87. ASCLEPIADEEX : MARSDENIEJ. 113 
Kwanasi (Wenyon!). Herb. Kew. 
Widely spread in tropical India, including the Deccan penin- 
sula, also in Burma, and perhaps the Philippine Islands. 
[Gongronema Finlaysonii, Decne. (DC. Prodr. viii. p. 625), 
syn. Gymnema  Finlaysonii, Wight (Contrib. Ind. Bot. p. 46), 
recorded as from China or Singapore, is most likely from Siam. 
See Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 34.] 
l. Tylophora hispida, Decne. in DC. Prodr. viii. p. 610; 
Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 225; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 813. 
Diplolepis apiculata, Lindl. in Trans, Hort. Soc. Lond. vi. p. 68. 
Cursa: without locality (Potts! Millett!); Formosa (Oldham, 
326!); Honaxone (Wright! Champion! Wilford!). Mus. Brit.; 
Herb. Kew. 
2. Tylophora, sp., an var. T. asthmatice ?, Wight et Arn. 
Contrib. Ind. Bot. p. 51; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 45 ; Wight, 
Te. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 1277 ; Benth. et Trim. Med. Pl. t. 177. 
Cynanchum viridiflorum, Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 1929. 
Hawan (Swinhoe!). Herb. Kew. 
Widely spread in Eastern India and Malaya. 
3. Tylophora, sp., aff. T. japonice, Mig. 
Souru-west Formosa (Siwinhoe!). Herb. Kew. 
There are so many closely allied species of this genus that it 
is difficult to determine incomplete specimens. 
1. Marsdenia lachnostoma, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 226; Mazim. 
in Mél. Biol. ix. p. 818. 
Honexone (Wright!). Herb. Kew. 
The only specimen of this in the Kew Herbarium bears the 
name M. eriostoma in the handwriting of the late Mr. Bentham. 
45V 9, Marsdenia sinensis, Hemsl., n. sp. l 
M. tomentose valde affinis, differt foliis late ovato-cordatis 
subtus dense molliterque tomentosis, floribus majoribus corollæ 
lobis patento-recurvis, concavo-convexis. 
HvurrH: Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (4. Henry !). 
Herb. Kew. 
The specimens of the Japanese M. tomentosa, Morr. & Decne., 
that we have had an opportunity of examining are nearly 
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