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WRIGHTIA tinctoria. 
Dyer's Wrightia, 
PENTA{n>I(IA ^lf0^06r/«^Jf^ , . , 
iVaf. ord. ApocynejE. ' s' 
WRIGHTIA R. Br. Corolla hypocrateriformis. Favx coronata squa- 
mis 10 divisis. Stamina exserta. Filamenla fauce inserta. Antkeree 
sagittatse, medio stigmati coheerentes. Ovaria duo cohoerentia. ' Stylus 
T filiformis apice dilatato. Slufina aiigustius. Squama; .5-10, basi calycis 
extr^ corollum insertae, nuUse hypogynae. Folliculi distincti v. cohaerentes, 
placentis adnajis. Br(mn.mact.WeT». l:p,'lZy i 
W. tinctoria ; foliis elliptico-lanceolatis ovatisque acuminatis glabris, rainis 
corynilMsque divaricatis, corolla; tubo calyce duplo longiore, folliculis 
(lislinctis. Brown 1. c. p. 75. 
Nerium tinctorium. Roxb. hort.bevg. 19. 
Caulis subvoluhilis, frutesccns. Foli;i ojrposifa, subscssilia, ovato-lanci o- 
Inta, acjimi7iata,mcmbranacea, utrinqne f/lri/,crrima, suprH vimlia ojxira, sub- 
tiis pallidiora vcnis pro>nitie7itih(!S reticulata. Cymi axillares, paacijlori, Iri- 
chotomi, glaberrimi. Pedicolli virides, teretcs, (jracilcs. Biactofc subalatcp. 
Sepala 5, ovata, transverse corrugata, gibbosa. Scjuamulac inter calijcem 
et corollam minimis subulatce. Corolla allm, glabra^ hypocrateriformis, tubo 
laciniis duplo breviore : Limbus putens, ')-partitus, laciniis linearibus, supra 
pubescentibus, ad apicem incurvulis, ad basin appendicibus totidem Jlmbriatis 
per processus breviores Jiliformes connexis coronam formantibus. Tubus 
camosus, intiis mellijluus, basibus Jilamentorum gibbosis pubescentibus semi- 
clausus. Stamina 5, laciniis altcrna, ore inserta. Filainenta brevia, line- 
aria, incurva. Antherae subulatce, acuminatcE, in cono connivcntes, laciniis 
corolla multb breviores, basi sagittatee, dorso subpubcsccntcs, apice ciliato 
stigmati fusiformi medio annulato adhcerente. Ovarium glabrum, ovatum. 
Stylus Jiliformis. Squamee hypogynte nullce. / 
For the opportunity of making a drawing of this very 
rare plant, we are indebted to the Horticultural Society, 
to whom it had been presented in 1824 by the Court of 
Directors of the Honourable East India Company. It 
flowered in June in the stove, where it requires consider- 
able heat. 
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