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ac obtuse acuminata. Cymæ glabræ, trichotomoe, laxoe, paucifloroe, longe
axillares et terminales. Flos 4 lineas longus. Habitu valde refertæ Ecdysantheram roseam,
a tfio ris structura omnino aliéna.
1. P . Cantonensis. { T a b . X L I I I .)
H a b . Canton; Mr. Millett.
We have named this genus in honour of Mr. Potts, who sent to Europe many interesting plants from
Canton aud its vicinity. Both it and the preceding belong to the same subdivision with Isonema, Vallans,
Parsonsia, and Lyonsia; from tho two last both differ by the very short filaments, from Isonema by the
presence of hypogynous scales or an annular disk, and from Vallaris by the filaments being simple at the
apex. The insertion of the stamens and many other characters readily distinguish them from each other.
T a b. X L III. Pottsia Cantonensis. Fig. 1. Flower; fig . 2 . Corolla laid open -.—magnified.
1. Nerium odorum ; foliis ternis lineari-lanceolatis coriaceis subtus venosis, foliolis paucis
multifidis apice fiiamentosis. Spreng.—A it.— Willd.—Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p . 637.
Eoxh. Fl. Ind. v. 2. p . 2.—N. Oleander. Lour. Cochin, v. 1. p. 141. Rheede, Mai. 9. i. 1.
et 2.
1. Strophanthus divaricatus ; frutex, erectus, ramis oppositis patentissimis, foliis oppositis
lanceolato-oblongis nitidis, pedunculis terminalibus dichotomis, segmentis calycinis bracteisque
erectis subulatis, antheiis aristatis.— S. divergens. Graham in Ed . New Phil. Journ.
No. 5. JI. 177.— S. dichotomus, /3. Chinensis. Bot. Reg. t. 469.—Pergularia divaricata.
Lo u r. Cochin, v. l . p . 210.— Nerium Chinensis. Hunter, in Roxh. Fl. Ind. t. 2. p . 9.
We have restored the old specific name of divaricatus, Loureiro’s description leaving no doubt about this
being the plant he had in view. We agree with Dr. GraJiam in thinking it a very distinct species from &
dichotomus, a plant with which Nerium scandens. Lour. Cochin, v. 1. p. 143, and N . caudatum, Roxb. Fl.
Ind. V. 2. p. 9. appear identical. In the native specimens the peduncles rarely bear more than two or three
fiowers. S. divaricatus of Wallich is probably a different species.
1. Tabernæmontana bovina. Lour. Cochin, v. 1. p . 145.?
The leaves arc of a thinner toitnro than in T. persicarioefoUa, Jacq., to which the only specimen in tho
Collection seems allied; the peduncles have only about three flowers.
2. T . mollis; ramulis glabris apice tantum foliiferis, foliis oblongo-ovatis biisi apice vix
acutis (junioribus) utrinque molliter pubescentibus, corymbis sessilibus terminalibus paucifloris
calycibusque pubescentibus, bracteis minutis oblongis.
This is a true Tabernæmontana, but certainly not among those described by Loureiro, nor, indeed, have
we been able to find it under any other genus in his work. We possess T. coronaria, Willd. from Mr. Millett.
3. Carissa Carandas. L in n . Mant. p . 52. Willd. Sp. 1. p . 1229. Lam . I l l t. 118, f . 1.
Roxb. Cor. 1. t. 77. Lour. Cochin, v. l . p . 153.?
Loureiro’s plant was observed only on the eastern coast of Africa, and he states that he had never seen it
in India or China; his description, however, seems to accord.
1. Strychnos N u x vomica. L in n .—Lour. Cochin, v. 1. p . 154. L am . I l l t. 119. Roxh.
Cor. 1. t. 4. Rheede, M a i 1. t. 37.