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T. solanifolia, A. DO. D. 365, B. 86 



T. Spixiana, Mart. B. 78 . . . . 



T. Sprucei, Miill. (in parte) B. 86 . 



T. „ Miill. (in parte) B. 86 . 



T. stenoloba, Miill. L. 407 . 



T. subcordata, Linn. Syst. 945 



T. submollis, Mart. B. 70 . . 



T. tenuiflora, Miill. B. 76 . . 



T. ternstrcemiacea, Miill. B. 88 



T. tetrastachys, H. B. K. D. 368 



T. umbrbsa, H. B. K. D. 375 



T. undulata, VaM (non Mey.) 



T. „ Spruce .... 



T. „ Meyer, D. 368 . 



T. versicolor, Miill. B. 146 . 



T. „ var. olivacea, Miill. . . 



T. „ „ brachystachys, Miill. 



T. „ „ intermedia, Miill. . 



T. „ Wulfschlcegelii, Griseb. . 



T. sp., Benth 



Peschiera solanifolia. 

 JPescMera Spixiana. 

 JSihigospira Sprucei. 

 Hhigospira siMUOsa. 

 Peschiera stenoloba. 

 Bchites umbellata. 

 Anacampta submollis. 

 Peschiera tenuiflora. 

 Rhigospira ternstrcemiacea. 

 Malouetia tetrastachys. 

 Peschiera umbrosa. 

 Bonafousia wndulata. 

 Bonafousia obliqua. 

 Anartia Meyeri. 

 Mitozus versicolor. 

 Mitozus tenuicaulis. 

 Mitozus brachystachys. 

 Mitozus rugosios. 

 Anartia Wulfschlcegelii. 

 Malouetia lactiflora. 



Tabekna, DC. 



I'ifty-nine of the many species of Taberncemontana, enumerated by De CandoUe under 

 a section Taberna, are mostly of American, with, a few of oriental origin, all combined 

 under the single character of a follicular fruit. If we remove from these heterogeneous 

 species all those belonging to Taberncemontana proper, and those belonging to other 

 genera since constituted, we have a remainder, all American, which offer tolerably 

 uniform characters ; they are here comprised under a genus Taberna. 



Taberna, A. DC. Char, reformat. : Sepala 5, parva, ovata, erecta, imbricata, intus squamulis parvis acutis 

 paucis vel pluribus munita. Coro W« hypocrateriformis ; #m6m.s anguste cylindricus; limbi seymenta 5 , 

 expansa, dolabriformia, sinistrorsum inflexa et convoluta. Stamina inclusa, pauUo infra medium 

 tubi inserta, subsessilia ; anther<B subcohserentes, imo breviter et acute bifurcatse, apice acuminata ; 

 discus cylindricus, submembranaceus, margine crenulatus, ovario adnato arete adglutinatus et eo 

 dimidio brevior J «fy to tenuis; cte«;MrecMte incrassata, imo membrana indusiata; stigmata 2, parva, 

 terminalia. Folliculi 2, ssepius divaricati, oblongi, obtusi, subcompressi, Sfepe maculati, plus minusve 

 arcuati, sutura ventrali debiscentes. Semina plurima, in funiculos crassos pulposos semiimmersa. 

 Arbores vel suflrutices America meridionalis, habitu Tabernsemontanse. 



Erom the above characters it will be seen that Taberna differs from Taberncemontana 

 in the tube of its corolla being swollen in the middle, in the character of its stamens, 

 which are quite included, and in a longer adnate disk. Erom Bonafousia it differs in 

 the shape of its corolla, in the dolabriform segments of its border simply convoluted in 

 aestivation, in the position of its stamens, and in the presence of a disk ; from Peschiera 



