194 APOCYNES. [ Wrightia. 
Has.—Chittagong hills.—Fl. Apr. 
RemArxs.— Wood white, very light, but firm. Much used by turners for 
Has.—Tenasserim and the adjoining Siamese provinces.—Fl. H.S. 
NERIUM, L. 
oblong, pubescent, comose, albuminous.—Shrubs, 
with whorled or occasionally opposite leaves, Flowers fragrant, 10 
terminal cymes. 
1. N. odorum, ed 
shrub, all parts glabrous; leaves linear-lanceolate to linear, acumlr 
nate at both ends, on a stron i 
! 
orming a short, glabrous, corymbose e at the end of the branch- e 
lets; corolla about an inch across; follicles connate, about 3 i. a 
long, linear-lanceolate, straight, truncate, glabrous. ae 
teries, of Burma; ve gardens and villages, especially 
ASCLEPIADEA. 
valvate in bud, the throat with or without scales or appen beet 
alternating with the lobes. Stamens 5, inserted at or near the °° 
