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opposite the lobes of the corolla : stamens 5, inserted on the midjUjei 

 or throat of the tube, protruding : filaments short : anthers sagit- 

 tate, adhering to the middle of the stigma, ending in a short acute, 

 hairy point : nectary none : ovaries 2, adpressed, glabrous : style 

 filiform, dilated at the apex: stigma obtuse, sometimes bifid : folli- 

 cles two, long, either cohering at dis.tinct, sometimes cohering at the. 

 apex only : seeds numerous, oblong, furnished with a tuft of hair 

 at the interior extremity : coat of the seed double, exterior qne. 

 somewhat striated longitudinally, soft with 1 furrow : albumen, 

 rone : radicle superior, short : cotyledons oval. — Shrubs or trees s. 

 leaves opposite, entire : cymes terminal. 



(1) ^V"- Wahichii. (Oec.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. VIII. p. 405. 



Engrav. Wight's Icgn. t. 1296. — Spicil. II. t. 157. 



Spec Char. Small tree or shrub : leaves eUiptic-obovate, ob^, 

 tusely acuminated, covered all over with dark-brown tomentum ;. 

 calycine lobes broadly ovate-rounded : scales inside ovate-rounded^ 

 half the length of the lobes : follicles pa,rtly connate, cyyndric, sea-., 

 brous with white scales, acute : flowers, white. 



Slopes of the Neilgherries. Warree country. 



(2) W. TOMENTOSA. {JRoem. ^ Schult.y 



Ident. Roem. & Scliult. Syst. IV. p. 414.— Dec. prod. Vllt. 

 p. 404. 



Syn. W. pubescens, Roth. — Neriiim tomentosum, Roxb. flvr, 

 Jnd. II. p. 6. 



Eti^rav. Wight's Icon. t. 443.— Rheede Mai. 9. t. 3, 4. 



Spec. Char. Small tree : leaves elliptic-lanceolate, or elliptic, 

 attenuated at the base, pubescent with dark-coloured tomentum : 

 corymbs dense, rigid, terminal : follicles 8-9 inches long, scabrous : 

 flowers yellowish- white with an orange-coloured throat. 



Northern Ghauts. Circars. Concans. Flowering in the hot 

 season. ^ 



(3) W. TiNcTORiA. (R. Br.) 



Ident. R. Br. in Mem. Warn. Soc. I. ?3.— Dec. prod. VIII, 

 p. 406. 



Syn. Nerium tinctorium, Roxb. fl. Ind. II. p. 4. 



Engrav. Burm. Zeyl. t. 77. — Wight's Icon. t. 444. 



Spec. Char. Small tree : leaves elliptic-lanceolate and ovate, 

 obtusely acuminated, membranaceous : panicles terminal, lax, many-, 

 flowered : follicles very long and slender, pendulous : flowers white, 

 fragrant. 



Coromandel. Western Coast. Flowering in April, 



