38o APOCYNACEAE. 



torti lanceolati apice obtusi margine sparse ciliati. Antherae apice acutae 



basi obtusae filamentis paulo supra basin insertis, antheris multo brevi- 



oribus. Ovarium subrotundum, hirsutum, placentis 2 valde prominentibus, 



in parte inferiore at superiore ovarii connatis, in parte intermedia liberis, 



ovulis numerosis. Stylus brevis, stigmata conico apice bicuspidato. Discus 



annularis, minutus. Bacca (immatura) glabra, perfecte globosa, viridis, 



unilocularis. Semina ad 12 in pulpa nidulantia. 



Frutex alte scandens, latescens. Folia 12—15 cM longa, 6—7 cM, lata, nervis 



lateralibus utrinque 12—13. Petiolus 3—5 mM. longus. Pedunculus ad 20 



cM. longus. Calyx cum pedicello 5 mM. longus ; tubus floris 1 1 mM. longus, 



lobi 14 mM. longi, 2 mM. lati. Antherae i ; mM. longae, filamenta J — i mM. 



longa. Ovarium i mM. latum, stylus 3; mM. longus, Bacca (immatura) 



8 cM. lata. 



PL XVI. 



Tapanahoni River: Versteeg 741 (fl. Sept.). 

 Upper Saramacca River: Pulle 498 (fl. and fr. March). 

 Upper Coppename River: Boon no6 (fr. Sept.) 

 French Guyana. 



PLUMIERA linn 



Plumiera rubra Linn. Spec, plant. 306. 



Marowyne River, near Albina- Versteeg 554 (fl. July). 



Paramaribo: Kegel 922 (fl. July). 



Saramacca River, near Groningen : Went 165 (fl. Aug.). 



Surinam: Splitgerber H. L B. 898, in— 223 (fl. March). 



Cultivated. 



Mexico, Venezuela. 



CONDYLOCARPUS Desf. 



Condylocarpus myrtifolius (Miq.) Miill. arg. Flora Bras. VI. i p. 65. 

 Hortsniania myrtifolia Miq. Stirp. Surin. Select, p. 167. 

 Paramaribo, near Beekhuyzen; Kegel 1009 (fl. Sept.) 

 Surinam: Hostmann 462 and 1 196; Focke 958. 



LOCHNERa Reichb. 



Lochnera rosea (Linn.) Reichb. 



Vinca rosea Linn. Spec, plant. 305. 

 Lower Marowyne River, near Galibi: Went 423 (fl. Octob.) 

 Paramaribo: Kegel 602 (fl. Sept) 



Western Coronie: Tulleken 567 H. L. B. 903, 322 -974 (fl. Octob.). 

 All tropical countries. 



TABERNAEMONTANA Linn. 



Tabernaemontana oblongifolia A. DC. Prodr. VIII. 368. 



