No, 406. 
TABERNEMONTANA CORONARIA. 
ESSA Order. 
" + | PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
q = fe seso ques 
A genus named by Plumier in memory 
of Tabernemontanus, one of the fathers of 
modern botany : he published a ponderous 
and learned work on plants. He was phy- 
sician to the Elector Palatine, and died in 
1590. 
The double flowering plant, long known 
in this country as Nerium coronarium, is by 
some supposed to be the offspring of this : 
doubts, however, exist on this point, and 
the absolute want of scent in this would 
rather seem to invalidate the supposition. 
There is a resemblance, however, in the 
leaves and habit of the two plants. 
of both kinds are given in the Hortus Ma- 
labaricus, but the Nandi ervatum minor, or 
single one, does not accord very well with 
our plant, being evidently smaller in the 
size of its flowers, while they are much 
more numerous and described as fragrant. 
Perhaps other species may yet be discovered 
