﻿Plate 1517. 



THEVETIA GAUMERI, Hemsl 



APOCYNACEiE. 



T. Gaumeri, Hemsl. ($p. nov.); foliis subcoviaceis oblanceolatis ven 

 inconspicuis, floribus mediocribus, corolla? tubo calyci subsequali, lob 

 angustis oblique spathulatis, faucis squamia filamentisque barbatis, 



Hab. Cozumel Island, Yucatan, Gaumer. 



Arbor 40-60-pedalis (Gaumer), oranino glaberrima, ranmlis ultimis 

 crassinsculis nitidis. Folia petiolata, temiiter coriacea, oblanceolata, 

 cum petiolo usque ad 5 poll, longa l\ lataque, vis acuta, deorsum in 

 petiolum sensim attenuata, supra nitida, subtus pallidiora, veins 

 utnnque immersis inconspicuis. Floret citrini (Gaumer) mediocres, 

 m eymas erectas subtermmales 5-10-floras breviter pedunculatas 

 dispositi, pedirellis 1-1 poll, longis. Calycis tegmenta crassa, ovato- 

 oblonga, abrupte breviterque acuminata vel apiculata, 4-5 lineas longa 

 corolhe tubum sequantia, basi intus multisquamulosa vel glandulosal 

 Corolla infundibuians, sesqui- ad bi-pollicaris, tubo brevi, lobis oblique 

 spathulatis truncatts, faucis squamis albo-barbatis. Stamina ad 

 medium tubi inserta, filamentis complanatis medio pilis longis albis 

 ngidis dense barbatis. Antherm connectivum apice breviter %nicili- 

 terque cornutum. Discus cupularis, crassus, carnosus ovarium 

 cingens. Ovarium glabrum, loculis biovulatis; stylus 'filiformis, 

 infra shgma conoidenm nndns, stigmate pilia albidis supra instruct. 

 1'rurtus ^compressus trigonus, amce 1| poll, latus, deorBum attenuate 

 4 P°U- longus, biapiculatus.— W. B. Hemsley. 



I : 1. Wlower-bod, BUghtly enlarged, erroneously represented as hairy 2 A 

 M-i.-ii. >li..wiritr the hiiwl squain.v. 3. A stamen attached to i itorti n f i ~'r 

 4. Ovary and disk. 5. Fruit, natural size. ' ' the corolla. 



