Al'OCYNACEvE. 527 



Tabekn.'emontana, Plum. {G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 87; — R- Br. pr. 

 p. 467.) 



1. coronaria, R. Br. {Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, vol. 2, p. 72; — Q. Don. a. 

 c. p. 90 i—Roxb. H. B. p. 20 ; fl. ind. 2, p. 23 ,—B. Reg. 13, t. 

 1064 ;— JS. Cab. t. 406 ;— y. GraA Caf. B. pi p. lib ;— Wight, icon. 

 2, t. 477. — T. divaricata, R. Br. ; — Rom. and Sch. — Nerium corona- 

 rium, Ait.; — Jacq. icon. rar. 1, t. 52; — Roxb. H. B. p. 19. — N. 

 divaricatum, L. ; fl. zeyl.; — Rheed. 2, t. 55.) f^f^ w^? Phirki-tu- 

 gur. B Moluccas. Manilla. Ceylon. Both Peninsulas of India. Bengal, 

 (Serampore.) Silhet. Nepal. Fl. 2 inches, pure white, fragrant, the 

 tube bright yellow within, H. and 11. S. ; fr. C. S. 



p. plena, Roxb. (Nerium coronarium, B. M. 44, t. 1865. — Rheed. 2, 

 t. 54; — Rumph. 4, t. 39.) ^"5 F^'? Bura-tugur. Fl. double, very 

 fragrant during the night. More common in gardens than a. 



2. recurva, Roxb. {fi. ind. 2, p. 26 ; — G. Don. o, c. p. 91 ; — Wight, 

 icon. 2, t. 476.— T. gratissima, Lindl. ; B. Reg. 13, t. 1084.) t 

 Chittagong. Fl. large, yellowish- white, March and April ; fr. 0. 



3. crispa, Roxb. {fl. ind. 2, p. 24 ; — G. Don. I. c. ; — Wight, icon. 2, t. 

 470. — T. alternifolia, L. which by a misprint, is put down in Roxb. 

 1. c. as a species instead of a syn. ; — J. Grah. Cat. B. p. pl. p. 115, 

 excl. syn. R. Br. — Rheed. 1, p. 83, t. 46. (bad.) B Coromandel. Fl. 15 

 lines, pure white, with a greenish tube, fragrant, April, May and 

 June ; fr. 0. 



4. dichotoma, Roxb. {fl. ind. 2, p. 21 ; — G. Don. I. c. ; — Wight, icon. 2, 

 t. i33 ,—J. Grah. Cat. B. pl. p. 115?) B Ceylon. Malabar. Fl. 

 nearly 2 inches, yellowish-white, slightly fragrant, nearly throughout 

 the year ; fr. C. S. ; but seldom. Very much like T. laurifolia, L. ; 

 B. Reg. 9, t. 716. 



5. micrantha, (T. parviflora, Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 25 ; not Poir ; nor 

 Nouv. ann. mus. 3, p. 379.) B Sumatra. Fl. small, white, R. S. ; 

 fr. 0. {Roxb.) 



6. rugosa, Wall. B Ava. 



Urceola, Roxb. {Asiat. res. 5, p. 169, not Vandelli.) 



1. elastica, Roxb. (o. c. with a plate at p. 167 ; — Wight, icon. 2, t. 473 ; 

 — G. Don's Mill, diet 4, p. 92, where it is strangely enough placed 

 as a syn. of Vahea gummifera, Poir. — Tabernaemontana elastica, 

 Spreng. syst. I, p. 639.) B ^_/ Sumatra. Penang. Fl. minute, dull 

 greenish. Has been introduced into H. C. G. Fl. ? The juice issu- 

 ing from this shrub is one of those which constitutes Caoutchouc. 

 Plumiera, Tournef. {G. Don's Mill. diet, i, p. 93 ) 



1 . rubra, Jacq. {Amer. p. 35. piet. p. 23 ; — L. hort. cliff, p. 76 ; spec. 306 ; 

 — G. Don. I. e. ; — B. M. 8, t. 279.) 5 Jamaica. Surinam. S. America. 

 Fl. large, red, very sweet-scented, so much so, that the women of S. 

 America put them among linen to scent it, as we do lavender. Intro- 

 duced in 1841. 



