Tabernaemontana tomentosa (Greenm.) A. O. Simões & M. E. Endress

Stemmadenia decipiens Woodson, Ann. Mo. Bot
Gard. 15: 363. 1928.
Shrub or small tree, 2-10 m. tall, essentially glabrous throughout; leaves firmly membranaceous, broadly oval to ovateelliptic, 7-10 cm. long, 4^7 cm. broad, acute to obtusish, obtuse at the base, the petioles 5-7 mm. long; inflorescence bearing 3-9 yellowish flowers of medium size; pedicels 3-5 mm. long; calyx-lobes decidedly imbricate, scarious or subcoriaceous, ovate, acute to obtusish, 4-6 mm. long; corolla salverform, the tube 20-30 mm. long, about 2.5 mm. in diameter at the base, the lobes obliquely obovate, 12-18 mm. long, somewhat reflexed; follicles unknown.
Type locawty: Between Rosario and Colomas, Sinaloa. Distribution: Sinaloa and Oaxaca; Nicaragua.

Stemmadenia sinaloana Woodson, Ann. Mo. Bot
Gard. 15: 356. 1928.
Shrub or small tree; leaves firmly membranaceous, 8-12 cm. long, 5-6 cm. broad, obtuse to very shortly and obtusely subcaudateacuminate, acutely cuneate at the base, glabrous to very slightly puberulent beneath, the petioles 7-10 mm. long; inflorescence bearing 1-7 handsome flowers; pedicels 4^6 mm. long; calyx-lobes ovate-reniform, rounded, 1-2 mm. long, papillate; corolla infundibuliform, the tube proper 15-20 mm. long, about 3.5 mm. in diameter at the base, the throat broadly conic, 13-17 mm. long, about 12 mm. in diameter at the orifice, the lobes broadly and obliquely obovate, spreading, 12-14 mm. long; follicles unknown.
Type locality: Rosario, Sinaloa.
Distribution: Sinaloa.

Stemmadenia tomentosa Greenman, Proc. Am. Acad
35: 310. 1900.
Shrub or small tree, 2-12 m. tall; leaves membranaceous, oblongelliptic to obovateelliptic 8-15 cm long 5-7 cm. broad, somewhat sub caudateacuminate, obtuse at the base, irregularly pubescent along the midrib and principal veins above, densely and persistently tomentose beneath, or barbate in the axils of the lateral veins to glabrate beneath, the petioles
5. S.Alfari.
9. S. decipiens. 4-8 mm. long; inflorescence bearing 4-9 showy, cream-colored or yellowish flowers; pedicels 9-12 mm. long; calyx-lobes oblong to ovate, acute to obtusish, 4-5 mm. long, minutely papillate; corolla infundibuliform, the tube proper 20-25 mm. long, about 4 mm. in diameter at the base, the throat broadly conic, 15-25 mm. long, about 9-15 mm. in diameter at the orifice, the lobes obliquely obovate, 20-35 mm. long, spreading; follicles obovoid-subreniform, with an abrupt recurved acumen, 35-45 mm. long, 17-20 mm. broad, longitudinally striate and minutely verrucose.
Type locaoty: Near Zapotlan, Jalisco.
Distribution: Chihuahua to Sinaloa and Nayarit; Vera Cruz; Morelos.