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have dedicated to my much respected friend, William 74] Wright, M.D., RR.S.L. & E., whose ardour in the pur- suit of botanical knowledge, even while engaged in exten- sive medical practice, in the island of Jamaica, has long entitled him to this mark of distinction.

1. W. antidysenterica, foliis obovato-oblongis breviter acuminatis glabris, corymbis subterminalibus, tubo corollas calyce 6ies longiore, folliculis distinctis.

Nerium foliis ovatis acuminatis petiolatis, Linn. Flor. Zeyl. 107, fide speciminis in herbario Hermanni.

Nerium anticlysentericum, Linn. sp. pi. ed. 2, p. 306.

Hab. In Zeylona. Hermann, et /. G. Keenly, in Herb. Banks.

Obs. Codaga pala, Bheed. mal. \,p. 85, t. 47, vix hujus loci, praesertim ob cliversam figuram foliorum, et coronae defectum ; ideoque forsan Holarrhenae species.

2. W. Zeylanica, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis subacuminatis glabris, corymbis terminalibus, tubo corollae calyce 4-5ies longiore, folliculis distinctis.

Nerium Zeylonicum, Linn. Amcen. Acad. 4, p. 309*. Hab. In Zeylona. Exemplar visum ex Herbario fuit D. Van Royen, nunc in Museo Banksiano.

Obs. Praecedenti nimis affinis, diversa praesertim figura foliorum, quae etiam paulo minora sunt,

3. W. tincforia, foliis elliptico-lanceolatis ovatisque acu- 75] minatis glabris, ramis corymbisque divaricatis, corollae tubo calyce duplo longiore, folliculis distinctis.

Hab. In India Orientali. /. G. Xceniy, M.D., et Gid. Bocxburyh, M.J)., in Herb. Banks, (ubi v. s.)

4. W.pi/bescens, foliis elliptico-oblongis acuminatis calyci- busque pubescentibus, corymbis erectis, tubo corollae calyce parum longiore, folliculis cohaerentibus.

Hab. In Novae Hollandiae ora septentrionali Arnhems Land, et in insula Timor prope Coepang, (ubi v. v.)

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