244 ON THE APOCINE.E. 



have dedicated to my much respected friend, William 

 74] Wright, M.D., RR.S.L. & E., whose ardour in the pur- 

 suit of botanical knowledge, even while engaged in exten- 

 sive medical practice, in the island of Jamaica, has long 

 entitled him to this mark of distinction. 



1. W. antidysenterica, foliis obovato-oblongis breviter 

 acuminatis glabris, corymbis subterminalibus, tubo corollas 

 calyce 6ies longiore, folliculis distinctis. 



Nerium foliis ovatis acuminatis petiolatis, Linn. Flor. 

 Zeyl. 107, fide speciminis in herbario Hermanni. 



Nerium anticlysentericum, Linn. sp. pi. ed. 2, p. 306. 



Hab. In Zeylona. Hermann, et /. G. Keenly, in Herb. 

 Banks. 



Obs. Codaga pala, Bheed. mal. \,p. 85, t. 47, vix hujus 

 loci, praesertim ob cliversam figuram foliorum, et coronae 

 defectum ; ideoque forsan Holarrhenae species. 



2. W. Zeylanica, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis subacuminatis 

 glabris, corymbis terminalibus, tubo corollae calyce 4-5ies 

 longiore, folliculis distinctis. 



Nerium Zeylonicum, Linn. Amcen. Acad. 4, p. 309*. 

 Hab. In Zeylona. Exemplar visum ex Herbario fuit 

 D. Van Royen, nunc in Museo Banksiano. 



Obs. Praecedenti nimis affinis, diversa praesertim figura 

 foliorum, quae etiam paulo minora sunt, 



3. W. tincforia, foliis elliptico-lanceolatis ovatisque acu- 

 75] minatis glabris, ramis corymbisque divaricatis, corollae 

 tubo calyce duplo longiore, folliculis distinctis. 



Hab. In India Orientali. /. G. Xceniy, M.D., et Gid. 

 Bocxburyh, M.J)., in Herb. Banks, (ubi v. s.) 



4. W.pi/bescens, foliis elliptico-oblongis acuminatis calyci- 

 busque pubescentibus, corymbis erectis, tubo corollae calyce 

 parum longiore, folliculis cohaerentibus. 



Hab. In Novae Hollandiae ora septentrionali Arnhems 

 Land, et in insula Timor prope Coepang, (ubi v. v.) 



