Tabernamontanad. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 293 
of the suture by the small end of the aril, which is again 
attached by a broad umbilical cord to the centre of the 
longitudinal groove just mentioned, Perisperm in pret- 
ty large quantity, rather soft, and of a pale bluish white 
colour. Embryo nearly as long as the seed, with the two 
cordate cotyledons ledged near the thick end ; and the | 
long, almost straight cylindric radicle directed to the 
small end where the aril was attached to the margin of 
_ the follicle ; (relative centripeta of Gertner.) : 
An incomplete drawing, and description of this tree, 
was sent to the Honourable the Court of Directors under 
the name of Cerbera dichotoma, and numbered 1541. At 
that time IT had not seen the fruit but since my return to 
' India, I have met with it ina perfectly ripe state and find 
the plant must now be referred to the genus Tabernemon- 
tana esti I ink, it forms a new proces: fort 
2. T. ergs R. 
Shrubby, dichotomous. Leaves lanceolar, waved, 
smooth. | Penduncles from the divisions of the branches 
few flowered, Calyx 5-toothed. Follicles arith ma- 
ny-seeded. 
Nerium coronarium, Hort. Kew. 1, P. 297, 
Nandi-ervatum major, and minor, Rheed. Mal. 2. t 
54, and 55, 1 take to be the gonbhe and single varieties 
of this, itl 
Firk-tugur the Hindoo name of the single flowered, 5,3 om .d 
Bura-tugur of the double flowered. — 
Jasminum zylanicum. &c. Burm, zeyl. 129. 1. 59. 
_ Flos Manilhanus, Rump. Amb, 4, t, 49. appears to be 
the double variety. 
_A flowering shrub common in gardens over India. Tti is 
in flower the greater part of the year but rarely ripens its 
seed, I mean the double sort, the single neni them fre- 
