The known aporphine alkaloids norpurpureine,- purpureine, and preocoteine (previously incompletely characterized), as well as the new alkaloid norpreocoteine, have been isolated from Phoebe molicella (Lauraceae). The 13C-nmr spectra of three of these pentasubstituted aporphines is presented for the first time, as is a summary of previous work in the genus Phoebe. © 1983, American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.