The two indole alkaloids desacetylakuammiline ( 2) and 10-methoxy-desacetylakuammiline ( 4) were shown to occure in the upper parts of the small periwinkel Vinca minor L. The structure of the hitherto unknown 10-methoxy-desacetylakuammiline was established on the bases of chemical, spectroscopic and o.r.d. evidence.