Vullun'a.] 68. apocynace^. 13S 



top of the tube; antliers exserted, conniving in a cone, connective 

 with a dorsal gland^ cells spurred at the base Carpels 2, connate, 

 many ovuled. Fruit oblong. Seeds coaapressed, tip comose, albu- 

 men scanty. 



V. Heynei, Sprang. Syst. I. G35 ; Fl. Br. T. 3. G50 ; Dalz. & Gib's. 

 Bomb. Fl. 144; V. dichotoma, WnU. ; Braiidis For. Fl. 327. Through- 

 out the dry districts of the presidency, also in the Konkan and North 

 Kdnara often ; in hedges. Fl. Dec., Apl. 



WRIGHTIA, Br. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite. Flowers in corymbose cymes. 

 Calyx with 5-10 scales, inside at base. Corolla-tube short, throat 

 with 1-2 series of fimbriate scales, distinct or united in a ring ; 

 lobes overlapping to the left. Stamens with 5 exserted, conniving 

 anthers, cells spurred at the base. Carpels 2, many ovuled, ovules 

 on axile placentas. Fruit of 2 linear follicles ; seeds numerous, 

 tufted at the lower end, albumen 0. 



Leaves glal>rous. Coronal scales fimbriate ... ... W. tinctoria. 



Leaves tomentose. Coronal scales short, obtuse ... W . tomentosa. 



W. tinctoria, Br. in Mem. Wern. Soo. 1. 73 ; Fl. Br. I. 3. 653 ; Dalz. 

 & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 145 ; Brandis For. Fl. 324 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 241. 

 K"d murl-i, K.; ]inln-kara,M.; bhnrcuri, Vera. Thrnughout the presidency 

 in deciduous forests. Fl. Mch.-Apl. Fr. Jany., Feb. The leaves yield 

 indigo. 



W. tomentosa, Roem & Schultes Syst. IV. 414; Fl. Br. I. 3. 653; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 145; Brandis For. Fl. 323 ; Bedd. Fl. iSylv. 

 159; W. WaUichii, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 145 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 160 

 Kaln inderjow, tambara-kura, Vern. Throughout the presidency, common 

 in the moist forests of the Konkan, rare iu North Kanara, on the Supa 

 ghats. Fl. Apl., June. Fr. Jan., Feb. 



NERIUM, Linn. 



Shrubs. Leaves narrow, opposite or whorled. Flowers in ter- 

 minal cymes. Calyx-lobes with fleshy glands at the base inside. 

 Corolla funnel-shaped, lobes spreading, unequal-sided; throat with 

 5-toothed scales. Anthers included, conniving round the stigma ; 

 tips filiform ; cells with long twisted, hairy appendages. Ovary 

 of 2 carpels, many ovuled. Follicles adpressed separating when 

 ripe. Seeds villous, coma termiaal, albumen fleshy. 



N. odorum, Suland. in Hort. Kew ed. 1. V. 1. 207 ; Fl. Br. I. 3. 655 ; 

 Brandis For. Fl. 32^; Grab. Cat. Bomb. PI. 114. Kunher, Vern. 

 Sind. Graham says " grows wild by the banks of Deccan rivers," perhapa 

 only a variety of N. oleander, L., which is cultivated in gardens through- 

 out the presidency. Fl. Apl., June, and nearly thi-oughont the year, 

 Brandis. 



