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shining. Seeds nestling in the pulp, ovate, compressed, wrin- 

 kled, bay-coloured externally. An unarmed tree. Leaves 

 opposite, oblong-lanceolate, membranous. Panicles terminal, 

 pedunculate, bracteate. Flowers scattered, greenish white. 

 Fruit large, of a reddish orange colour, and of the shape of an 

 orange. 



1 R. AVRANTIACA (Gaud. 1. c. p. 451. t. 61.). I; . S. Native 

 of the Moluccas, in the island of Raddak. Tabernaemontana 

 aurantiaca, Gaud. gen. p. 50. and 55. 



Orange-fruited Rejoua. Tree. 



Cult. See Taberntemontana, p. 92. for culture and propagation. 



XXXIV. ORCHIPFDA (meaning unknown to us). Blume, 

 bijdr. p. 1026. 



LIN. SY>T. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx tubular, deci- 

 duous : limb bluntly 5-cleft. Corolla funnel-shaped : having 

 the throat half closed inside by a tumid ring ; tube length of 

 calyx, inflated in the middle ; limb spreading, 5-lobed. Sta- 

 mens inclosed ; anthers sagittate, cohering to the stigma. 

 Ovarium didvmous, girded by a ring. Style 1 ; stigma conical, 

 5-angled: with 2 notches at top. Drupes twin, 8eshy, globose, 

 J -celled, pulpy inside, dehiscing at the side. Seeds numerous, 

 wrinkled, convolutely 2-lobed at one side. Albumen fleshy. 

 Cotyledons foliaceous. A tree, with opposite, oblong, glabrous, 

 leaves ; and lateral and terminal, bifid, few-flowered peduncles. 



1 O. FOJ'TIDA (Blum, bijdr. p. 1027.}. ^ . S. Native of 

 Java, among bushes on the mountains, where it is called Hampru- 

 badak. 



d Ochipeda. Fl. year. Tree. 



Cult. See Taberncemontana, p. 92. for culture and propagation. 



XXX\ . PLLMIE'RA (so named by Tournefort, in honour 

 of Charles Plumier, of Marseilles, a Franciscan traveller in 

 South America, and author of several excellent works, as Plantae 

 Americanae, 1693, and by Burmann in 1755.; Genera, 1703; 

 Fougeres Americaines, 1705, &c.). Tourn. coral, t. 439. Lin. 

 gen.~298. Juss. 45. Lam. ill. 1. 173. f. 2. 



Lis. SYST. Pe/ilandria, .Monogynia. Calyx small, 5-parted, 

 blunt. Corolla funnel-shaped, with a long, slender tube ; seg- 

 ments of the limb oblong, unequal-sided : throat scaleless. 

 Stamens inserted in the middle or base of the tube of the co- 

 rolla, inclosed, free ; anthers connivent. Style hardly any ; 

 stigma thick, emarginate ; ovaria 2, immersed in a fleshy ring. 

 Follicles 2, long, acuminated, ventricose, spreading or bent up- 

 wards. Seeds numerous, oblong, imbricated, ending in a peculiar 

 membrane at the base. Trees or shrubs, with thick, fleshy 

 branches. Leaves alternate, forming tufts at the tops of the 

 branches. Peduncles terminal, corymbose. Flowers showy. 



1 P. RV'BRA (Jacq. amer. p. 35. pict. p. 23. Lin. hort. 

 cliff, p. 76. spec. 306.) leaves obovate-oblong, acute, with flat 

 edges, glabrous ; peduncles elongated, trifid ; flowers crowded 

 in fascicles : corollas red. J; . S. Native of Jamaica, Surinam, 

 and the main land of South America. Curt. bot. mag. t. 279. 

 Catesb. car. 2. t. 92. Ehret. pict. t. 10. Trew. ehret. t. 41. 

 Sloan, hist. 2. p. 61. t. 185. f. 1. and t. 186. f. 1. Merian, 

 surin. t. 8. Plukn. aim. 109. t. 207. f. 2. Peduncles downy. 

 Corolla red, with a pilose throat, and obliquely obovate-oblong 

 segments, which are rounded at the apex. The flowers are so 

 sweet as well as beautiful, that the women of South America 

 adorn themselves with them, and put them among linen to scent 

 it, as we do lavender. It is called by the French in the West 

 Indies Frangipante rouge. 



-Kerf-flowered Plumiera. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1690. Tree 

 12 to 20 feet. 



2 P. ? ARBORE'SCEXS ; leaves ovate-oblong, flat ; petioles 

 biglandular ; flowers twin, disposed in terminal spikes, fj . S. 



