ON THE APOCINEJE, 



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Sect. I. B. Coma ad ext remit at em umbilico ob- 

 versam (inferiorem ) seminis. 



WRIGHTIA. [Nerii sp. Linn. 



Char. Corolla hypocrateriformis. Faux corona- 

 ta squamis decern* divisis. 



Stamina exserta. Filamenta fauci inserta. An- 

 thercd sagittatae, medio stigmati cohaerentes. 



Ovaria 2, cohaerentia. Stylus 1, filiformis, 

 apice dilatato. Stigma angustius. 



Squama 5-10, basi calycis extra corollam in- 

 sert ae. 



Folliculi distincti, v. cohaerentes, placentis ad- 

 natis. 



Habitus. Frutices erecti, arboresve minores* 

 Folia opposita. CorywJ/subterminales. Flore s 

 albi. Albumen o- Embryo cotyledonibus Ion- 

 gitudinaliter inoclutis, albus, aqua calida im- 

 mersus roseus evadit ! 



P atria. India Orientalis, Zeylona, Archipelago 

 Malaica, et Nova Hollandia tropica. 



Obs. Gaertner has given an excellent account of 

 the fruit of this genus, in his description of 

 Neriurn Zeylanicum, and he no doubt suppo- 

 sed, that the fruit of Nerium Oleander was es- 

 sentially the same. It is, however, very re- 

 markably different. And no genus is more, 

 distinct in habit, or more beautifully charac- 

 terized than this, which I have dedicated to my 

 much respected friend, William Wright, 



