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NERIUM odorum. /J. 



Double siueet- scented Roselay or Oleander. 



PENTANDHIA MOXOGYXIA. 



a NERIUM. Contouta. fCW. 5-partitus, parvus, persistans. Cor. 

 infrra,) Jrypocrateriformis. Faux coronata sqiiamis 5, divisis. Limki 

 laciniis inaequilaleris, ecaudatis. JFY/. medio tubo inserta. 4nik. (am* 

 niventes) sagittate aristatae, medio sUgmati cobarentes. Germ. 2. 

 Sty tu$ I, filiformis, apice dilatato. Stigma obtusum (orbiculo insidens. 

 Juss.) Squama nulla? bypogynae ...... denticuli in bail caljcis, extra 



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extremitate superior! comosa. Frutices eredi. Folia termh tlongdta, 

 conacea, venis numerosis, parallel. Brown ascltp. 7 1 ; ct in ilort. 

 Ketv. ed. 2. 2. 67. 



Ilerm. lugdb. 



Xt f odorum f foliis lineari-lanceolatis ternis subtus costatis, laciniis calv- 

 cinis erectis, squamis faucis multipartita, laciniis iilifonnibus* IV Hid. 

 sp. pi. I. 1235. 



Nerium odorum. Ilort. Kew. I. 297. ed. 2. 2. 67. 



N. odoratum. Lamarck, encyc. 3. 456. 



N. Oleander. Lour, cochin. 115. 



N. indicum. Mill. diet. ed. 8. n. 2. 



Nerium. fi. Ilort. cliff. 76. 



N. indicum angustifolium, floribus odoratis simplicibus. 

 447.*. 448. 



Oleander sinicus. Humph, amb. auct. c. 23. /. l6.f. 1. 



Tsjovanna areli. Rheed. vial. 9. 1. /. 1. 



(£) foliis latioribus, floribus plenis. 



Nerium latifolium. Mill. diet. ed. 8. n. S. 



Nerium. y. Hort. cliff. 76. 



N. latifolium floribus plenis odoratis. Ilerm. lugdb. 447. t. 44.9. 



Belutta areli. Rheed. mal. 9. 3. t.2. 



Arbuscula vix unquam altitutidiacm orgyalem execdens ; faciem ex nobis 

 etuodammodo vimineam prcc seferens. Folia lincari-lanceolata, 4-6 unemtia, 

 latitudine minus semunciali ad uncialem : petiolus crassus, enrtm. F lores 

 terminates y bracteolati^ multi, laxe cymoso-paniculali, sesqniunciales ultrave. 



Linnseus had included in Nerium Oleander the present 

 species from the East Indies, together with that of the South 

 of Europe and the Levant. They were first separated in 

 the former edition of the Hortus Kewensis, the present be- 

 ing distinguished by having the segments of the calj I up~ 



tight, and the scales at the mouth of the tube multifariously 

 parted and linear. Besides these marks, its foliage is gene- 





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