Native of Jamaica. Lin. hort. cliff, p. 76. Brown, jam. p. 

 181. Flowers red. 



Arborescent Plumiera. Tree 10 to 12 feet. 



3 P. PURPC'REA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 20. t. 137.) leaves 

 oblong-ovate, with revolute edges; flowers terminal, cymose ; 

 corollas reddish purple. Vj . S. Native of Peru, in gardens. 

 Petioles biglandular. Corollas sweet-scented, purple, with a 

 yellow hairy throat, smaller than the other species. Perhaps P. 

 incarniUa, P. carinata, and P. tricolor are only varieties of P. 

 purpurea, differing in the size and colour of the flowers. In 

 Peru the corollas are used by the women to ornament their 

 hair. 



Purple Plumiera. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Tr. 20 ft. 



4 P. INCARNA'TA (Ruiz et Pav. 1. c. t. 138.) leaves ovate- 

 ofalong, acute ; flowers cymose ; corollas flesh-coloured, with a 

 fulvous disk, fj . S. Native of Peru. Cymes subumbellate. 



Flesh-coloured-Qovered Plumiera. FL July, Aug. Clt. 1820. 

 Tree 20 feet. 



5 P. CARINA'TA (Ruiz etPav. fl. per. 2. p. 21.) leaves oblong- 

 ovate, acuminated, keeled : with flat, red edges ; corollas large, 

 3-coloured. ' fj . S. Native of Peru. Very nearly allied to 

 P. incarnaia, but differs in the edges of the leaves being usually 

 red. Corollas yellow, with the centre white outside in the mid- 

 dle, and reddish above. Calyx red. 



Keeled-leaved Plumiera. Tree 25 feet. 



6 P. TRICOLOR (Ruiz et Pav. 1. c. t. 139.) leaves oblong, 

 acute, and acuminated : with flat, veiny edges ; flowers corym- 

 bose ; corollas tricoloured. ^ . S. Native of Peru. Leaves 

 with red veins. Corolla with a red tube, a copper-coloured 

 throat, and the limb white, tinged with red. 



TVtco/oiirea'-flowered Plumiera. Tree 30 feet. 



7 P. KB'RRII ; leaves obovate-oblong, tapering at both ends, 

 entire, with parallel veins and flat edges ; peduncles terminal, 

 cymose corollas with a yellow throat, white above the yellow 

 part, and red round the margins of the segments. ^ . S. Na- 

 tive of Mexico. P. tricolor, Ker. bot. reg. 510. but not of 

 Ruiz et Pav. 



Ker's Plumiera. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1815. Tree 15 feet. 



8 P. MILLE'RI ; leaves ovate-oblong ; flowers corymbose ; 

 corollas flesh-coloured. Ij . S. Native of St. Christopher. 

 P. incarnata, Mill. diet. no. 2. but not of Ruiz et Pav. Very 

 nearly allied to P. ritbra, but of more humble growth, and the 

 leaves are thicker and more veiny. Flowers 1 or more in each 

 corymb. 



Miller's Plumiera. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. ? Tree or shrub. 



9 P. BICOLOR (Ruiz et Pav. 1. c. t. 140.) leaves oblong, acu- 

 minated : with flat edges ; flowers corymbose ; corollas cream- 

 coloured : with a curved tube, yellow throat, and milk white 

 limb, f? . S. Native of Peru. 



TW-co/oured-flowered Plumiera. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1815. 

 Tree 25 feet. 



10 P. LC'TEA (Ruiz et Pav. 1. c. t. 142.) leaves oblong-obo- 

 vate, acuminated ; flowers corymbose ; corollas yellow, varie- 

 gated with white. fj . S. Native of Peru. Tube of corolla 

 curved, yellowish. 



reWow-flowered Plumiera. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1815. Tr. 

 15 feet. 



11 P. A'LBA (Jacq. amer. 36. t. 174. f. 12. ed. pict. t. 38. 

 Lin. spec. p. 307.) leaves lanceolate-oblong; with revolute 

 edges, acuminated ; peduncles thickened at top, corymbose ; 

 corollas white : with a yellow throat, fj . S. Native of the 

 West Indies, as of Jamaica and Martinico, and of the main land 

 of South America. Plum. icon. t. 231. Commel. hort. 2. p. 

 47. t. 24. Corolla with a very long, thick, incurved tube, 

 and obovate-oblong oblique segments. Follicles reflexed. 

 Flowers spicate, ambrosiacal, exciting cephalalgia, Lin. Leaves 



