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Oleander

in botany, Nerium oleander, the common, and N. odorosum, the sweet-scented oleander. They have lanceola coriaceous leaves, with parallel veins and fine roseate flowers. The former is a native of India, now naturalized in many warm countries. A decoction of its leaves forms a wash used in the S. of Europe to destroy cutaneous vermin; the powdered wood and bark are used at Nice Approximate thickness Names. in New York.

Catskill group, or old red sandstone... 2,000 feet.

Chemung 1,500 " Portage, and Genesee 1,000 " Hamilton 1,000 66 Marcellas Upper Helderberg 66 Schoharie, and Cauda-galli Oriskany sandstone 50 50 10 66 " .5 to 30 feet.

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