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at the apex, coriaceous : petiole dilated at the base, amplectant ? 

 cymes terminal, dichotomous, many-flowered, nearly equalling the 

 leaf: peduncles naked, long: bracts ovate, small: calycine lobes 

 ovate, obtuse : segments of the corolla somewhat longer than tha 

 tube : follicles recurved, acutisb, orange-qoloured : flowers, yellow- 

 ish-white, slightly fragrant. 



Malabar, flowering nearly all the year. 



(2) T. RECURVA. (^Roxb.y 



Uent. Roxb. flor. Ind. II. p. 26.— Dec. prod. VIII. p. 37) . 

 Syn. T. gratissima, Lindl. Bot. Reg, t. 1Q8^. 

 Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 476. 



Spec Ghar. Shrub : leaves b^-oad-Janceolate, acute at the base,, 

 obtusely acuminate at the apex : cymes twin in the fprk^ of the. 

 'branches, spreading, recurved, mvch shorter thwi the leaf, ^lanty- 

 floweied : btacts linear-lanceolate : calyciii^^ lobes linear-lanceolate, 

 unequal : segments of the corolla oblique, oblpng, nearly equalling^ 

 the tube : flowers yellowish-white, fragrant. 



Chittagong, flowering in March and April; 



(3) T. CRISPA. (Roxb.) 



Ident. Roxb. A- Ind. II. p. 24.— Dec. prod, VHI. p. 371. 



Syn. T. alternifolia, Linn. 



Engrav. Wight's Icoii. t. 470. — Rheede MaL I. t. 46. 



S;PEg. Char. A shrub, with diphotofljous branchpsi: leaves obj- 

 long -acute, undulated, glsibrous : peduncles a^sing from the forks, 

 few -flowered : pedicels elongated : flowers large, white, the margins 

 of the petals crisped and curled: follicles curved,, oblong-acute, 2- 

 inches long, yellow when ripe. 



On the Ghauts. Corojnandel. 'Travancore. Flowering from, 

 April to June. ' 



(4) T. coRONARiA. (R- Br. J 



Uent. Dec prpd, VIII. p. 373-— R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. 

 II. p. 72.— Roj^b. flor. Ind. II. p. 23. ^ . 



Syn. T. divaricata, R. ^r.^Nerium coronarium, Ait. N. di- 



Yaricatum, Linn. fior. Zeyl. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 477.— Rheede Mai. II. t. 54 & 55.—, 

 Burm. Zeyl. t. 39. — Sim's Bot. Mag. t. 1865. 



Spec Char. A shrub : leaves opposite, unequal, elliptic-ob- 

 long, acute at the ba^e, obtusely acuminated : peduncles from, the 

 forks twin, erect, dichotomous, 4 to 6-flowered: flowers white, ffa- 

 grant at night. 



r Meera Hills near Penn, Peninsula. Silhet. Bengal. Flower* 

 ing nearly all the year, 



