TABERN^MONTANA. 



or terminal, cymofe clujlers. Tube an inch long. Follicles 

 an inch and a half in length, refiexed, even, rather pointed. 

 We have no knowledge of this fpccies, or of the two fol- 

 lowing, but from the autliors quoted. 



13. T. heterophylla. Various-leaved Tabemxmontana. 

 " Vahl Eclog. Amer. fafc. 2. 22." Poiret in Lam. n. 7. 

 — " Leaves elliptic-lanceolate ; partly fomcwhat heart- 

 fhaped, pointed, rather \va\-y, fmooth. Branches forked. 

 Flowers racemofe." — Native of Cayenne. The haves im- 

 mediately under the forks of the branches are lanceolate, 

 tliree or four inches long, and moderately (talked : the reft 

 are feffile, much (horter, and almoft heart-fhaped. The 



Jloiver-Jlalhs are folitary, in the forks as well as at the fum- 

 mits of ' the branches, fmooth and flender, each bearing 

 from five to {evenjlowers, whofe corolla is half an inch long, 

 with fome filky hairs about the mouth. l''abl. 



14. T. Pandacaqui. Pandacaqui Tabernasmontana. 

 Poiret in Lam. n. 8. (Pandacaqui; Sonnerat Nouv. 

 Guin. 49. t. 19.) — Leaves elliptic -lanceolate, fmooth, with 

 a blunt point. Panicles axillary, corymbofe, many-flowered, 



half as long as the leaves Native of the Philippine iflands, 



where it was found by Sonnerat. He fays the natives of 

 the ifle of Lugon apply the milk of this (hrub to their 

 wounds. The Jlem is four or five feet high. Leaves two 

 or three inches long, fmooth, even, and quite entire, on 

 (hort ftalks. Flotuers white ; their tube an inch long ; limb 

 fcarcely half that length. He did not fee tlie fruit. The 

 younger Linnaeus moft unaccountably referred this plant, in 

 the Supplement, to Chiococca racemofa, with which it accords 

 as little as can well be. It is now, on JulTieu's authority, 

 removed to the prefent genus ; and as he fpeaks decifively on 

 the fubjeft. Gen. PI. 145, we prefume he was acquainted 

 with xhe follicles. 



15. T. perjicaridfolia. Knot-grafs-leaved Tabernsmon- 

 tana. Jacq. Coll. v. 4. 139. Ic. Rar. t. 320. Willd. n. 8. 



Poiret in Lam. n. 9 Leaves lanceolate, fmooth, tapering at 



each end. Corymbs from the forks of the branches, in 

 pairs, divided. — Native of the ifland of Mauritius. The 



jlem is fhrubby, ereft, flender, repeatedly branched. Leaves 

 four or five inches long, more or lefs tapering at the end, 

 dark green, Ihining, with a white rib and veins ; their mar- 

 gin (lightly undulated. Footjlalks hardly an inch in leng:th. 

 Flowers yellowifh-white ; their tube and limb each meafuring 

 nearly an inch. We have from Commerfon a fpecimen col- 

 lefted in the ifland above-mentioned, which anfwers to Jac- 

 quin's defcription and figure, except the leaves being lefs 

 elongated ; but it can fcarcely be more than a variety. 

 Another from the ifle of Bourbon would appear to be the 

 fame plant, but its injlorejcence is lateral, from the bofoms 

 of the leaves, not from the forks of the branches. Still we 

 dare not defcribe this as a feparate fpecies. 



16. T. neriifolia. Oleander-leaved Tabernaemontana. 

 " Vahl Eclog. Amer. fafc. 2. 21." Poiret in Lam. n. 10. 

 — Leaves lanceolate, fmooth, veinlefs, acute at each end. 

 Clutters axillary, folitary, of few flowers. Limb of the 

 corolla downy about the mouth. Stamens prominent. — 

 Native of Porto-Rico. Allied to the laft. Leaves two or 

 diree inches long, fcarcely wavy at the margin ; paler be- 

 neath ; marked with a few fine lateral diftant ribs. Foot- 

 jlalks half an inch long. Clujlers twice the length of the 

 ibotftalks, each of three or ioxvcjloivers, with a fmall, linear, 

 (deciduous braUea to each of their (hort partial ilalks. Co- 

 rolla about half an inch long, with wedge-lhaped fegments, 

 a little downy on their inner fide towards the bafe. The 



Jlamens, (we prefume the anthers only,) projeft out of the 

 tube. Fahl. The fpecific charader given by this author 

 Vol. XXXV. 



being quite infufRcient, we have ventured to enlarge it from 

 his defcription, without feeing the plant. 



