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ON THE APOCINE^:. 



M. D. F. R. S. L. & E., whose ardour in the 

 pursuit of botanical knowledge, even while en- 

 gaged in extensive medical practice, in the 

 island of Jamaica, has long entitled him to 

 this mark of distinction. 



I. W. antidys enteric a y foliis obovato-oblongis 

 breviter acuminatis glabris, corymbis subter- 

 minalibus, tubo corollae calyce 6ies longiore, 

 folliculis distinctis. 

 Nerium foliis ovatis acuminatis petiolatis Linn. 

 Flor. Zeyl. 107. fide speciminis in herbario Her- 

 manni, 



Nerium antidysentericum Linn. sp. pL ed. 2. p. 306. 

 Hab. in Zeylona. Herman^ et y. G. Kocnig^ in 

 Herb. Banks. 



Obs. Codaga pala, Rheed. mal. i.p. 85. t. 47. vix 

 hujus loci, prsesertim ob diversam figuram folio- 

 rum, et coronse defectum ; ideoque forsan Ho- 

 larrhense species sit. 



>2. W. Zeylanica, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis sub- 

 acuminatis glabris, corymbis terminalibus, tubo 

 corollae calyce 4~5ies longiore, folliculis dis- 

 tinctis. 



Nerium Zeylonicum, Linn. Aman. Acad. 4. p. 309*. 

 Hab. In Zeylona. Exemplar visum ex Herbario 

 fuit D. Van Royen. nunc inMuseo Banksiano. 



Obs. Prsecedenti nimis affinis, diversa praesertim 

 figura foliorum, quae etiam paulo minora sunt. 



3. W. tinctoria, foliis elliptico-lanceolatis ovatisque 

 acuminatis glabris, ramis corymbisque divari- 



