rHJ^.XOOAMIC YEGKTATIO^- OF RODRIGUEZ. 17 



Distinguished from the nearly allied Mauritian i. serpens^ 

 Lam. (DC. Prod. vii. 368), and L . filiformis , Lam. (DC. Z. c.),by 

 its broader leaves and larger flowers. 



A SCLEPIADACE J5. 



TANTJiiEPis, gen. nov, 



Calycc minutus, 5-partitus, basi infus 5-glandulosus. Corolla 

 subrotata, alte 5-fida, subvalvata ; coronae squamae 5-lineari-lau- 

 ceolatse elongatae, petalis subsequilongse, antheras breviter exce- 

 dentes, subincrassatse, basi connatae gynostegioque adhaerentes. 

 Stamina filamentis latis brevibusque basi annulo coronaa affixa. 

 Antherce apice cuspidatae, conniventes ; pollen granulosum in 

 quoque loculo in massas duas subcohaerens, appendicibus latis, 

 orbicularibus corpusculorum longe stipitatorum applicitum. 

 Stigma 5-gonum ? Folliculi divaricati, tenues, subteretes, 

 subcostati. Semina comosa. — Suffrutex volubilis, glaber. Fo- 

 lia opposita nitidula. Oymcd laxe ramosae ad apices ramorum 

 breviter pedunculatae. Flores parvi, pedicellati, Bractege mi- 

 nutissimae. 



Monotypic and endemic. 



T. SPHENOPHYLLA, sp. Unlca. 



Caulibus tenuibus; foliis merabranaceis breviter petiolatis, lanceolatis 

 acuminatis V. oblanceolatis basi cuneatis 11-2^ poll. longis (petiolo 

 excluso f poll.)^ i-2 poll- latis, integris, nitidis, subtus pallidioribus 

 penninerviis; cymis paucifloris, pedunculis ^^ poll, longis, bracteis 

 deciduis, pedicellis ^~-\ poll, longis; coroUse lobis | poll, longis; 

 stipite corpusculorum appendicem duplo excedente ; foUiculis fusco- 

 nigris, glabris 2-3 poll, longis, iV-| poll, latis; seminibus compressia 

 I poll, longis, latere bisulcatis. 



Hab. Per insulam totam crescens. 



"With the mouotypic 

 (Benth 



W. & 



of resemblance ; but the elongated outer scales of the corona and 

 their mode of attachment, as well as the character of the in- 

 florescence, distinguish it. 



Sarcostemma Odontolepis, Balf.jiL, sp. n. 



Planta aphylla scandens v. decumbens, caulibus teretibus glabris carno- 

 sis ad nodos articulatis ibique squamis minutis oppositis in loco folio- 

 rum instructis ; umbelHs solitariis ad nodos sessilibus breviterve 

 peduneulatis v. terminalibus. Receptaculo paleis vestito; florihus 

 breviter pedicellatis; calycis segmentis ovatis v. suborbicularibus 



T,I\N. JOURN. BOTANr, TOf.. XTI. C 



