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undulate, 3 to 6 inches long ; cymes siibterminal from the upper- 

 most axils ; flowers numerous, small, white or rosy ; peduncles and 

 pedicels at length bright-red; berries ovoid, 1-seeded, small, 

 shining. The Goncans, common. Syn. O trifoliatum and Album, 

 Gaert. Fr. ii, p 129j Rumph. Herb. Amb. vii, 30 l?). Used to 

 poison tigers. 



2. Neilghebryense, R. Wight Ic. 1292. — Shrubby, erecl, 

 glabrous; leaves confined to the terminal ramuli, older branches 

 naked ; leaves oblong-elhptic, broader towards the apex, acute 

 at both ends ; corymbs axillary, cymose trichotomous ; flowers 

 ■white ;■ berries connate at the base, ovoid, dark, brownish- purple 

 when ripe. 



3. TABERN^MONTANA, Plum. 



1. Crispa, Roxb. Fl Ind. 2, p 24. — A shrub, with dichotomous 

 branches ; leaves oblong-acute undulated, glabrous, 4 to 8 inches 

 long ; ped uncles arising 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, pretty common. Wight Ic. t. 470; 

 Syn. T alternifolia, Linn. sp. p 308. 



2. CoRONAHiA, Br. in Hort. Kew. ii, p 72. — A shrub very hke 

 the preceding ; leaves opposite unequal, elliptic-oblong, acute at 

 the base, obtusely acuminated ; peduncles from the forks twin, 

 erect, dichotomous, 4 to 6-flowered ; flowers white, fragrant at night. 

 On the Meera hills, near Penn. The double variety is common in 

 gardens. Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, p 23 ; Wight Ic. t. 477 ; Syn. Nandi 

 ervatam ; Rheed Mai. ii, t. 64 and 55 ; Flos Manilhanus, Rumph. 

 Amb. iv, p 87 ; Nerium divaricatum, Linn sp. p 306 ; Jasminum 

 zeylanicum, Burm. Zeyl. t. 39 ; Nerium coronarium, Jacq ; Bot. 

 Mag. t. 1865. 



4. VINCA, Linn. 



1. PusiLLA, Murr. Act. Goett. 1772, p 66, t. 2, fig. 1.— A 

 small annual herbaceous plant, stem erect, quadrangular, glabrous ; 

 leaves narrow lanceolate, rough on the margin ; flowers very small, 

 •white, solitary in the axils of the leaves ; follicles slender, 1 1 inch 

 long. Wag Donger, near Vingorla. The Deccan, common ; Syn. 

 V parviflora, Retz. Obs. ii. No. 33 ; Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, p 1 ; Gatha-' 

 ranthus pusilluS; Don. syst. Gard. iv, p 95. 



5, VALLARIS, Burm. 



1. Heynei, Spr. syst. i, p 635. — A twining shrubby plant; 

 leaves elliptic, acuminated, glabrous ; racemes subcorymbose, pube- 

 scent ; flowers rather large, white, rotate ; the lobes of the corolla 



