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Tan. 4593. 
LEUCOTHOE NERIIFOLIA. 
Oleander-leaved Leucothée. 
Nat. Ord. Ertcacem.—Drcanpria Monoeynta. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 4314.) 
LevcoryéE xeriifolia; glaberrima, ramis_teretibus (siccitate subangulatis), 
foliis cordato-oblongis subacuminatis mucronato-acutissimis pungentibus 
basi emarginatis brevissime petiolatis coriaceis subtus minute reticulatis, 
racemis axillaribus erectis (seu erecto-patentibus elongatis), rachide pedi- 
cellisque asperulis, bracteolis minutissimis, floribus secundis, corollis (cocci- 
neis) ovato-urceolatis, limbo 5-partito laciniis mediocribus patentibus acutis. 
Lrucorniés neriifolia. De Cand. Prodr. v. 7. p. 605. 
ANDROMEDA neriifolia. Schlecht. in Linnea, v.1. p. 522. 
AGARISTA neriifolia. Don, Gard. Dict. v. 3. p. 838. 
Levucoruér crassifolia. De Cand. Prodr. v.71. p. 605. 
_ANDRomuDa crassifolia. Pohi, Pl. Bras. v. 2. p. 34. 
Agarista Pohlii. Don, Gard. Dict. v, 3. p. 837. 
This handsome plant quite corresponds with what we believe 
to be LZ. neriifolia, De Cand. (Andromeda, Schlecht.), first found 
by Sellow in tropical Brazil, then by Mr. Gardner in Minas 
Geraes (n. 4989 of his Brazilian collection) ; and we equally 
believe Z. crassifolia to be a mere form of the same, nor are we 
sure that the Andromeda subrotunda of Pohl, PI. Bras. vol. ti. 
p. 32. t. 121, is not also a short-leaved and short-racemed variety 
of it. Under our ZL. pulchra (supra, Tab. 4314), we were in- 
duced to express an opinion derived from an inspection of our 
dried specimens, that the ZL. crassifolia was probably not different 
from that ; and truly, save in the shorter leaves, nearly erect 
racemes, red flowers, and somewhat shorter corolla, with a more 
distinct limb, we can hardly point out any specific distinction. 
This is worthy of a place in every greenhouse. Our flowering 
specimen was communicated by Mr. Cunningham of Comeley 
Bank Nursery, without any history or note of its introduction. 
The ovary is remarkable for producing at its base, in all the 
AUGUST Ist, 1851. 
