206 MEDICINAL AND POISONOUS PLANTS 



Fig. 196. — Oleander (Ncrium Oleander, Dogbane Family, Apocynacctr). 

 Flowering branch. (Baillon.) — Shrub 2-5 m. tall; leaves leathery; 

 flowers deep rose-color or white; fruit dry. Native home, Mediterra- 

 nean region. 



Fi(i. 1!)7, I.— Oleander. Flower, cut \ertically. (Baillon.) 



