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Allamanda (Dozen species have been)

A dozen species have been referred to this genus; but the rank of some of them is very uncertain; they inhabit South America, one extending as far as Central America. The under-mentioned is the only plant calling for addition to those given on pp. 47-8, Vol. I.

A. cathartica Hendersoni (Henderson's). fl. orange-yellow, with five white spots at the throat, tinged brown outside, the lobes finely formed, immensely thick and wax-like. (R. G. 1887, pp. 560-1, f. 142.) SYN. A. Hendersoni (F. M. 1866, 263; I. H. 1865, 452).

A. Hendersoni (Henderson's). A variety of A. cathartica.