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APOCYNE^E. XXXV. PLUMIERA. XXXVI. CONOPHARYNGIA. 



a foot long. Called by the French in Martinico Frangipanie 

 blanc. 



Var. /3; fragrantissima (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. 

 p. 230.) leaves obovate-lanceolate, short-acuminated, with flat 

 edges, glabrous except the nerve and veins, which are downy 

 beneath ; flowers paniculately spicate, very fragrant ; corolla 

 witli a white limb and yellow throat. Jj . S. Native of New 

 Granada, and Peru, in the gardens of the Indians. Tree 40 

 feet high. P. bicolor, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 21. t. 141. ? 

 Tube of corolla green, and ventricose at the base ; segments of 

 the limb obovate-oblong, obtuse, equal : throat hairy. 



Var. y, inodbra ; stem with very few branches, about 8 feet 

 high ; flowers white, scentless, large. J? . S. Native of Car- 

 thagena, in woods. P. inodora, Jacq. amer. p. 36. Leaves 

 like those of P. rubra. 



White-flowered Plumiera. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1733. Tr. 

 15 feet. 



12 P. MOLLIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 230.) 

 creeping or procumbent, rarely erectish ; leaves obovate, acute, 

 flat, glabrous above, but clothed with soft down beneath ; 

 corolla white. 1j . S. Native in the Missions of the Orinoco, 

 in the island of Panumana, in places formerly cultivated. Leaves 

 membranous, 6 inches long. Corolla with a downy tube and 

 funnel-shaped limb ; and ovate, acutish, equal segments. Per- 

 haps a variety of P. alba. 



Soft Plumiera. Shrub procumbent. 



13 P. OBTU'SA (Lin. spec. 307.) leaves lanceolate, petiolate, 

 obtuse ; flowers racemosely panicled ; corolla white. I? . S. 

 Native of South America. P. nivea, Mill. diet. no. 7. Catesb. 

 car. 2. t. 93. Plum. icon. t. 232. Leaves like those of 

 Oleander. 



Blunt-\eaved Plumiera. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1733. Tree 

 10 feet. 



14 P. DRA'STICA (Mart, reise. ex Linnaea. 5. p. 40.) leaves 

 on short thick petioles, obovate-oblong, short-acuminated, cu- 

 neated at the base while young, but rounded in the adult state, 

 glabrous, distantly ribbed ; panicles corymbose, glabrous, many- 

 flowered, shorter than the leaves, bracteate. ^ . S. Native of 

 Brazil, in the province of Rio Negro. Corollas white. 



Drastic Plumiera. Tree. 



15 P. PHAGEDA'NICA (Mart, reise ex Linnaea. 6. p. 30.) leaves 

 cuneate-oblong, short-acuminated, or rounded, glabrous on both 

 surfaces, shining above, and veined beneath ; flowers racemosely 

 corymbose, involucrated by keeled bracteas ; corolla with a 

 slender tube, and obliquely lanceolate segments. Ij . S. Na- 

 tive of Brazil, in the province of Rio Negro. 



Phagedanic Plumiera. Tree. 



16 P. PUDICA (Jacq. amer. 37. ed. pict 24.) leaves oblong, 

 flat, veined ; limb of corolla closed, as in Achania malvaviscus. 



fj . S. Native of South America, inCura9oa, where it is highly 

 esteemed, and is there called Dunzelle. Corolla yellowish, very 

 sweet-scented. The flowers succeed each other for two months 

 together, and have an odour much more agreeable than that of 

 any other species, or even any other flower. 



C/,ste-flowered Plumiera. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. ? Sh. 5 ft. 



17 P. ARTICULA'TA (Vahl, eclog. amer. 2. p. 20.) leaves el- 

 liptic, glabrous, veiny ; spikes disposed in fascicles, articulated. 



(7 . S. Native of Guiana. Leaves scattered towards the tops 

 of the branches, attenuated at both ends, but also rounded, paler 

 beneath. Universal peduncles twin, often terminal, glabrous, 

 elongated : partial ones disposed in something like fascicles, 

 3-8 together, simple, 3-4 inches long, flextious, composed of 

 turbinate joints half an inch long, which are dilated on the upper 

 margins, and furnished with many minute teeth at the base of 

 each joint. Flowers alternate, sessile. This is a very doubtful 

 species of Plumiera, and may probably form a new genus. 



