APOCYNEZ. XXIII. SrgornaNTHUS. 
rambling among bushes. Branches besprinkled with white 
tubercles. Leaves ovate, acute. Corolla red, ending in long 
tail each. 
Sarmentose Strophanthus. Fl. May, July. Cit. 1824. Shrub 
rambling. 
2 S. raAuniFüLIUS (D. C. l. c. Desf. L c. p. 411.) erect; 
leaves opposite, and 3 in a whorl; flowers glomerate, terminal 
and lateral, rising after the leaves have fallen. h. S. Native 
of Sierra Leone, by the sea side. We have seen this species 
growing by the sea side, near Cape Shilling, where it forms a 
bush, about 6 or 8 feet high, covered with blossoms, before the 
leaves rise. Flowers red and white. Very nearly allied to 
S. sarmentosus, but the stems are erect, and the corollas less 
spreading. 
Laurel-leaved Strophanthus. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 
3 S. picuétromus (D. C. l. c. Desf. l. c.) branches dichoto- 
mous ; leaves elliptic-oblong, 
acute at both ends, glabrous, FIG. 13. 
mucronately acuminated ; co- 
rola funnel-shaped ; tails of $ 
segments of corolla 3 inches 
long; scales of corolla curled, 
h. S. Native of the East 
Indies. Ker. bot. reg. 469. S. 
terminalis, Blum. cat. hort. buitz. 
p. 56. Echites caudàta, Lin. 
mant. 52. Burm. ind. t. 26. 
Nérium caudàtum, Roxb. fl. ind. 
2. p. 9. Echites dichótoma, 
Carey, hort. beng. p. 20. Stems 
sarmentose, besprinkled with 
white tubercles. Corollas yel- 
lowish in this country, but are 
said to be red in their native 
country. (f. 13.) 
Var. B, rotundàtus (Pers. ench. 1. p. 269.) leaves ovate- 
roundish. h.S. Native of the East Indies. Nérium caudà- 
tum, Lam. dict. 3. p. 458. 
Dichotomous Strophanthus. Fl. 
Shrub 3-4 feet. 
4 S. pivarica‘tus (Wall. cat. no. 1642.) branches and pe- 
duncles dichotomous; leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 
acuminated, glabrous, pale beneath; flowers small, with short 
segments. bh... S. Native of the East Indies. 
Divaricate Strophanthus. Shrub cl. 
5 S. Jacxra'nus (Wall. cat. no. 1643.) leaves oblong-lanceo- 
late, downy beneath while young; peduncles short, axillary, di- 
chotomous ; corolla campanulate, with short tails to the segments. 
5.S. Native of Penang. Follicles very long. 
Jack's Strophanthus. Shrub. 
6 S. Curne’nsis ; branches erect, dichotomous ; leaves nearly 
sessile, ovate-lanceolate, glabrous ; peduncles terminal, few- 
flowered, becoming lateral, or in the forks of the branches ; 
tails of the segments of the corolla ensiform; stamens inserted in 
the base of the tube. 5. E. Native of China. Nérium Chi- 
nénsis, Hunter, in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 9. S. divérgens, Graham? 
S. dichótomus, Ker. bot. reg. 469? Dr. Roxburgh could not 
find any scales in the tube of the corolla. 
Chinese Strophanthus. Shrub erect. 
7 S.? sca/wpeNs (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 412.) stems 
scandent; peduncles terminal, many-flowered ; leaves ovate- 
oblong, a little acuminated, glabrous; tails of the segments of 
the corolla long. h. VU. S. Native of Cochinchina, among 
bushes. Nérium scandens, Lour. coch. p. 116. Calyx tubular, 
with fleshy, erect segments. Corolla funnel-shaped; having 
the lower part of the tube cylindrical, and the superior part ur- 
Feb. March. Clt. 1812. 
XXIV. Waicutis. 85 
ceolate, white; limb red, having the segments long-linear and 
repand, Corona of the tube of many acute segments; anthers 
ending in a long, thread-like tail, each.  Follicles thick, obtuse, 
horizontal. 
