Plate 2397. 



TABERNiEMONTANA ANGUINEA, Il^m^l 



Apocvxac'e.e, 



T. anguinea, Hemsk (sp. nov,) ; arbor ad 20 ped alta {Comiyu) 

 undique glaberrinia, raiDulis fluriferis crassiusculis, foliis long© poiio. 

 latis oblongo-lanceolatis abrupte acuminatis ba5^i cunoatis, venis 

 primariis lateralibus utrinque 6-8 arcuatis excurrcntibus, rytuis ^^rvig 

 paucifloris axillaribus vel pseudo-terminalibus, floriluis albis m^diV 

 cribus breviter pedicellatis, calyce parvo breviter 5-dentjito, th'ntthM 

 deltoideis vlx acutis, corollse hypocraterimorph'e lobis valde ob]i(jui« 



pati 



culis rubro-aurantiacis {Comins) elongatis cylindrico-clavatis snpra 

 medium seminiferis bis dextrorsum tortis seiuinibus oblungis com- 

 pressis rugosis. 



Hab. Solomon Islands ; San Cristoval, R. B. Coviim (So, 83). 



Arbor 20-pedaIis. Folia ramorura floriferoruni cum potiolo 5-7 poll, 

 longa et usque ad 2 poll, lata, petiolo 1-1,^ poll. lo^K^J- , ^2'7'' 7 j 

 poll long«., pedicellis circJter 3 lin. longis. Flares 10-12 lin. lung^ et 

 lati. Fol/iculi 6-8 poll, longi, et supra medium sicciUte 6 lux. du- 

 metro. Semina circiter semipollicaria. 



Much elongated twisted foIKcles are characteristic P^ this speciw. 

 and from what Mr. Comins says about them, this is their normal torm. 

 — W. B. Hemsley. 



Fig. L Flo^^er. 2. Calyx, laid open, and pistlL 3. Aather, back and front r,ew. 

 5. SteJ. 6. ^'AX^Q. —Except No. 5, all enlargfd. 



