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dlatural History Society, 
No. 4.] BOMBAY. [Vol. VIll. 
THE POISONOUS PLANTS OF BOMBAY. 
By Surcron-Masor K. R. KirtiKgar, 1..8., F.LS8. 
PART VIII, 
(With Plate J.) 
(Continued from page 334.) 
CERBERA THEVETIA—~( Willd.). 
(Natural Order—ApocyNacE&.) 
Maratui— fqaqost Huet, 
Synonym, THevetiaA Nerurouia (Juss).—It is known in England 
as the Hxile tree. In this country it is known as the Yellow Oleander. 
A handsome, ornamental, ever-green, spreading shrub, 12—15 ft. 
high. It may also be classed asa tree. Hvery part of it contains 
abundantly a thick acrid milky juice. The pith of the young branches 
is particularly rich in this juice. 
STEM.—Rough, rugose, branching irregularly. Wood soft, whitish, 
and bitter. 
BrancHEs.—Rounded, often rising in clusters; sometimes springing 
from the ground separately, 
Bark.—1—2 lines in thickness. The fresh bark of young wood is 
smooth, bright green, and covered by a thin grey rough epidermis. 
The epidermis can be readily scraped off; abundant milky juice 
escapes from the exposed green bark, 
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