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4. Flowers medium, the corolla-lobes spreading; nearly straight, 1.6 



to 2 cm long. 12. Aganosma 



4. Flowers small, the corolla-lobes short, their tips deflexed. 



13. lehnoearpus 



1. PLUMIERA Linnaeus 



Erect glabrous trees with very stout branches. Leaves scattered^ elon- 

 gated. Flowers large, in terminal cymes. Calyx small, 5-lobed, the lobes 

 obtuse. Corolla funnel-shaped, the lobes strongly overlapping. Stamens 

 inserted near the base of the tube; anthers obtuse, rounded at the base, 

 free from the stigma. Carpels 2, distinct; ovules many. Fruit a linear- 

 oblong or ellipsoid follicle. (In honor of C. Plumier, an early French 

 botanist.) 



Species about 40, all of tropical America, the following now cultivated in 

 tropical countries. 



* 1. P. ACUTiPOLiA Poir. Calachuchi (Sp.-Fil.) ; Temple Flower, Grave- 

 yard Flower, Fra^igipangi, 



A tree 8 to 7 m high, the branchlets swollen, leafy at their tips. Leaves 

 oblong, narrowed at both ends, 20 to 40 cm long. Flowers numerous, very 

 fragrant, white and pinkish outside, yellow within, 5 to 6 cm long. (Fl. 

 Filip. pi. 39.) 



Commonly cultivated for the fragrant flowers, but not spontaneous, fl. 

 all the year ; cultivated in all tropical countries, a native of tropical America. 



2. CEHBERA Linnaeus 



Glabrous trees with alternate leaves. Flowers rather large, in terminal 

 cymes. Calyx 6-parted, not glandular. Corolla funnel-shaped or salver- 

 shape(i, the tube slender, the lobes broad. Stamens included; anthers 

 lanceolate, cells rounded at the base, free from the stigma. Disk none. 

 Carpels 2, distinct; ovules 4 in each carpel. Fruit large, ovoid or ellipsoid, 

 the pericarp thick, fibrous and woody. (After the dog Cerberus of Greek 

 mythology.) 



A small genus of 5 or 6 species in the littoral districts from Madagascar 

 to India and Malaya, at least 2 in the Philippines. 



1. C. odollam Gaertn. Barabay, Lipata (Tag.). 



A tree 4 to 6 m high, the branches stout. Leaves lanceolate to oblong- 

 lanceolate, narrowed at both ends, acuminate, about 20 cm long, shining, 

 the nerves slender. Cymes often as long as the leaves, peduncled. Calyx- 

 tube short, the lobes spreading, pale-green, lanceolate, acuminate, about 

 2 cm long. Corolla-tube slender, greenish-white, enlarged above, about 4 

 cm long, the 5-lobed limb white with a purple center, spreading, about 5 cm 

 in diameter. Fruit smooth, ellipsoid or ovoid, about 6 cm long. 



Occasional along the Pasay beach, fl. all the year; throughout the Phil- 

 ippines along the seashore. India to China, Malaya, Australia, and Pol- 

 ynesia. 



3. THEVETIA Linnaeus 



Shrubs with elongated branches and numerous, entire, narrow, alternate 

 leaves. Flowers large, yellow, solitary or in few-flowered cymes. Calyx- 

 lobes 5, lanceolate, somewhat spreading. Corolla funnel-shaped, the lower 



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