Galeottiane. N. O. Apocynee. 
TAB. CCCLXVI. 
RAUWOLFIA HETEROPHYLLA. Herb. Willd. 
Ramis angulatis glabris, foliis oppositis ternis quaternisque ine- 
qualibus membranaceis ellipticis acuminatis penninerviis sub 
lente minute farinosis demum nudis, petiolis brevibus canali- 
culatis margine superne ciliato-aculeolatis, cymis peduncula- 
tis paucifloris, baccis parvis pisiformibus. 
Rauwolfia heterophylla. Willd. Herb. n. 5098. Roem. et Sch. 
Syst. Vi eget. v. 4, p. 805, Schlecht. et Cham. in Linnea, 
¥. 5. p. 125, 
oa Mexico, Puente del Rey ; Schiede and Deppe. Xalapa; 
eotti, 
_ This plant is well described by Chamisso and Schlechtendal 
in the work above quoted. In my specimens the lower leaves 
are opposite, the rest ternate or quaternate, more or less une- 
qual. Flowers few, small, in axillary cymes. Lobes of the 
small calyx rounded, imbricated. Corolla funnel-shaped, beard- 
ed within at the back of the anthers. Germen small, two-lobed, 
Seated on an hypogynous gland. Berry or drupe, small, thie 
‘wo hard wrinkled nuts. 
Fig. 1. Flower, J. 2. Portion of the corolla, to show the tuft 
of hairs at the back of the anther. f. 3. Pistil. f 4. Drupe or 
my: f.5. The same cut open to show the nuts. f. 6, One 
of the nuts i—magnified. 
