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Cerbera Thevetia. Linear-leaved 

 Cerbera. 



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Oass ««rf Order. 



Pentandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. 



Contorta. Drupa monosperma. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Cerbera Thevetia; foliis linearibus longissimis confertis. 



Sp. PL 304. Willd. 1. 1223. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 2. 



p. 66. Jacq. Amer. 48. t 34. Swartz obs. 102. 

 Cerbera Thevetia; foliis linearibus longissimis confertis, 



floribus subsolitariis axillaribus elongatis. Poire t En- 



cycl. suppl. 1. p. 261. 

 Ahovai Nerii folio, flore luteo. Plum. Cat. PI. Amer. p. 



20. ic. 18. 

 Plumeria arborescens, foliis lanceolatis, floribus fauee 



ampliatis subcampanulatis. Brown Jam. 181. 

 Nerio affinis angustifolia lactescens, flore luteo. Pink. 



Aim. 263. t. 207. / 3. 

 Ahoay-miri. Piso. Bras. p. 308. 

 Yccotli. Hernand. Mex. 443. 



Cerbera Thevetia is a native of the West Indies, where 

 it is said to grow into a handsome tree,, from twelve to 

 fifteen feet in height ; the branches are rounded and flexile, 

 abounding in every part with a milky acrid juice, supposed 

 to be of a very poisonous quality. In our stoves it forms 

 a handsome shrub ; but we believe seldom blossoms, as its 

 time of flowering is not noted in the Hortus Kewensis, 

 nor in Sweet's Catalogue ; indeed it is far from common, 

 and is rare even in its native country. 



Communicated last October by Messrs. Whitley, Brame, 

 and Milne. 



