178 APOCYNER. [ Vinea. 
| 1. V. rosea, 
ed undershrub, 1-3 ft. high, all parts more or less minutely puberu- 
lous ; leaves obovate-oblong, tapering at the ase, on a slender, 2-3 
in. long, puberulous petiole, blunt or rounded with a mucro, 1-2 
in. long, entire, firmly membranous; flowers showy, rose-coloured — 
or white with a deep rose-coloured throat, very shortly pedicelled, 
solitary in the axils of the leaves ; calyx puberulous, the lobes linear- 
subulate ; corolla-tube puberulous, about an inch (in small-flowered 
varieties often only 3 in.) long, the lobes broad, somewhat shorter 
than the tube; follicles cylindrically linear, 1-14 in. long, striate, 
sparingly puberulous, 
South American plant, now frequently cultivated in native ni 
dens and occasionally domesticated in rubbishy places around villages.— 
Jan.-May. 
CALPICARPUM, G. Don. 
Calyx 5-parted, the lobes lanceolate, persistent, glandular at 
the apex. Corolla salver-shaped, dextrorsely twisted in bud, with 
pericarp. Seeds solitary, ovoid-oblong. Albumen none. Embryo 
with a superior ovate radicle and large cotyledons conform with the 
shape of the seed.—Shrubs or trees, with opposite entire leaves. 
Flowers showy, in terminal, almost sessile, small corymbs 
1. C. Roxburghii, G. Don.—$a-Jap.— An evergreen large shrub, 
all parts glabrous ; leaves from elliptical to cian and jenceolat 
scherng ia very short petiole, 3-5 in. long, shortly and bluntish — 
n 
y abortion, compressed urn-shaped, with an obliquely truncate 
apex, minutely tomentose, about 4-2 in. long. a. eo 
ME sc Tiad - ne ay Saree above Rangoon and from Martaban down : 
P LUMIERIA, Tournef, 
Calyx 5-parted; the lobes rounded. © el-salver- 
yt deo , 3 orolla funnel-salver 
shaped, Sinistrorsely twisted in bud, the tube straight or curved 
