350 nr/i.MA, ITS PEOPLE AND PRODUCTIOXS. 



*" N. ODORDM, Sol. Cultivateil. 



All parts of this plant arc very poisonous, especially the roots of the ■nild 

 vni'ieties. It is supposed, even, to impart deleterious properties to honey. De 

 Guhernatis says,' "Dans I'Inde, Ic Iuiriivi>-a on Nerimn odorum passe , pour une 

 fleur funeraire, c'est poui'quoi, dans le drame Mrivchalntilm, le jeune Carudatta 

 place une couronne d'ok'andre sur sa tete, en allant ;i la mort," and adds many 

 other curious particulars, too long to reproduce here, of European superstitions and 

 proverbs connected with the same plant. 



X X Aiiflnrs c.rsertvd, ututed or coherimj in a cone round the xtiijnia. Seeds comose 

 nt the liilinn. 



SxRopnAxxnus, T)e CandoUe. 



C'oroIIa-Iohe.i elongate or caudate, hordercd by merahranous lobes or scales, cacli 

 produced into 2 longer or shorter segments. Shrubs, usually scandent. 



* Corulhi-lobes aeutc or nenni/nnfe, hut not jirod need into long tails. 

 S. BEEviCAUDATirs, "Wight. Mergui (probably). 



Floral bracts ovate, acute, stiff, only \h lines long. 



** Corolla-lohes produced into tails 2 or more ineJies long. 

 X Floral bracts and the conform cali/x-lohes stiff, linear-subulate. 



S. Gkiffithii, Wiglit. Upper Tenasserim. 



iS'. pentnplii/llus, GrifT. 

 S. Uorsficldianus, Miq. 



Corolla (-n-ithout the tails) about an inch long. 



S. i.oxGicAUDATus, Wight. Southcm Tonasseiim. 



Corolla (without the tails) about .V in. lung. 



X X Floral bracts and the conform calyx-lobes faecid, reflexed, linear. 

 S. (EcniTEs) CATJDAxrs, liurm. 



S. dichotomus, D.C. Tenasserim {fide Parish). 



Corolla about f in. long. Bristles twice as long as the anthers. 



Weightia, I?. Ilrown. 



Corona of corolla consisting of 5 or 10 oreet scales cither distinct or united, or 

 rarely the throat naked. Trees or erect shrubs. 



* Throat of corolla furnished iritli scale's or fringes. 

 X Corolla-tliroaf fringed n-itli a ring of branclied long filiform scales. 



"W. (Nekitjm) tinctoeia, Roxb. Burma {fide Mason). 



All parts glabrous. Corolla white, the lobes linear-oblong. 



X X Scales of corolla-throat thicl and fleshy, entire or lobed. 



W. MOLLissiMA, Wall. All over Burma up to 2000 feet. 



W. Wallichii, D.C. 



All parts, especially the leaves, shortly and densely pubescent. Corolla-lobes 

 broad, the scales of the throat cuneatc, 2-3-lobulate. 



W. (NEBruii) cocciNEA, Roxb. Chittagong Hills. 



All parts glabrous. Corolla red, the lobes broad, the scales large, I'ounded, 

 obsoletely crenatc. 



' irvtliologic dcs riiuitcs, vol. ii. p. liu. 



