TABERN^MONTANA. 



ovate, bluntiih. Panicles from the forks of the branches, dcnfe, each of about forty d>rty-white or reddifh fcentlefi 

 cvmofc. with fcaly flower-dalks.— Gathered by Commerfon, Jiaiucrs, the h/.e of the fuil or fecond fpccies. Folhch, 

 .n the illand of Mauritius. The branches are round, forked, large, very blunt, red, fpotted «ath bro«rn ; one of thera 



generally abortive. 



8. T. obtufa. Blunt-leaved Tabernasmontana. — Leaves 

 obovate, obtufe. Panicles terminal, aggregate, forked, level- 

 topped, many-flowered. — Gathered by Commeifon, in the ifle 

 of Bourbon. The haves are three or four inches long, flat, 

 fniooth and fliining, with fine clofe tranfverfe veins ; very 

 obtufe, and often emarginate at the extremity ; tapering at 

 the bale into a fooljlalk about an inch in length. Panicles 

 three, in our fpecimen, at the end of the branch, on ftalks, 

 nearly equal to the adjoining leaves, repeatedly forked, con- 

 fiding of numerous yeWow Jlowers, fmaller than in moil ot 

 the foregoing. We know nothing of the fruit. 



9. T. amygdaUfclia. Almond-leaved Tabernsemontana. 

 Jacq. Amer. 39. t. 181. f. 15. — Leaves oval-lanceolate, 

 acute, fmooth and {hining. Anthers projecting out of the 

 tube. — Frequent in woods and thickets at Carthagena. A 

 branching milky Jhrub, fix feet high. Leaves flat, highly 

 pohfhed. Flowers but few on a ftalk, white, powerfully 

 fcented. Filaments in the upper part of the tube, fo that 

 their anthers project above the orifice, in the form of a 

 pointed cone. FoUicLs pointed, green and fhining, refem- 

 bhng thofe of T. citrifolia, but fcarcely half, or one-third, 

 fo large ; their pulp orange. When this fhrub begins to 

 flower, it is moftly without leaves. Jacquin. 



10. ^.dif color. Two-coloured Tabernsemontana. Swartz 

 Ind. Occ. 535. Willd. n. 7. Poiret in Lamarck 

 n. 3. — Leaves elliptic -lanceolate, fmooth, tapering at each 

 end. Stalks two-flowered, terminal, thread-fhaped Na- 

 tive of bufliy place's in Jamaica. Sivartz. The Jlem is fix 

 feet high, with fmooth, oppofite branches, quadrangular 

 when young, leafy at the ends. Leaves two or three 

 inches long, ftalked ; dark green above ; pale beneath. 



rough «-ith minute white tubercles. Leaves three or four 

 inches long, and two or three broad, very fmooth, opaque, 

 (lightly wavy, with one rib, and many tranfverfe veins, on 

 {mooth foolJlaHs three quarters of an inch in length. Pani- 

 tles in pairs from the forks of tlie branches, each cloven and 

 fomewhat fubdivided, divaricated, of about ten apparently 

 white or yellowifh /?owfrj ; their partial ftalks clothed with 

 numerous, roundi/h, imbricated brafleas, gradually larger 

 upward, which we have not feen in any other fpecies. Tube 

 of the corolla above an inch long ; limb fomewhat fliorter, 

 rough with glandular hairs, on the upper fide, about the 

 centre. We cannot refer this to any defcribed fpecies, even 

 in Lamarck. 



4. T. odorala. Fragrant Tabernimontana. " Vahl 

 Eclog. Amer. fafc. 2. 22." Poiret in Lamarck Dift. 

 n. 17. ( Cameraria Tamaquarina ; Aubl. Guian. 260. t. 102. 

 C. lutca; Willd. Sp. PI. v. i. 1244.)— Leaves elliptic- 

 lanceolate, pointed, fmooth and (hining, on (hort ftalks. 

 Umbels from the forks of the branches, of about four flowers. 

 Corolla nightly downy externally. — Found by Aublet, on 

 the banks of rivers in Guiana, flowering in May. Vahl was 

 induced by the remarks of Von Rohr to remove this plant 

 hither. (See Cameraria, n. 3.) The /<'ai.« in Aublet's 

 fpecimen are highly polifhed, about four inches long, and 

 above one wide. Partial flower-jlalhs above an inch long, 

 fmooth, naked, fimple. Flowers yellow, with a fweet 

 pleafant fmell ; their Umb longer than the tube, which 

 meafures about three quarters of an inch. 



