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APOCYNE^E. XXIX. TABERKUEMONTANA. 



Kraeuterbuch, 1589, and Figures of Plants, 1590, in an oblong 

 quarto form. He was physician to the Elector Palatine, and 

 died in 1590.) Plum. gen. 30. Lin. gen. no. 301. Juss. 145. 

 R. Br. prod. p. 467. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla 

 salver- shaped; limb 5-parted; segments unequal-sided. Sta- 

 mens inclosed ; anthers sagittate, cohering to the stigma. Ova- 

 ria 2. Style filiform ; stigma bifid, from the dilated base. 

 Hypogynous glands wanting. ? Follicles 2, ventricose. Seeds 

 immersed in pulp. Small trees. Leaves opposite. Stipulas 

 interpetiolar, adnate at bottom, and loose at top. Cymes sub- 

 dichotomous, interpetiolar. Calyx permanent. 



* Natives of New Holland. 



1 T. ORIENTA'LIS (R. Br. prod. p. 468.) leaves lanceolate-oblong, 

 acuminated, glabrous, as well as the branches ; bracteas subu- 

 late, slowly deciduous. Jj . S. Native of New Holland, within 

 the tropic; and of Malabar, if Rheede's Curuta Pala, mal. 1. p. 

 83, t. 46, be the same which is T. alternifblia, Lin. in which there 

 is not a specimen in his herbarium. Flowers white, sweet-scented. 

 Follicles yellow, ex Rheede. 



Eastern Tabernaemontana. Shrub 6 feet. 



2 T. PUBE'SCENS (R. Br. prod. p. 468.) leaves elliptic-oblong, 

 sub-acuminated, downy beneath, as well as the branchlets ; 

 branches of cyme erect, and are, as well as the calyxes, pilose ; 

 bracteas verv minute, caducous. ^ S. Native of New Holland, 

 within the tropic. 



Dorvny Tabernaemontana. Shrub. 



3 T. EBRACTEA'TA (R. Br. prod. p. 468.) leaves oval or 

 elliptic, and are, as well as the cymes, downy ; branches and 

 peduncles spreading, bractless. fy . S. Native of New Holland, 

 within the tropic. 



Bractless Tabernaemontana. Shrub or tree. 



* * Natives of South America, and the West India Islands. 



4 T. CITRIFOLIA (Lin. spec. 210.) leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 glabrous ; flowers in sub-umbellate, axillary fascicles, towards 

 the tops of the branches. *j . S. Native of Jamaica, and other 

 West India Islands. Willd. spec. 1. p. 1244, exclusive of the 

 syn. of Jacq. Lam. ill. t. 170. f. 1. Plum. icon. t. 248. f. 2. 

 Leaves 4-6 inches long. Flowers beautiful yellow, sweet- 

 scented. Segments of corolla narrow, elongated, bluntish. 

 Teeth of calyx acute. Follicles acuminated, recurved. 



Citron-leaved Tabernaemontana. Clt. 1784. Tree 15 feet. 



5 T. A'LBA (Mill. diet. no. 2.) leaves oblong ovate, acumi- 

 nated, shining, glabrous ; corymbs terminal, large. Ij . S. 

 Native of Martinico, in woods, and the adjacent continent. T. 

 citrifolia, Jacq. amer. 38. Leaves 5 inches long, and 1|- inch 

 broad. Flowers white, sweet-scented, like those of a Jasmlnum. 



JVhite-fiovtereA Tabernaemontana. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1780. 

 Shrub 10 to 12 feet. 



6 T. LAURIFOLIA (Lin. spec. 2. p. 210.) leaves ovate or oval, 

 bluntish, glabrous ; flowers lateral, subumbellate. lj . S. Na- 

 tive of St. Domingo, Jamaica, on the banks of rivers. Jacq. 

 amer. p. 39. pict. p. 25. Ker. bot. reg. 716. Sloane, hist. 2. p. 

 62. 1. 186. f. 2. Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2d. vol. 2. p. 72. Flowers 

 small, yellow, sweet-scented. Leaves 4 inches long, and 2 

 broad. Linnaeus cites under this species T. laurifoliam, flore 

 albo, fructu rotundiore, Amm. herb. 212, which probably belongs 

 to the preceding species. 



Laurel-leaved Tabernaemontana. Fl. May. Clt. 1768. Shrub 

 5 to 10 feet. 



7 T. ODORA'TA (Vahl. eclog. amer. 2. p. 22. Poir. diet. 7. p. 

 532.) leaves ovate-oblong or lanceolate-elliptic, acuminated, reti- 

 culately veined, glabrous ; corymbs terminal, and in the forks of 

 the branches. Jj.S. Native of Guiana and Surinam. Cameraria 



Tamaquarina, Aubl. guian. 1. p. 260. t. 102. Cameraria lutea, 

 a, Lam. diet. 1. p. 566. Pedicels bractless. Calycine segments 

 subulate. Segments of the corolla linear-lanceolate, ex Vahl. 

