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ttOrder LX. APOCYXACE.E. 
The Dogs-bane, Periwinkle and Oleander Family. 
FI. perfect regular 5-merous 5-androus. Cal. 5-partite per- 
sistent. Cor. hypogynous gamopetalous funnel-shaped or salver- 
shaped, deciduous, lobes in bud imbricate twisted, rarely val- 
vate. Stam. 5 inserted on cor.-tube with mostly veiy short free 
fil., pollen granular. Ov. superior free, of 2 separate or connate 
cells with ventral sutural placentae ; ovules mostly numerous 
amphitropal or anatropal. Style single, composed of 2 coherent 
into 1, mostly thickened or dilated upwards. Fr. l-2,follicles 
or capsules, sometimes drupaceous or baccate, 1- many-seeded. 
Seeds compressed mostly pendulous, sometimes comose, some- 
times winged j hilum ventral or basilary ; cot. leafy ; embryo 
straight mostly enclosed in a fleshy albumen. — Mostly tr. or shr., 
rarely per. herbs, with milky juices and poisonous or noxious 
qualities. L. mostly opposite, sometimes 3-4-nate, simple, en- 
tire, without stip. FI. mostly cymose, conspicuous, often fra- 
grant. 
ttTribel. PLUMIERIEJE. 
Ov. 2, distinct ; ovules affixed to their inner angle, amphi- 
tropal. Seeds naked (without beard or coma). 
ftSubtribe 1. Taberncemontanece . 
Alb. even (not ribbed or ruminate). 
tfl. Vinca. Cal. 5-partite. Cor. salver-shaped, mouth of 
tube with a raised 5-angular erect rim crown or border, 
throat downwards closed with hairs, limb obliquely 5-par- 
tite, lobes cuneiform obliquely truncate. Stam. included, 
anthers connivent, fil. short geniculate, dilated upwards. 
Stigma a flat orbicular disk or rim-like ring with a central 
conical papilla tufted with hairs at the tip. Hypog. glands 
2, alternate with the 2 ov. Fr. 2 erect follicles. Seeds 
naked. — Per. suffrutescent herbs, not milky !, with mostly 
sarmentose st. or runners, opposite entire 1. and handsome 
solitary axillary scentless b. v. or w. fl. 
