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OLEANDER. 



(nerium oleander.) 



Common Bosebat/. 



Synonyms 



calycinis squamosis nectariis planis. Nerium sive Khododendrum, Matth. Valgr, 

 v. ii. p. 447 ; Cter. Em., p. 1406 ; Canter. Epit., p. 843. Nerium floribus rube- 

 scentibus, JBauh. Uiv., p. 464. Khododendron, Dod. Pempt., p. 85. Nerium 

 Oleander, Linn. Sp. PL, p. 305. 



Foeeign Names.— Ft. : Le Laurose ; Laurier-rose. Oer. : Lorbcer-rose der 

 Oleander. But. : Oleander, Ital. : Oleandro. Span. : Adelfa. Port. : Loendro. 

 Dan. : Oleander. Arab. : Tiflge. 



Nat. Order, Contorts, Linn.; Apocynkje, Juss. — Pkn- 



TANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 



Gen. Char.— Calyx five-cleft. Corolla salver-shaped, the throat crowned 

 by lacerated, multifid segments. Segments of limb twisted, unequal- 

 sided, tailless. Filaments inserted into the middle of the tube. Anthers 



awned, coherin 



Ovaria two. 



filiform 



hypogynous 



wanted, but there are toothlets at the base of the calyx, outside the 

 corolla. Follicles cylindrical. Erect shrubs. Leaves three in a whorl, 

 elongated, coriaceous, with numerous parallel veins. Flotvers terminal, 



corymbose. 

 Spec. Chak. — Leaves lanceolate, three in a whorl, veiny beneath. Seg- 

 ments of the corona trifid or tricuspidate. 



History. — This plant is described with great accuracy by 

 Dioscorides (lib. iv. c. 82), under the name of Nryuov *j PoSo$a<pv?). 

 He says the flowers and leaves are poisonous to dog^, nsses. 



Fig 1. Section of the corolla. 2. The Calyx, style, and stigma. 



