58 ON SOUTH-AMEEICAN APOCYNACE^. 



and terminated by 2 subulate stigmata ; 2 divaricated ovate follicles, subcompressed, 

 stipitate, horned at the apex. 

 The Taberncemontana laurifolia, Ker, Bot. Eeg. ix. 716, is Taberna laurina. 



8. Tabern^montana occidentalis, nob. : ramulis pallidis, striatis : foliis oppositis, lanceolato-oblongis, 



imo acutis, apice in acumen obtusiusculum attenuatis, integris, submembranaceis, supra Isete 

 viridibus, costa tenui nervisque patentibus subimmersis, tenuibus, subtus pallidioribus, costa 

 nervisque paullo prominulis ; petiolo supra piano, limbo 50plo breviore : panicula lateral! ; pedimculo 

 bifido, ramis divaricatis, bracteolatis, 2-floris ; pedicellis tenuibus, bracteolatis ; sepalis obtuse ovatis, 

 imbricatis, submembranaceis ; coroUse tubo cylindrico, subbrevi, segmentis membranaceis oblique 

 oblongis; antheris subcaerulescentibus, fere omnino exsertis. In Peruvia: v: s. in hb. Mus. Brit.? 

 (Maclean) . 



A species approaching T. citrifolia : its leaves are 4j in. long, 1^ in. broad, on petioles 



1 line long ; peduncle 10 Hnes long ; its 2 branches 3 lines ; pedicels 4 lines long ; sepals 



2 lines long ; tube of corolla 3 lines long ; segments same length and breadth ; anthers 

 IJ line long. 



9. Tabekn^montana Berterii, A. DC. /. c. p. 367. In Porto Kico : non vidi. 



Branchlets pallid ; in the lower portions, where the leaves have fallen, they are annu- 

 lated by a dilated ring ; leaves oblong, acute at both ends, 2-3 in. long, 6-12 lines broad, 

 on petioles 4-5 lines long, dilated at the base, and conjoined across the nodes ; they are 

 somewhat heterophyllous at the axils, membranaceous, nerves remote and patent; 

 panicles axillary or terminal, shorter than the leaves, on a furcate peduncle, its 

 branches, with few flowers, on pedicels 1 line long, with ovate bracteoles at tlie base ; 

 sepals obtusely ovate, 2 lines long ; corolla 1 in. long, the tube constricted in the middle, 

 segments insequilateraUy oblong, shorter than the tube ; stamens included, seated in the 

 constriction of the tube. The sestivation of the corolla and other features are unknown ; 

 but the species is said to be near T. amygdalcefolia. 



10. Taberncemontana utilis, Arn. Edinb. Phil. Journ. viii. 318; A. DC. /. c. p. 363. In Guiana 



GalUca : non vidi. 



A species said to be near T. citrifolia, yielding a lactescent juice, and called " hya-hya ' 

 by the natives : leaves oblong, obtuse at the base, suddenly acuminated at the apex, sub 

 coriaceous, glabrous, 4 in. long. If in. broad, on petioles 6 lines long ; cymes axillary 

 much shorter than the leaves, few-flowered ; the lower bracts opposite and foliaceous 

 upper ones adpressed about the calyx, ciliated ; sepals obtuse, ciliated, tube of corolla 

 cylindrical, segments rather short, roundish, simply convoluted ; filaments short, seated 

 near the middle of the tube ; anthers long and deeply biaristate at the base. 



Species of Taberncemontana here excluded and assigned to their proper places : 



Indications : D., De Candolle, Prodr. vol. viii. ; B., Mull. Fl. Bras. fasc. xxvi. ; L., Miill. Linn. xxx. 

 T. acuminata, Miill. L. 406 . . . . = Feschiera acuminata. 

 T. acutissima, Miill. B. 73 Anacampta acutissima. 



