442 
Hendersonii); Gard. Chron. Jan. 11th, 1913, p. 24, Suppl.; Rev. 
Hort. Belge, 1913, p. 371 (var. H endersonii); Bailey, lc. A 155. 
Native of Bas. 
A handsome decorative plant widely grown in Botanic Gardens 
in the Tropics, the var. Hendersonii, with its lags and richer 
flowers being usually preferred to the species proper 
The variety Schottii, L. H. Bailey, l.c. (Pohl, PI. Bras. i. t: 58; 
Bot. Mag. t. 4351) is an equally handsome plant, commonly gro 
in gardens and the type plant (see Bot. Mag. (1195) t. 338) 1s now 
almost superseded by, these varieties. Treatment under eultiva- 
tion as for A. nertifolia. 
jocis Reichb. 
Lochnera rosea, Heichb.; Fl. Trop. Afr. IV. Sect. 1, p. 118. 
. [I]. —Miller, Figures, Beautiful and Uncommon pl. Desc. Gard. 
dise ii. t. 186 (Vinea pu etc.); ds al Sem. = - 
t. 117 (Vinea ens Cah ier, Pl..et. Arb 8 (V. rosea); B 
Mag. t. 248 (V. rosea); Redouté, oe E t. 100 (V. -Torde 
Drapiez, Herb. Amat. de Fleurs. ii . 100 (V. rosea) ; Mag. i 
E23; Mart. Fl. Bras. vi. pt. 1, t 2 (V. rosea); Engl. and 
Prantl, Pan i iv. pt. 2, f. 57 A— D 
Vernac. names.—Pervenche (Madagascar, Drapiez, Chevalier, 
Redouté).—Madagascar periwinkle. 
Oloke-Meji. Widely spread in Tropical Africa. Naturalised 
in the Tropics. 
Leaves used for feeding horses, Oloke-Meji (Dodd, No. 430, 
1908, Herb. Kew). 
A handsome decorative plant cultivated in pute, first 
grown in England in 1757, originally from Madagasca 
Easily raised from seed or cuttings. 
PLUMERIA, Linn. 
Plumeria rubra, Linn.; Fl. Trop. Afr. IV. Sect. 1, p. 120. 
Ill.—Merian, Metamorph. Surinaamsche, t. 8 (Jasminum 
indicum): Sloane, Hist. Jamaica, ii. t. 185 (Nerium arboreum, 
etc. e Catesby, Nat Hist. one ees and Bahama Is. ii. 
t. 297; Geel, Sert. R ii.; Drapiez, re nn de Fleurs, vii. 
t. 523; Rchb. us nrLil)b.L Hort. Univ. Paris, v. 1844, p. 261. 
Vernac: names.—Jasmin Mangueira annee W iR); 
2 ur (Antilles, Descourtilez, Tussac) — Frangipanni, 
Jasmine Tree, Red Jasmine of Jamaica. 
Probably nea of Central America, very common in Mexico 
Guiana, the West Indies; cultivated i in an parts of the tropics 
and probably throughout "Tropical Afr 
The flowers, bark, root and the ‘ics are used for various 
medicinal purposes in French Guiana (Heckel, Les Pl. — et 
Toxiq. Guy. Franc. in Ann. L’Inst. Col. Mars. iv. 1897, p. 114). 