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Plumiera. Shrub or tree. 



18 P. AFRICA'NA (Mill. diet. no. 5.) leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 very long, thick, juicy ; corollas yellow, fj . S. Native of 

 Senegal. Trunk red. Leaves 9-10 inches long, 2 broad. 



African Plumiera. Shrub or tree. 



19 P. ACUMINA'TA (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 2. p. 70.) leaves 

 scattered, lanceolate, acuminated, glabrous, flat ; flowers corym- 

 bose, terminal. ^ . S. Native of Amboyna, China, and Cochin- 

 china. Ker. bot. reg. 114. P. acutifolia, Poir. suppl. 2. 

 p. 667. P. obtusa, Lour. coch. 117. Flos, convolutus, Rumph. 

 amb. 6. p. 35. t. 38. Leaves with many transverse veins. 

 Flowers terminal, in compound, spreading upright racemes. 

 Corolla sweet-scented, white, mixed with red outside, and yellow 

 inside ; tube curved ; segments obovate. Follicles reflexed. 



4cumin(tted-]ea\ed Plumiera. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1790. 

 Tree 20 feet. 



20 P. MEXICA'NA (Lodd. bot. cab. t. 1024.) leaves elliptic- 

 lanceolate, acuminated ; corollas white, with a yellow throat. 



fj . S. Native of Mexico. Perhaps the same as the following. 

 Mexican Plumiera. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1810. Tree. 



21 P. LAMBERTIA'NA (Lindl. bot. reg. t. 1378.) leaves ob- 

 long, acuminated, flat ; corollas white, with a yellow throat ; 

 segments of the limb broad-rhomboid, obtuse. Jj . S. Native 

 of Mexico. P. Gouani, D. Don, ex Loud. hort. brit. p. 68. 

 It differs from P. Kerrii, in the flowers being inodorous, and 

 in being a little larger, and in the segments being broader and 

 rounder. 



Lambert's Plumiera. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1824. Tree 10 

 to 20 feet. 



22 P. TUBERCULA'TA (Lodd. bot. cab. 681. Hamilt. prod, 

 p. 26.) branches tuberculate, especially at the origin of the pe- 

 tioles ; leaves coriaceous, narrow-oblong, obtuse, tapering a 

 long way into the petioles, downy beneath ; peduncles axillary, 

 much shorter than the leaves, many-flowered. h . S. Native 

 of St. Domingo. Flowers white, scentless. 



Tubercled-stemmed Plumiera. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1812. Sh. 6 ft. 



f Species under the following names are in Lodd. cat. 1830. 

 p. 15. and p. 16., but they are probably synonymous nith those 

 described above. 



1 P. aurdntia, Lodd. cat. p. 15. 2 P. Blandfordiana, Lodd. 

 cat. p. 15. 3 P. Jamaicensis, Lodd. cat. p. 15. 4 P. leucdn- 

 tha, Lodd. cat. p. 15. 5 P. macrophylla, Lodd. cat. p. 15. 

 6 P. Northiana, Lodd. cat. p. 16. 7 P. tenuifblia, Lodd. 

 cat. p. 16. 



Cult. All the species of Plumiera are very showy when in 

 blossom, and on that account are favourites with gardeners. 

 Being of a rather succulent or fleshy nature, they require but 

 little water when not in a free growing state. The best soil for 

 them is a mixture of peat, loam, and sand. Large cuttings of 

 them strike readily in the same kind of mould recommended for 

 the plants, if kept dry. 



XXXVI. CONOPHARY'NGIA (from /ooroc, conos, a cone ; 

 and (jtapvv^,, pharynx, the throat; in reference to the anthers 

 being combined into a cone, protruding from the throat of the 

 corolla.) Plumiera species, Lam. diet. 2. p. 542. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-toothed. 

 Corolla funnel-shaped ; segments oblong, villous, convex out- 

 side, and concave inside, regularly twisted into a spire about 

 the centre, opening by a small hole ; tube widening gradually to 

 the top. Stamens 5, in the throat of the tube, rising each from 

 the inside of a scrobicle ; anthers triangular, very acute, coher- 

 ing at top, above the throat of the tube, in a cone which clasps 

 the style. Style slender, but thickened at top ; stigma sub- 

 bifid at the apex. Follicles twin, slipper-shaped, thick, fleshy, 



