70 ME MO lit OV DR WiaiOHT: 



It was some time after his arrival in Jamaica, be^ 

 fore Dr Wright was presented to Brigadier -General 

 Camibell, the new Governor, in consequence of the 

 avocations and arrangements which were necessary for 

 placing the island in a satisfactory posture of defence. 

 At first, indeed, " the inundation of Campbells, 

 Macleans, and Maclaughlans," and the dispro- 

 portionate share of the Governor's favour which they 



universally recognized as the most eminent botanist of the present 

 day. In constituting a new genus, and naming it after Dr Wright, 

 he expresses himself in the following terms : 



" Wrightia. [Nerii sp. Linn. 



Char. Corolla hypocrateriformis. Faux Coronata squamis de- 

 cern, divisis. 

 Stamina exserta. Filamenta fauci inserta. Antherce sagittate, 



medio stigmati cohserentes. 

 Ovaria 2, cohserentia. Stylus 1, filiformis, apice dilatato. Stig- 

 ma angustius. 

 Squamce 5-10, basi calycis extra corollam inserte. 

 Folliculi distincti, v. cohserentes, placentis adnatis. 

 Habitus. Frutices erecti, arboresve minores. Folia opposita. 

 Corymbi subterminales. Flores albi. Albumen 0. Embryo 

 cotyledonibus longittidinaliter involutes, albus, aqua calida im- 

 mersus roseus evadit ! 

 Patria. India Orientalis, Zeylonia, Archipelago Malaica, et Nova 

 Hollandia tropica. 

 Obs. Gartner has given an excellent account of the fruit of this 

 genus, in his description of Nerium Zeylanicum, 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 have dedicated to my respected friend William Wright, 

 M. D. F. R. S. Lond. and Edin., whose ardour in the pursuit of bota- 

 nical knowledge, oven when engaged in extensive medical practice in 

 the Island of Jamaica, has long entitled him to this mark of distinction." 



