Tas. 4594, 
ALLAMANDA nerurotia. 
Oleander-leaved Allamanda. 
Nat. Ord. ApocyNE®.—PENTANDRIA Monoeynia. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 4351.) 
ALLAMANDA xerijfolia; erecta glabra, foliis oblongis brevi-petiolatis acuminatis, 
paniculis* multifloris aphyllis, calycis lobis ovato-lanceolatis patentibus, 
corollee tubi parte constricta perbrevi vix calycem superante basi dilatata 
angulata reliqua (seu fauce) elongata infundibuliformi-campanulata, limbi 
lobis rotundatis acutis. 
ALLAMANDA neriifolia. Hortul. 
Received by Messrs. Lucombe and Pince, of the Exeter Nur- 
sery, from the continent, under the name- here adopted, but 
I can nowhere find it described. Its habit is extremely dif- 
ferent from that of any described species, as is the form of the 
corolla, with its singularly short contracted base of the tube, 
swollen and angled at the base, and the very elongated upper 
portion: the colour is a deep almost golden yellow, and it is 
streaked with orange. “The plant,” observes Mr. Pince, ** from 
which the specimen was cut, is now only three feet high. It 
commenced flowering when but eighteen inches high. © The 
first and largest cluster consisted of thirty finely expanded flowers. 
I consider it one of the finest of our stove-plants, taking up little 
room, and making a noble appearance.” What I saw of this 
plant in Messrs. Lucombe and Pince’s Nursery, in the month of 
June, fully substantiates this praise. _ 
Descr. An evergreen shrub, with copious and handsome 
foliage, everywhere glabrous. Leaves oblong, on short petioles, 
acuminated, deep green above, pale and reticulated beneath. 
Panicle of many flowers, in reality terminal, but, by and by, 
lateral from innovations or young shoots which again terminate 
with clusters of flowers. Calyz of five, ovato-lanceolate, spread- 
ing /obes. Corolla smaller than in our 4. Schott (Lab. 4351) 
or A. Aubletii (Tab. 4411), but deeper-coloured than either, and | 
elegantly streaked with orange. In shape it is quite different — 
AUGUST IsT, 1851. 
