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Nerium L. 
N. Oleander L., Sp. pi., vol. 1, p. 209 (1753).— El Valle, Miller & 
Johnston, no. 209, July 11. Cultivated for ornament in all warm 
countries. 
Plumeria L. 
P. ALBA L., Sp. pL, vol. 1, p. 210 (1753); Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., 
p. 411. — Santa Ana, Ernst. Venezuela: near Cumana and Caracas, 
HBK., Nov. gen. et sp., vol. 3, p. 230. Distributed from Cuba to the 
French Ids. 
P. CARACASANA Johnston, Contrib. U. S. nat. herb., vol. 12, p. 108 
(1908).— El Valle, Miller & Johnston, no. 100, July 24. Venezuela: 
between Caracas and La Guaira, alt. 500 m., Fendler, no. 1026, Aug. 
16, 1855; La Guaira, Robinson & Lyon, July 13, 1900. 
Rauvolfia L. 
R. Lamarkii DC, Prod., vol. 8, p. 337 (1844); Griseb., Fl. Brit. 
W. Ind., p. 408.— El Valle, Miller & Johnston, no. 43, July 5, and 
Johnston, no. 135, July 15. Further distribution. West Indies. 
Tabernaemontana L. 
T. AMYGDALiFOLL'i. Jacq., Enum. pi. Carib., p. 14 (1760); Bot. 
reg., vol. 4, p. 338. — El Valle, Miller & Johnston, no. 90, and Johji- 
ston, no. 68, July 1. Venezuela: Colonia Tovar, Fendler, no. 1029, 
Mar. 13, 1855. Further distribution, tropical America. Varying 
from a tree about 8 meters high with a trunk 1 decimeter in diameter 
at its base to a diffuse shrub in form. 
T. PSYCHOTRIFOLIA HBK., Nov. gen. et sp., vol. 3, p. 227 (1818); 
Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 409. — Santa Ana, Ertist. Venezuela: 
Sacupana, Rushy & Squires, no. 85, 1896. Further distribution, 
Trinidad. 
Thevetia Adans. 
T. NEREiFOLL\ Juss. ex Stcud., Nom., ed. 2, vol. 2, p. 680 (1841); 
Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 407; Mart., Fl. Bras., vol. 6, pt. 1, pi. 10. 
— Santa Ana, Ernst; El Valle, garden, Miller & Johnston, no. 101, 
July 31. Distribution, tropical America. 