 Flowers corymbose, in the forks of the branches, large, yellow, 

 sweet-scented, ex Aubl. 



Srveet- scented Tabernaemontana. Fl. Oct. Nov. Clt. 1793. 

 Shrub 4 feet. 



8 T. ECHINA'TA (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 263. t. 103.) leaves ovate- 

 oblong, acuminated, somewhat undulated, clothed with fine 

 white tomentum beneath ; flowers terminal, almost sessile, 

 10-12 in each fascicle: each flower furnished with a small, scale- 

 like bractea ; follicles echinated by soft tubercles, fj . S. Na- 

 tive of Guiana. Leaves 4-6 inches long, and 2 broad. Flowers 

 sweet-scented. Calyx white, 5-toothed. Corolla seated on a 

 yellow disk, with a red margin, and dotted with red ; lobes of 

 limb large, yellowish, undulated, acute. Follicles yellow, ovate. 

 Teeth of calyx small, acute. Perhaps a distinct genus. 



Echinated Tabernaemontana. Shrub 4-5 feet. 



9 T. FASCICULA'TA (Poir diet. 5. p. 531. no. 14.) leaves ovate, 

 acuminated, nerved, glabrous, shining above ; flowers lateral 

 towards the tops of the brandies, axillary, numerous, in fascicles, 

 inclining to a short, sub-umbellate corymb ; branches opposite, 

 articulated, sub-dichotomous ; bracteas very short, caducous. 



\i . S. Native of Cayenne. Leaves almost lanceolate, blunt at 

 the apex, rufescent beneath, 2-3 inches long, with parallel nerves 

 confluent to the margin. Teeth of calyx short, obtuse. Corollas 

 small ; segments of the limb narrow, obtuse. Allied to T. 

 muricdta. 



Fascicled-Rov/ered Tabernaemontana. Shrub. 



10 T. RIPA'RIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 228.) 

 glabrous ; leaves oblong, acuminated, with undulated margins ; 

 peduncles dichotomous, few-flowered; calycine segments elliptic- 

 oblong, obtuse, undulated, 3 times shorter than the tube of the 

 corolla ; segments of corolla obovate, roundish, oblique. *? . S. 

 Native of New Granada, on the banks of the river Magdalena, 

 near El Peron, in shady places. Leaves membranous, glandless 

 at the base, 4 to 4g inches long. Corolla yellow. Ovaria 

 girded by a fleshy ring. 



River-side Tabernaemontana. Fl. May. Tree 20 feet. 



11 T. LITORA'LIS (H. B. et Kunth. 1. c.) glabrous; leaves 

 elliptic-oblong, sub-acuminated ; peduncles sub-dichotomous, 

 few-flowered ; calycine segments elliptic-oblong, obtuse, 4 or 

 5 times shorter than the tube of the corolla ; segments of corolla 

 dimidiately obovate, roundish. 17. S. Native of Mexico, near 

 Campeche, on the sea-shore. This species differs from T. 

 riparia, in the flowers being twice the size, and in the structure 

 of the calyx. 



Shore Tabernaemontana. Tree. 



12 T. HETEROPHV'LLA (Vahl. eel. amer. 2. p. 22.) leaves 

 elliptic-lanceolate, and somewhat cordate, sub-undulated, acu- 

 minated, glabrous ; peduncles in . the forks and tops of the 

 branches, glabrous, 5-7-flowered, racemose ; bracteas minute, 

 twin at the base of each pedicel. Tj . S. Native of Cayenne. 

 T. echinata, Rohr. mss. from which name the follicles are pro- 

 bably echinated. Leaves petiolate and sessile. Pedicels alter- 

 nate. Calycine segments linear lanceolate. Corolla ^ an inch 

 long, with some silky hairs in the throat ; segments of the limb 

 lanceolate, obtuse. 



Variable-leaved Tabernaemontana. Shrub or tree. 



13 T. GRANDIFLORA (Jacq. amer. 40. t. 31. ed. pict. p. 25. t. 

 41.) leaves oval, attenuated at both ends, acute, glabrous, 

 shining, unequal in size ; peduncles irregular, 2-3-flowered at 

 the sides of the ultimate bifurcations; calyxes unequal; stem 

 dichotomous. Ij . S. Native of Carthagena, in woods. Lin. 

 mant. p. 53. Lam. ill. t. 170. f. 2. Flowers white, scentless, 

 larger than those of other species of the genus. Calycine seg- 



