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shortly stalked, ovate-oblong, 2-3 X J-l in., acute. Flowers white, 
fragrant, in axillary, drooping cymes. Calyx-lobes as long as the 
corolla-tube, obtuse. Corolla-tube ~ in., cylindric ; limb spreading, 
§ in. across, lobes rounded. Stamens inserted near the mouth of 
the tube, filaments hairy, anthers cohering in a cone round the 
stigma, adherent to it, a smooth, white gland on the back of each, 
cells produced downwards in short, curved tails. Disk 5-lobed. 
Ovary-cells united ; style hairy, stigma capitate ; ovules many 
in each cell. Fruit oblong, pointed, about 6x2 in., ultimately 
separating into 2 follicles ; seeds numerous, crowned with a tuft 
of hairs. 
Sutlej valley ; December-April. — Throughout India, ascending to 5000 ft. 
Often cultivated in gardens. 
4. NERIUM. From nerion, the Greek name of the Oleander, 
N. Oleander ; derived from neros, damp, humid, referring to the 
habitat of the plants. — N. Asia, S. Europe. 
Nerium odorum, Boland. ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 655. An erect, 
glabrous shrub ; juice milky. Leaves in threes, leathery, shortly 
