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STROPHANTHUS, Decandolle. [Echitidis sp. Linn. 



Char. Corolla infundibuliformis. Faux coronata squa- 

 mulis decern, indivisis. Limbi laciniae caudatse. 



Stamina medio tubo inserta. Anther a sagittatse, aris- 

 tatae, v. mucronatae. 



Ovaria 2. Stylus 1, filiformis, apice dilatato. Stigma 

 subcylindraceum. 



Squama 5, hypogynae. 



Folliculi 



Habitus. Frutices sarmentosi. Folia opposita. 



Patria. Africa iEquinoctialis, et India Orientalis. 



B. Coma ad extremitatem umbilico obversam {inferior ew) crs 



seminis. 



WRIGHTIA. [Nerii sp. Linn. 



Char. Corolla hypocrateriformis. Faux coronata squa- 

 mis decern, divisis. 



Stamina exserta. Filament a fauci inserta. Antherm 

 sagittata?, medio stigmati cohaerentes. 



Ovaria 2, cohaerentia. Stylus 1, filiformis, apice dila- 

 tato. Stigma angustius. 



Squamae 5-10, basi calycis extra corollam insertae. 



Folliculi distincti, v. cohaerentes, placentis adnatis. 



Habitus. Frutices erecti, arboresve minores. Folia op- 

 posite. CorymbisubteYmirmles. Flores albi. Albumen 0. 

 Embryo cotyledonibus longitudinaliter involutis, albus, 

 aqua; calida immersus roseus evadit ! 



Patria. India Orientalis, Zeylona, Archipelago Malaica, 

 et Nova Hollandia tropica. 



Obs. Gaertner has given an excellent account of the 

 fruit of this genus, in his description of Nerium Zeylani- 

 cum, and he no doubt supposed, that the fruit of Nerium 

 Oleander was essentially the same. It is, however, very 

 remarkably different. And no genus is more distinct in 

 habit, or more beautifully characterized than this, which I 



