( 1799 ) 



Nerium odorum (/3.) Double sweet-scented 

 Rosebay, or Oleander. 



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Class and Qrder. 



Pentandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. 



Contorta. FoUiculi 2, erecti. Sem. extremitate superiorc 

 comosa. Cor. hypocrateriformis 4 faux coronata squamis 5, 

 divisis. Sem. extremitate superiore coraosa. Brown, 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Nerium odorum; foliis lineari-lanceolatis temis foliolis ca* 



lycinis erectis, nectariis multipartjtis : laciniis filiformibus. 



Hort. Kew.ed. \.v. I. p. 297. 

 Nerium odorum. Willd. Sp. PL 1. 1235. Hort. Kew. ed. 



alt. 2. p. 67. 

 (a.) Jloribus simplicibus, foliis angustioribus. 

 Nerion indicum angustifolium, floribus odoratis simplicibus. 



Herm. Lugd. B. 447 t. 438. 

 Belutta-areli. Hort. Malab. v. 9. p. 3. t. 2. 

 Nerium indicum. Mill. Diet. ed. 8. n. 2. 

 0?.') Jloribus plenis, foliis latioribus. 

 Nerion indicum latifolium, floribus plenis odoratis. Herm. 



Lugd. B. 447. t 449. 

 Triovanna-areli. Hort. Malab. v. 9. p. 1. t. 1. 

 Nerium indicum, latifolium flore roseo pieno. Weinm. Phyt, 



Ic 755, b. 

 Nerium Zeylanicum, floribus roseis amplis plenis. Burm. 



Zeyl. 167. 

 Nerium latifolium indicum, flore variegato, odorato, pleno, 

 - Commel. Hort. I. p. 45. t. 23. 

 ^erium odorum. (3. Bot. Rcgist. 74. 

 south-Sea Rose. Brown Jam. 181. Hughes Barbad. 218. 



Nerium odorum, a native of the East-Indies, was taken 

 U P by Linn^us, in his Hortus Cliffortianus, as a variety of 



the 



