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POPULAR GARDEN BOTANY. 



APOCYNA CIIJE. 



Exogens, with the calyx free, five-parted, and not falling off. 

 Corolla monopetalous, often having scales in the throat, regular, 

 five-lobed, twisted when in bud, and falling off. Stamens five, 

 arising from the corolla ; filaments distinct ; anthers adhering 

 firmly to the stigma. Stigma contracted in the middle, and as- 

 suming much the appearance of an hour-glass. Leaves opposite. 

 — Trees or shrubs ; natives principally of the tropics ; flowers 

 showy. 



NERIUM. (Oleander.) 



Gen. Char. (Pentandria Monogynia.) Corolla salver-shaped, 

 crowned at the mouth with little lacerated appendages, segments 

 of the corolla twisted; filaments inserted into the middle of 

 the tube ; anthers arrow-shaped, adhering to the stigma by the 

 middle. 



The name arises from the Greek for clamp, as the plants 

 like moist situations. N. Oleander is a beautiful evergreen 

 shrub, with its leaves three together, and producing very 

 pretty pink flowers ; if well treated it flowers freely in our 

 greenhouses, and has several varieties, as the white-flowered, 

 the splenclens, the variegated, the large-flowered, etc. etc. ; 

 it is sometimes difficult to make this plant blossom, but it 

 is recommended that it should be kept cool during winter, 



