NERIUM OLEANDER 
Neriom — an old name for the Oleander. 
English name : Oleander. 
Family: Apocynaceae. 
Country of origin ; Mediterranean region. 
Colour : White, pink or deep pink. 
Garden use: a very well known ornamental 
shrub which does best in sandy 
soils near the sea. If grown in 
clay or other heavy soils, the 
beds must be very well drained. 
Propagation : by cuttings or marcots, occa- 
sionally from seed. 
A, a flower from above, showing the five coiolla 
lobes and their toothed appendages. 
R, a flower cut open lengthwise, showing only 
the base of the petals with the toothed ap- 
pendages, and the stamens clustered in a cone 
round the stigma, surmounted by their long 
thread-like appendages twisted together. 
C, a single stamen showing the thread-like ap- 
pendage from the apex and the two tails at 
the base. 
D, one of the two pods formed From each 
flower, splitting open to show' the seeds. 
E, a single seed with a plume of hairs at one end. 
