STEPHANO'TIS FLORIBUN'DA. 
MANY-FLOWERED STEPHANOTIS. 
OR 
dicotyledonEj®:. 
Natural division 
to which 
this plant belongs. 
NATURAL ORDER, ASCLEPIADACEiE 
COROLLIFLOR.® 
OF 
DECANDOLLE. 
Artificial divisions 
to which 
this Plant belongs. 
PENTANDEIA 
DIGYNIA, 
OF LINNEUS, 
No. 203 
GENUS. Stephanotis. Du Petit-Thovrs. Calyx quinqiiesepal us, corolla 
brevior. Corolla hypocrateriformis, laciniis obliquis contortis. Corona sta- 
minea simplex, pentapbylla, laciniis siinplicibus membranaceis erectis integris. 
Anther.® membrana superatac; massae pollinis gemiiiEe, erectee basifixae. 
Stigma conicum, acutum. Folliculi duo, liorizontales, crassi, acuminati, 
semiuibus papposis. Frutices madagascarienses volubiles; foliis oppositis 
coriaceis l^vissimis, floribus ternatis vel umbellatis, pedunculo communi in- 
terpetiolari. Adolphe Brogniart Annales des Sciences Naturelles, 2nd 
series, v. 7, ji. 30. 
SPECIES. Stephanotis floribunda ^ {Adolphe Brogniart.) Foliis 
ellipticis retusis vel brevissiine acuminato-uncinatis, floribus quinque ad octo 
umbellatis, sepalis ovatis tubo corollae quadruplo brevioribus, laciniis coronse 
stamineae ovatis, antlierarum membrano brevioribus. 
Character of the Genus, Stephanotis. Calyx divided into 
five sepals, shorter than the corolla. Corolla salver-shaped, the 
divisions of the limb oblique, twisted in the bud. Staminal crown 
simple, of five leaflets, the divisions simple, membranous, erect, entire. 
Anthers surmounted by a membrane, the pollen-masses two together, 
erect, fixed by their base. Stigma conical, pointed. Follicles two, 
horizontal, thick, pointed, with tufted seeds. 
Description of the Species, Stephanotis floribunda. Stem 
shrubby, climbing; young branches green, smooth, and shining. 
Leaves opposite, borne on footstalks nearly an inch in length, ovate 
elliptical, blunt or retuse at the end, the midrib often projecting into a 
short blunt point, perfectly entire, rounded or slightly heart-shaped at 
the base, thick, smooth, and shining, especially on the upper surface, 
three to five inches long. Peduncle inserted laterally between the 
petioles, rather shorter than the leaves, bearing at the extremity an 
umbel of six or eight large white fragrant flowers. Bracts very small 
at the base of each pedicel. Pedicels about an inch long, thick and 
