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PLUMERIA. acuminata. 
White East-Indian Plumeria. 
PENTANDRIA: JSONOGYNIA. 
'. Nat. ord. Avocynem.. Jussieu gen.145.  — A ae 
Div. I. Germen duplex. Fructus bifollicularis. Semina non’ 
papposa. : ise ds : ees ‘ 
PLUMERIA: Cal. parvus obtusé 5-fidus. Cor, (contorta) n+ 
fundibuliformis, tubo longo: sensim ampliato, limbo obtusé 5-partito 
patente (erecto in P. pudicd.) Anther@ conniyentes exserte. Stylus 
vix ullus; stigma bifidum. Folliculi deorsiim flexi, Iongi, ventricos! ;: 
sémina margine membranaceo alata. drbores aut arbuscule ; Solia 
alterna integra magna; flores subcorymbosi terminales, plures abortivi. 
Jussieu gen. 145. ~ ies Pee 
errant 
P. acuminata, foliis Janceolatis planis acuminatis. Dryander in Hort. 
Kew. ed. 2.2. 70. ; | 4 1 ) 
Plumeria obtusa. Loureiro cochinch. 117; (nec aliorum.). eurnak oft 
Flos conyolutus. Malaice Bonga gulong tsjutsju. Rumph. amb. 4. 85. 
t. 38. Mee oF CERES ART RN Bie hk G IT ia 
Arbor mediocris ; rami rari, disperse dtvaricati, elongati, crassi cum. facie 
tumido-succulenta, lactescentes, cinereo-virentes, fragiles, glabri, cicatrizatt, 
apice coma parca plurifariad foliorum terminati indéque forgets | Folia 
obovato-lanceolata, longiis in petiolum attenuata, 9-14-unciales latitudine sub- 
quadriunciali, costata nervis obliquis pariim dissitis apice flexis & in lineam 
continuam nonnihil cis marginem confluentibus. Flores laxius cymosi, assur- 
~ gentes, odoratissimi ; pedunculus terminalis, teres, robustus, nudus, superné 
pluriés divisus, ‘sirens, pedicelli 1-flort. Cal. exiguus, obtusus, herbaceus, 
Cor. candida, ‘disco flavescens, hypocrateriformis'; limbus contorto-rotatus 
paulominiis unciis 3 tranversus, laciniis distantibus, sublineari-oblongis,-ob- 
 tusis ; tubus pariim brevior, intis ad stamina usque pilosus. Stam. tubo cir- 
cumposita prope fundum ; anth. sessiles, 
. The only species of the genus yet recorded from the 
East Indies, the rest being: all from the West Indian islands 
and South American continent. We find it in no system- 
atic enumeration of vegetables, except the last edition of. 
the Hortus Kewensis. In India it is a universal and con- 
stant ornament of the garden; in China and ‘Cochin- 
china likewise. In Batavia the chinese colonists use’ the 
flowers in confectionary; the females, as an ornament in 
their: hair. . Dee at aaa 
A middle-sized tree, with a stem growing to about four 
feet high: beforevit braiches;: measuring sometities:axfoot- in 
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