Pinwheelflower

Tabernaemontana discolor Sw. Prodr. 52. 1788
Tabernaemontana ochroleuca Urban, Symb. Ant. 6: 34. 1909.
Small glabrous tree, 7-10 m. tall; leaves membranaceous, oblong-elliptic to narrowly obovate-elliptic, 2.5-14 cm. long, 1.5-5 cm. broad, gradually and obtusely, almost subcaudately, acuminate, acute to obtusish at the base, the petioles 3-13 mm. long; inflorescence rather lax, subcorymbose, much shorter than the subtending leaves, bearing few small yellowish flowers of delicate texture; pedicels 3-7 mm. long; calyx-lobes ovate, obtusish, 2-2.5 mm. long, imbricate; corolla salverform, comparatively thin in texture, the tube 10-12 mm. long, about 2 mm. in diameter at the base, very slightly narrowed toward the insertion of the stamens, the lobes narrowly oblong-dolabriform, 1 cm. long, spreading, with an inconspicuous lateral acumen; stamens inserted in the upper third of the corolla-tube, the anthers margined with bluish-green, barely included; ovary surrounded at the base by a low, adnate, annular nectary; follicles narrowly gibbous-ellipsoid, 4-5 cm. long, 0.7-1 cm. broad, narrowly acuminate, smooth.
Type locality: Jamaica. Distribution: Jamaica.