with a yellow throat ; spicate, 

 ambrosiacal, exciting cephalagia. The corolla has a very long, 

 thick incurved tube, and obovate-oblong oblique segments. 



P. alha Var. ^ ; fragrant issima, Humboldt, Bompland & Kunth, 

 Nova plantarum genera, iii., p. 230 ; Syn. P. hicolor Paiiz et Pavon, 

 Flora Peruviana et Chilensis, ii., p. 21, t. 141 (?). This is a native 

 of Xew Granada and Peru and is found in the gardens of the 

 Indians. It attains a height of 40 feet. The leaves are obovate- 

 lanceolate, short-acuminated with flat edges, glabrous except the 

 nerve and veins which are downy beneath ; flowers paniculately 

 spicate, very fragrant ; corolla with a white limb and yellow throat. 

 Tube of corolla green and ventricose at the base ; segments of the 

 limb obovate-oblong, obtuse, equal ; throat hairy. 



There is a scentless varietv of P. alha, native of Carthao-ena, 

 mentioned in Jacquin's work above quoted, p. oQ. It is a tree of 

 about 8 feet in height only. 



P. imdica, Jacquin ; as above, p. 37, t. 24 is a native of South 

 America, and is highly esteemed in Curagoa, where it is called 

 Donzdle. The leaves are oblong, flat, veined. The limb of the 

 corolla is closed. The corolla is yellowish and very sweet-scented. 

 In height, this plant is only about 5 feet. The flowers succeed 

 each other for two months together, and have an odour much more 

 agreeable than that of any other species, and to some people, even 

 more agreeable that that of any other flower. 