5. T. echinata. Prickly-fruited Tabernaemontana. Aubl. 



Guian. 263. t. 103. Willd. n. 3 Leaves on (hort ftalks, 



elliptic-lanceolate, pointed ; fomewhat downy beneath. Um- 

 bels denfe, many-flowered, from the forks of the branches. „, , p . . ■ •■ 

 Follicles muricated. — Native of Guiana, flovi-ering in Au- FootJlaHs bordered, about half an inch in length. Flower- 



ft. The jlems are numerous, knotty, four or five feet Jlalks very flender, fmooth, one and a half or two inches 



long, divided rather below the middle, and bearing two 

 whiti(h or yellowi(h Jloivers, with one or two ftraggling 

 bractcas. Tube of the corolla half an inch long ; limb 

 fhorter. The injlorejcence is terminal in Dr. Swartz's own 

 fpecimen, as he defcribes it ; and yet it is called axillary in 

 the fpecific charafter ; perhaps becaufe it is, as in other 

 fpecies, clofely attended by leaves. 



II. T. multijlora. Many -flowered Tabernaemontana 



Leaves ellliptic-lanceolate, fmooth, pointed. Stalks lateral 

 and terminal, many-flowered, thread-lhaped, corymbofe. — 

 Gathered by the late Mr. ChriftopLer Smith, in the ifle of 

 Banda. This much refembles the laft in general habit, 

 though the leaves are fomewhat larger, with an oblong ob- 

 tufe point, and more reticulated beneath. 'Yh.e Jlotuers too 

 are rather larger, and differ elTentially in compofing ample, 

 repeatedly fubdivided, corymbofe panicles, about the ends 



hie 



Sigh. Leaves five or fix inches long, and two broad, fmooth 

 and green above ; clothed with a flight whitifh down beneath. 

 Flowers fmall, yellowi(h ; their tube dotted with red. The 

 foUiclei are ovate, deflexed, an inch long, covered with crowded 

 foft tubercles, ylublet. We have feen no fpecimen. The 

 author mentions no pulp in the feed-veffels. 



6. T. grandiflora. Large-flowered Tabernaemontana. 

 Linn. Mant. 53. Willd. n. 4. Jacq. Amer. 40. t. 31. 



Lamarck f. 2 Leaves ovato-lanceolate, acute. Stem 



forked. Segments of the calyx unequal, very lax. — Found 

 by Jacquin in woods at Carthagena, but rarely, flowering from 

 July to September. A Jhruh eight feet high, with iforked 

 divaricated, leafy branches. Leaves three or four inches 

 long, tapering at each end, fmooth and (hining, on (hort 

 ftalks. Flowers large, inodorous, two or three together on 

 a ftalk, at the fide of each uppermoft fork of the branches. 



Calyx divided into five whitilh, flat, ovate fegments, very of the branches, accompanied here and there by very mi 



unequal in length, and loofely fpreading, ill agreeing with ^ > z- ■ i. . - rr,. 



the ufual charafter of the genus ; but the fruit, which is in 



this cafe much more important, is that of a Tabernemotitana. 



Its furface is fmooth and green. Jacquin. 



7- T. cymofa. Cymole Tabernaemontana. Linn. Mant. 



53. Willd. n. 5. Jacq. Amer. 39. t. 181. f. 14 Leaves 



ovato-lanceolate, acute. Cymes axillary, many-flowered. 



Stamens in the bafe of the tube. Follicles coloured, re- 



nute, fcattered, fcale-like braHeas. The corolla feems fle{h- 

 coloured in the dried fpecimen, with long (lender fegments ; 

 its tube an inch long. 



12. T. undulata. Wave-leaved Tabernaemontana. 

 " Vahl Eclog. Amer. fafc. s. 20." Poiret in Lamarck 

 n. 5. — Leaves lanceolate-eUiptical, pointed, undulated, 

 fmooth, nearly felTile. Branches forked. Flowers fome- 

 what cymofe. Follicles fmooth. — Native of South Ame- 



curved, very obtufe — -Frequent in woods and bufliy places rica, and the ifland of Trinidad. The haves are five or fix 



at Carthagena, flowering in July and Auguft — An elegant inches in length, tipped with a long point ; contrafted at 



Jhrub, from fix to fifteen feet in height. Leaves flightly the bafe ; bright green above ; pale and yellowifti beneath. 



wary, half a foot long. Cymes large and handfome, convex, Flo-u/erf three or four together, in fmall, lohtary, axillary 



