A flora of Manila - Rainforestation

APOCYNACEAE 369
4. Flowers medium, the corolla-lobes spreading, nearly straight, 1.5
to 2 cm lonier 12. Aganoama
4. Flowers small, the corolla-lobes short, their tips deflexed.
1. PLUM I ERA Linnaeus
13. Ichnocarpus
Erect glabrous trees with very stout branches. Leaves scattered, elon-
gated. Flowers large, in terminal cymes. Calyx small, 5-lobed, the lobes
obtuse. Corolla funnel-shaped, the lobes strongly overlapping. Stamens
inserted near the base of the tube; anthers obtuse, rounded at the base,
free from the stigma. Carpels 2, distinct; ovules many. Fruit a linearoblong
or ellipsoid follicle. (In honor of C. Plumier, an early French
botanist.)
Species about 40, all of tropical America, the following now cultivated in
tropical countries.
* 1. P. ACUTIFOLIA Poir. Calachuchi (Sp.-Fil.) ; Temple Flower, Graveyard
Flower, Frangipangi.
A tree 3 to 7 m high, the branchlets swollen, leafy at their tips. Leaves
oblong, narrowed at both ends, 20 to 40 cm long. Flowers numerous, very
fragrant, white and pinkish outside, yellow within, 5 to 6 cm long. (Fl.
Filip. pi. 39.)
Commonly cultivated for the fragrant flowers, but not spontaneous, fl.
all the year; cultivated in all tropical countries, a native of tropical America.
2. CERBERA Linnaeus
Glabrous trees with alternate leaves. Flowers rather large, in terminal
cymes. Calyx 5-parted, not glandular. Corolla funnel-shaped or salvershaped,
the tube slender, the lobes broad. Stamens included; anthers
lanceolate, cells rounded at the base, free from the stigma. Disk none.
Carpels 2, distinct; ovules 4 in each carpel. Fruit large, ovoid or ellipsoid,
the pericarp thick, fibrous and woody. (After the dog Cerberus of Greek
mythology.)
A small genus of 5 or 6 species in the littoral districts from Madagascar
to India and Malaya, at least 2 in the Philippines.
1. C. odollam Gaertn. Barabay, Lipata (Tag.).
A tree 4 to 6 m high, the branches stout. Leaves lanceolate to oblonglanceolate,
narrowed at both ends, acuminate, about 20 cm long, shining,
the nerves slender. Cymes often as long as the leaves, peduncled. Calyxtube
short, the lobes spreading, pale-green, lanceolate, acuminate, about
2 cm long. Corolla-tube slender, greenish-white, enlarged above, about 4
cm long, the 5-lobed limb white with a purple center, spreading, about 5 cm
in diameter. Fruit smooth, ellipsoid or ovoid, about 6 cm long.
Occasional along the Pasay beach, fl. all the year; throughout the Phil-
ippines along the seashore. India to China, Malaya, Australia, and Pol-
ynesia.
3. THEVETIA Linnaeus
Shrubs with elongated branches and numerous, entire, narrow, alternate
leaves. Flowers large, yellow, solitary or in few-flowered cymes. Calyxlobes
5, lanceolate, somewhat spreading. Corolla funnel-shaped, the lower
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