370 A FLORA OF MANILA 



part of the tube cylindric, dilated above, the lobes 5, longer than the tube, 

 somewhat inequilateral. Stamens adnate to the bearded throat of the 

 corolla-tube, the anthers free from the stigma. Disk lobed. Ovary 2-Iobed 

 2-celled, the cells 2-ovuled. Drupe broader-than long, the endocarp hard, 

 2-celled, 2- to 4-seeded. (In honor of A. Thevet, a French priest who 

 worked in Brazil.) 



Species about 7 in tropical America, some now cultivated in other warm 



• 1.(T. imtiiFOLiA Juss.) Campanilla (Sp.-Fil.). 



An erect, branched, glabrous shrub 2 to 5 m high, with copious milk^ 

 sap. Leaves linear, 10 to 15 cm lorg, 7 to 10 mm wide, sessile, shining. 

 Calyx-teeth acuminate 7 to 9 mm long, green. Corolla 7 cm long about 

 5 cm broad, yellow. Drupe subglobose, glabrous, green, shining, 3 to 4 cm 

 in diameter (Fl. Filip. pi. iS.) 



Cultivated only, fl. all the year; an ornamental shrub introduced from 

 tropical America. 



4. LOCHNERA Reichenbach 



Loy? undershrubs or shrubby plants with erect stems. Leaves opposite, 

 entire. Flowers axillary, solitary or in pairs. Calyx-lobes 5, slender. 

 Corolla salver-shaped; the tube slender, the limb of 5, broad, spreading 

 lobes. Stamens included, the anthers free from the stigma. Disk of 2 

 large glands alternating with the carpels. Carpels 2, distinct, united by 

 the styles. Follicles 2, several-seeded, erect or spreading^ Seeds not ap-' 

 pendaged. (In honor of M. F. Lochner, an early German botanist.) 



Species 3, tropical America, India, and Madagascar, a single introduced 

 one in the Philippines. 



1. L. ROSEA (L.) Reichb. (Vinca rosea L.) . Chichirica (Sp.-FiL). 



An erect, simple or slightly branched plant, 30 to 50 cm high, glabrous 

 or slightly pubescent, the stems woody at least below. Leaves oblong, 4 

 to 7 cm long, apex usually rounded and apiculate, base often inequilateral. 

 Calyx-lobes subulate, about 4 mm long, green. Corolla-tube slender, 2.5 

 to 3 cm long, pale-green, the limb spreading, 3.5 to 5.5 cm in diameter, 

 white, pink, red, or white with a red or pink center, the lobes obliquely 

 obovate, 1.7 to 2.5 cm wide. Follicles cylindric, pubescent, 2 to 3 cm long. 

 (Fl. Filip. pi. U.) 



Frequently cultivated, fl. all the year; all tropical countries, cultivated 

 or wild. A native of tropical America, now naturalized and widely dis- 

 tributed in the Philippines. 



5. TABERNAEMONTANA Linnaeus 



Erect shrubs or small trees, glabrous or somewhat pubescent. Leaves 

 opposite, one of each pair often smaller than the other. Flowers white, 

 6-merous, in few-flowered axillary cjmies, in pairs, or solitary. Calyx 

 5-lobed or -parted, usually glandular within. Corolla salver-shaped, the 

 tube cylindric, somewhat inflated at or above the middle, the lobes spread- 

 ing, often falcate. Stamens inserted at or above the middle of the tube, 

 included, the anthers free from the stigma. Carpels 2, free; ovules many 

 in each carpel. Fruit of 2, somewhat fleshy, usually r§d, oblong to subglo- 

 bose, smooth or longitudinally ribbed, few- to many-seeded follicles; seed's 

 borne in the pulp, grooved down one side. (In honor of J. B. Tabernae- 

 montanus, an early German physician and botanist.) 



