526 APOCTNACEAC. 



faintly smelling of rhubarb, April, May and June ; fr. 0. " With the 

 yellow juice, flowing from the wounded plant, diluted with water, 

 bits of cotton cloth were dyed a pretty good yellow, which still con- 

 tinues bright as at first, now two years." {Roxb.) 



4 mollissima. Wall. {pi. as. rar. 2, t. 146 ; — G. Do)i. I. c.) 5 Deyra- 

 Dhoon. Kemaon. Fl. largish, yellowish, tinged with reddish, April 

 and May ; fr. 0. 



5. coccinea, Sims. (fi. M. 53, t. 2696 ;— 5. Cab. t. 894 ,—G. Bon. I. c. ; 

 — J. Grah. Cat. B.pl. p. 1 14 ; — Wight, icon. 2, t. 442. — Nerium coc- 

 cineum, Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 2.) L. b Khassya Mountains. Fl. 1 7 lines 

 long, expanded 2^ inch in diameter, internally deep orange-red, exter- 

 nally green, richly pine-apple-scented, the faux crimson, April ; fr. 0. 

 Wood white, remarkably light but firm, and much used by turners to 

 make palkees, &c. {Roxb.) 

 Alstonia, R. Br. {Mem. Wern. soc. \, p.75 ; — 6. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 86.) 



1. scholaris, R. Br. (o. c. p. 76 ; — G. Don. I. c. ; — /. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 

 115, excl. syn. Labill ; — Wight, icon. 2, t. 422. — Echites scholaris, 

 L. ;—Roxb. H. B. p. 20 ■,—Rheed. \,p.^\,t. 45 ;—Rumph. 2, t. 82.) 

 ^tf^*'" Chkatin. L. b Moluccas. Coromandel. Hilly parts of the 

 Concan. Vale of Saweetre, between Poladpore and the Ghauts. 

 Bengal, (Serampore,) &c. northwards as far as Mirzapore. Fl. small, 

 greenish-white, Feb. ; fr. C. S. Bark powerfully tonic, a rustic me- 

 dicine in bowel complaints. {Nimmo.) 



2. macrophylla, Wall. {Cat.; — G.Don, o. c. p. 87.) b Fenang. Fl. 

 large, white, H. S. ; fr. C. S. 



3. neriifolia, D. Don. {pr. fl. nep. p. 131 ; — G. Don. I. c.) 'S Nepal. Fl. 

 large, pure white, with a pale greenish throat, and fr. nearly through- 

 out the year. 



4. venenata, R. Br. (o. c. p. 77 ; — G. Don. I. c. ; — Wight icon. 2, t. 436. — 

 Echites venenata, Roxb. H. B. p. 20.) B Peninsula of India. Fl. large, 

 pure white, and fr. nearly throughout the year. 



.'). spectabilis, R. Br. (o. c. p. 76. — Bl. bijdr. p. 1038.) b Penang. 



Rumph's fig. under A. scholaris belongs rather to this. 

 ViNCA, L, (G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 95.) 



I. major, L. (G. Don. o. c. ; — E. B. 8, t. 514. — V. media, Delile. — Per- 



vinca major. Scop.) Great Periwinkle. % England. S. Europe, &c. Fl. 



large, of a fine purplish blue colour, C. S. ; fr. 0. 

 2.herbacea, Waldst. and Kit. {G. Don. I. c. ;—B. M. 45, t. 2002.) 



% Hungary, Fl. large, purplish-blue. Lately introduced. 

 3. rosea, L. {Gurtn.fr. 2, p. \72,t. 117,/. 5;— 5. M. 7,t. 248;— Lour. ; 



Roxb.Jl. ind. 2, p. 1. — Catharanthus roscus, G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 



95 ;_J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 115.) 'i^V^-H'^ Gulphiringee. ^ China. 



Cochin China. Common in gardens. Fl. largish, rose-coloured, and fr, 



nearly throughout the year, 



p. albiflora. Fl. white. 



