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APOCYNACEAE 
Plumiera Family. 
The Plumiera or Plumeria family possesses about 1300 species, 
which are distributed in 32 genera. The following are representa- 
tives of nine genera. 
Mention may be made of several vines and a small perennial, as 
for example, two yellow-flowering species of Allamanda, A. Hender- 
sonii Bull, and J. cat liar tica L. The former species differs from the 
latter in having a much larger corolla, nearly five inches long, 
twice the length of that of A . cathartica. Both are subscandent shrubs. 
Trachelospermum divaricatum (Thbg. ) K. Sch., commonly 
known as Rhynchospermum jasminoides Lindl., is also cultivated, 
specimens occurring in Mrs. M. E. Foster's premises. 
Lochnera rosea (L.) Reichb., known as J'inca rosea, is cultivated 
generally and may also be found wild as an escape from gardens. 
Another vine or liana belonging to this family is Beaumontia 
grandiflora ( Roxb. ) Wall, a climber of great beauty. It is a native 
of the Eastern Himalaya and cultivated widely. Some fine speci- 
mens occur in Honolulu. It is easily recognized by the large white 
flowers. Of late Carissa carandas L. has also been in cultivation. 
It has white, fragrant flowers and scarlet, edible fruits, and is a 
native of Africa. 
Of the family Asclepiadaceae (Milk-weed family.) Cryptostegia 
grandiflora (Roxb.) R. Br. may be mentioned. It is supposed to be 
a native of Madagascar, and has pale purple flowers. It is occasion- 
ally planted in Honolulu but is not common. 
Other climbing species belonging here are: Hoya carnosa R. Br., 
the wax plant, and Stephanotis floribunda Brong., with large, white 
tubular, strong-scented flowers. Calotropis gigantea R. Br., the giant 
milk-weed, a native of India, is of tree-like habit and occasionally 
planted ; the leaves are broad, whitish and woolly beneath ; the 
flowers are rose and purple colored. 
Plumiera acutifolia Poir. 
Temple Flowers, Graveyard Flowers, Fraxgipaxi. 
The Plumiera or Plumeria, as it is commonly called in Honolulu, 
is a milky tree nine to twenty feet in height, with fleshy swollen 
branchlets which are leafy at their tips. The leaves, which appear 
after the flowering stage, are oblong, narrowed at both ends and 
eight to sixteen inches long. 
