LXXXII. APOCYXACE.^. 143 



p. 641 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl p. 52 ; Talb. Trees Bomb. ed. 2, p. 225 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 165 ; Gard. in lud. ed. 5, 

 p. 377 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 1, p. 297. Plumeria acumi- 

 nata, Ait. Hort. Kew, ed. 2, v. 2, p. 70 ; Grab. Cat. p. 115. — VEKiS". 

 Khera-clidplid ; Pdndhrd-clidjphd. 



The bark and milky juice are used in native medicine. See Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. 1. c. 



Plumeria alba, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 210. A native of the AVest 

 Indies. Thrives under the same conditions as Plumeria acutifolia, but 

 is a much less common tree, retains its leaves longer and has pure white 

 flowers. "Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12, p. 165 ; Gard. in Ind. 

 ed. 5, p. 377. 



Nerium odorum, Soland. in Hort. Kew. ed. 1, v. 1 (1789) p. 297. A 

 native of the W. Himalaya and Nipal, grown in gardens tliroughout the 

 Presidency and sometimes found as an escape, though not truly wild, on 

 the banks of streams in the Deccan. It is widely planted in Siud, but 

 not indigenous. The leaves are 4-6 in. long, linear-lanceolate, and the 

 flowers fragrant, 1 ^ in. in diara., their color varying from pure white 

 to dark-red. PJ. B. I. v. 3, p. 655; Grab. Cat. p. 114; Talb. Trees, 

 Bomb. ed. 2, p. 228 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12(1898) p. 166 ; 

 Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 376 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 5, p. 348.— 

 Plowers more or less throughout the year. Veen. Kanher. 



Boupellia grata, AValL & Hook, in Bot. Mag. (1849) t. 4466. A stout 

 climbing shrub reaching 20 ft., a native of Sierra Leone, grown in 

 Deccan gardens. It has opposite shining elliptic leaves and produces, 

 during the hot season, large terminal cymes of pale rose-colored flowers 

 2 in. across, with a ring of processes rising from the thick corolla-lobes. 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 52 ; Woodr, in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) 

 p. 166 ; Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 378. — Plowers : Mar. 



Stroplianthus WaUicldi, A. DC. Prodr. v. 8 (1844) p. 418. A climbing 

 shrub a native of the Khasia hills and the Circars, occasionally grown 

 in gardens. It has elliptic-oblong or obovate leaves, red and white 

 flowers with tails to the corolla-lobes 2-3 in. long. PI. B. I. v. 3, p. 655. 

 Stroplianthus dicliotoma. Wall. Cat. 1641 (^not of DC.) ; Wight, Icon, 

 t. 599; Grab. Cat. p. 114; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. ^2. Nerium can- 

 datum, Eoxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) p. 84. 



Adenium ohesum, Eoem. & Schult. Syst. v. 4 (1819) p. 411. A curious 

 looking plant found on the dry rocky land about Aden, grown, though 

 rarely, in gardens in the Deccan. It is of slow growth and has a thick 

 gouty stem rapidly diminishing to short stout branches, which in the 

 hot season bear bright rosy oleander-like flowers. The leaves appear 

 after the flowers. The plant thrives in the Deccaii in a soil composed 

 of a mixture of good loam with crushed bricks. It bears pods freely, 

 but does not often ripen seed. Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 

 (1898) p. 166 ; Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 380. Nerium obesmn, Porsk. PI. 

 Aegypt.-Arab. (1775) p. 205 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 52.— Plowers : 

 Mar.-Apr. Vebn. Adenachalcanher. 



