62 OJy SOTJTH-AMEEJCAJM" APOCTNACE^. 



in the stouter tube of its corolla, in the position of its stamens, in the presence of a 

 disk, and in its smooth (not muricated) fruit. 



1. Taberna cymosa, nob.: Taberncemontana q/mosa, Jacq. (non Solander) Amer. 39, tab. 181. fig. 14; 



A. DC. Prodr. viii. 364. Ad Cartagena: v. s. in herb. Mus. Brit, sine loco {ex hb. VahL), et sine 

 fiore. 



A species apparently known only to Jacquin, who describes it as a tree 15 feet high, 

 of which the trunk is 6 feet long, its branches furnished with ovate-lanceolate acute, 

 entire or scarcely undulated leaves, 6 in. long, the axillary cymes consisting of a broad, 

 handsome mass of about 40 reddish- white flowers, on sleiider pedicels 3 lines long; 

 calyx of 5 lanceolate-oblong, flat, erect sepals 2 lines long; tube of corolla narrowly 

 cylindrical, 6 hues long, 1 line broad, a little swollen above the base, the segments 

 being dolabriform, expanded, 5 lines long, 3 lines broad, sinistrorsely convoluted; 

 stamens enclosed in the swollen portion of the tube; follicles 2 (one generally abortive), 

 oblong, recurved, roundly obtuse at the extremity, with a lateral curving ridge on 

 each side, rather large, of a reddish colour, spotted with unequal rusty blotches, 3 in. 

 long, IJ in. thick, and containing many seeds, partly enveloped in yellowish succulent 

 funicles. 



In the specimen above cited, the leaves quite agree with the description of Jacquin. 

 On it is written (not by Vahl), " Tab. citrifolia ;" but it is very different from the original 

 drawing of that species furnished by Plumier. In the specimen, the young branch is 

 very slender, the axils ^1 in. apart ; the opposite leaves lanceolate, acute at both ends, 

 3-4 J in. long, f-1 in. broad, on petioles 4-5 lines long. 



Pigures of this species, in flower and in fruit, are given in Plate VIII. a. 



2. Taberna discolor, nob. : Tabernmmontana discolor, Sw. Prodr. p. 62; Fl. Ind. Occid. p. 535 ; A. DC. 



I. c. p. 375; Lunan, Jam. ii. 222; Grisebach, Flor. Brit. W. Ind. p. 409. In Antilles : v. s. in hb. 

 Mus. Brit. Jamaica (SwartzJ. 



This typical plant agrees with Swartz's description in all respects, except the character 

 of the anthers, " ovatge," which shape is contrary to that of any of the TaberncemontancB. 

 1 have examined the anthers in the above specimen, and find them to be narrowly oblong, 

 acute and shortly bidentate at the base ; stamens inserted above the middle of the tube 

 and quite included, on which account the species is referred to Taberna. It is a shrub, 

 6 feet high, dichotomously branched, with slender 4-angular striated branchlets ; leaves 

 elliptic (younger ones lanceolate-ovate), acute at the base, with an obtuse acumen, 

 inequilateral, with undulated margins, green above, ve;ry opake, nerves immersed and 

 veinless, sulcated on the midrib, paUid beneath, yellowish, opake, minutely granulated, 

 midrib and nerves prominulent and reddish, 2^-3^ in, long, l-lf in. broad, on slender 

 channelled petioles 7-9 lines long, fossated at the base and conjoined by a short trans- 

 verse ridge ; peduncle 2 lines long, its branches 5 lines long, each bearing 4-5 flowers, on 

 pedicels 2 lines long, bracteolated at the base; sepals acutely oval, imbricated, with a 

 prominent green nerve and pale membranaceous margins ; tube of corolla 6 lines long, 

 segments 3 Hnes long, inequUateral, ovate at the base, linear and horizontally expanded 

 on the sinister side, simply convoluted sinistrorsely; stamens inserted below the 