Climbing Strophanthus. Shrub cl. 
8 S. ALTERNIFLORUS (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 637.) scandent; 
leaves ovate, acuminated, glabrous; alternate axils umbellife- 
rous. h. G. Native of China, in small islands near Canton. 
Apócynum alterniflórum, Lour. coch. 168. Flowers pale. Co- 
rolla campanulate, crowned by 10 scales. 
Alternate-flowered Strophanthus. Shrub cl. 
§ 2. Anthers hispid, mutic. 
9 S. nisprpa (D. C. 1. c. Desf. l. c. p. 412.) corollas funnel- 
shaped: with long, acuminated segments; anthers acute. h.S. 
Native of Sierra Leone.  Shrub hispid, almost with the habit of 
a Justicia. Leaves sessile, ovate-oblong. Flowers fasciculate, 
on peduncles, which are repeatedly trichotomous. Corollas red ; 
having the tails of the segments 7 inches long. 
Hispid Strophanthus. Shrub. 
Cult. Shrubs of easy culture. A mixture of peat, loam, and 
sand, is the best soil for them; and cuttings strike root readily 
in sand, under a hand glass, in heat. The species are worth cul- 
tivating for the singularity as well as beauty of their flowers. 
Tribe II. 
WRIGHTIE/ZE. Fruit of 2 follicles. Tuft of hairs at the 
lower end of the seed, or at that end contrary to the umbilicus. 
Embryo with involute cotyledons. 
XXIV. WRI'GHTIA (named after the late William Wright, 
M.D. F.R.S. F.L.S. and Edinb., whose ardour in the pursuit of 
botanical knowledge, even while engaged in extensive medical 
practice in the island of Jamaica, has long entitled him to this 
mark of distinction.) R. Br. in mem. wern. soc. 1. p. 73.— 
Nérium species. Lin. 
Lin. syst.  Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Co- 
rolla salver-shaped; throat crowned by 10 divided scales. Sta- 
mens exserted ; filaments inserted in the throat; anthers sagittate, 
cohering by their middle to the stigma. Ovaria 2, cohering. 
Style 1, filiform, dilated at top; stigma narrower. Scales 5-10, 
inserted at the base of the calyx, outside the corolla. Follicles 
distinct or combined, with adnate placentas.—Erect shrubs, or 
small trees. Leaves opposite. Corymbs almost terminal, 
Flowers white. Albumen none. Cotyledons longitudinally in- 
volute, white, but immersed in hot water they become rose- 
coloured. 
1 W. antipysente’rica (R. Br. l. c. p. 74.) leaves obovate- 
oblong, short-acuminated, glabrous; corymbs nearly terminal ; 
tube of corolla 6 times longer than the calyx ; follicles distinct. 
h.S. Native of Ceylon. Nérium antidysentéricum, Lin. spec. 
ed. 2d. p. 306. Lour. coch. p. 116.—Plenck. offic. t. 119. 
— Burm. zeyl. 167. t. 77. Codaga Pala, Rheed. mal. 1. p. 85. t. 
47.? Flowers white, sweet-scented, form of a species of Jasmi- 
num. The wood being white, of a fine grain, is useful for the 
turner, and to make cabinets, and other elegant furniture. The 
bark is reputed to be a specific in dysentery, and most complaints 
of the bowels, and is the Conessi bark of the Materia Medica. 
Anti-dysenteric Wrightia. Clt. 1778. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 
2 W. Zeyra’nica (R. Br. l. c.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, 
sub-acuminated, glabrous; corymbs terminal; tube of corolla 
4-5 times longer than the calyx; follicles distinct. h . S. Native 
of Ceylon. Nérium Zeylánicum, Lin. amcen. acad. 4. p. 309. 
Burm. zeyl. 23. t. 12. f. 2. W. divaricàta, Herb. madr. Very 
nearly allied to W. antidysentérica, from which it differs, in the 
figure of the leaves, which are also rather smaller. 