17. T . mauritiana. Brittle TabernsEmontana. Poiret in 

 Lam. n. 1 1. — Leaves ovate, obtufc, membranous ; fcarcely 

 downy beneath. Cluflers axillary, of few flowers. Branches 



with brittle joints Gathered by Commerfon in the ifland 



of Mauritius, and by Sonnerat in the Eaft Indies. We 

 find no fpecimen in our colletlion anfwerable to Poiret's de- 

 fcription. He fays the plant is remarkable for its woody, 

 cylindrical, llriated, fmooth branches being jointed at the in- 

 fertion of the leaves, and very brittle at thofe joints ; bear- 

 ing very fmall, oval, whitifh tubercles. Leaves thin, mem- 

 branous, oval, obtufe, rounded at each end, entire, a httle 

 wav-y at the edges, tlu-ee or four inches long, and two and 

 a half wide ; green and rather (hining above ; paler beneath, 

 and very foft to the touch, but hardly pubcfcent ; ha\'ing 

 one (tout yellowifh mid-rib, with fine parallel tranfverle 

 veins. /'oo//?a//.f thick, from fix to eight hnes in length. Cluf- 

 ters fliort and nearly fimple, towards the ends of the 

 branches, a little drooping. Corolla yellovsifli -white ; it* 

 tube three or four lines long ; limb ftiort and obtufe. Fruit 

 not examined. Poiret. 



18. T. Sananho. Sananho Tabernasmontana. " Ruiz 

 and Pavon. Fl. Peruv. v. 2. 22. t. 144." Poiret in Lam. 



n. 12 Leaves oblong, pointed, fmootli, foraewhat wavy. 



Cor)-mbs with four or five branches. Brafteas inverfely 

 heart -Ihaped. Follicles roundifli-obovate, pointed. — Native 

 of the extenfive forefts of Peru, flowering in Auguft and 

 September. A Jhrub twelve or fifteen feet high, or more, 

 with fmooth cylindrical branches. Leaves fix or eight 

 inches long, llalked, fliining, fomewhat veiny. Flowers 

 yellowifli-white, lateral and terminal, from fifteen to twenty 

 in each corymb. Corolla large, with a very long angular 

 tube. Follicles the fize of an apricot, of a dirty white, 

 containing many brown ftriated feeds lodged in pulp. 

 Poiret, 



19. T. arcuata. Curve-fruited Tabernaemontana. "Ruiz 

 and Pavon Fl. Peruv. v. 2. 22. t. 143." Poiret in Lam. 

 n. 15. — Leaves obovate-oblong, pointed, entire, on (hort 

 flialks. Corymbs axillary, ternate, many-flowered. Fol- 

 licles recurved Common in the great forefts of Peru, 



about Pozuzo, flowering in November and December. A 

 tree, thirty or forty feet high, difcharging, when wounded, 

 a very copious milky juice, which hardens in the air into a 

 gum-refin of a brown hue. The branches form an ample 

 leafy head, and are forked, pale, flightly compreffed. 

 Leaves eight or nine inches long, on Ihort, ratlier twifted, 

 ftalks. Flowers yellowifli -white, with fmall, oval, pointed 

 braaeas. Follicles oblong, thick, three inches in length, 

 reddifli, full of red wrinkled Tt-t-A, in a crimfon pulp. 



20. T. fafciculata. Clufter-flowcr^d Taberniemontana. 

 Poiret in "Lam. n. 14. — Leaves oval-lanceolate, pointed, 

 fmooth, ribbed. Clufters axillary, fomcwhat umbellate, 

 many-flowered. Segments of the corolla linear. Branches 

 jointed.— Native of Cayenne. Seen by Poiret in Lamarck's 

 herbarium. He defcnbes the branches as very brittle at the 

 infertion of the leaves, whicli are ftalkcd, two or three 

 inches long, .in inch or more in width, rather obtufe, though 

 pointed; ftiining above, reddilh beneath. Flowers plenti- 

 ful about the ends of the branches, in fliort, tufted, m- 

 chned corymbs, whofe ramifications are fomewhat forked 

 and jointed, with httle fliort deciduous braaeas. Tube of 

 the corolla but two or three lines long ; limb in five narrow, 

 line.-u-, obtufe fegments. Fruit unknown. If it fliould 

 prove muricated, Poiret thinks this fpecies m.-iy not diffei 

 much from T, echinala of Aublet. See fpecies 5. 



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