ASCLEPIADE/E. XXVI. TyxroPHona. 
acuminated, destitute of cusps or points inside, shorter than the 
gynostegium. 
6 T. canNOsA (Wall. ascl. no. 49. Wight, cat. no. 1537. 
contrib. ind. bot. p. 49.) twining, glabrous ; stems and branches 
slender; leaves fleshy, ovate, or subcordate, mucronate, shining, 
pale beneath ; peduncles flexuous, bearing at the flexures many 
filiform pedicels; flowers small ; leaflets of corona fleshy, nearly 
orbicular; pollen masses ascending; stigma convex; follicles 
glabrous, usually solitary by abortion. h. ^. S. Native of 
the Burmese empire, at Amherst; and of Ceylon, at Colombo ; 
and of the province of Tanjore, in sandy places. Leaves 1-2 
inches long, and 6-9 lines broad. Flowers purple inside. 
Fleshy Tylophora. Shrub tw. 
7 T. renvissrma (Wight and Arnott, contrib. ind. bot. p. 49.) 
twining, glabrous ; branches slender; leaves oblong-lanceolate, 
somewhat cordate at the base, cuspidate, veinless, with subrevo- 
lute edges ; peduncles flexuous, bearing many filiform pedicels 
at the flexures; flowers small; leaflets of corona ovate-oblong ; 
pollen masses ascending; stigma convex; follicles diverging, 
glabrous. | &. ^. S. Native of the peninsula of India, Wight; 
Bengal, Roxb. Wight, cat. no. 1538.  Asclépias tenuissima, 
Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 41. mus. ind. or. t. 1383. Leaves 2-3 
inches long and 3-6 lines broad. There is a variety of this, 
having the leaves twice the length and much narrower in pro- 
portion. 
Very slender Tylophora. Shrub tw. 
8 T. paucrriora (Wight and Arnott, l. c.) twining, glabrous; 
branches slender; leaves on longish petioles, broadly ovate, from 
the base, or somewhat cordate, gradually attenuated to the 
apex, rather waved on the edges; peduncles shorter than the 
leaves, flexuous, bearing filiform, twin, or tern pedicels at the 
flexures; flowers small; segments of calyx and corolla obtuse; 
leaflets of corona broad-elliptic, obtuse; pollen masses ascend- 
ing; stigma convex ; follicles glabrous. ^5. ^. S. Native of 
the East Indies, at Courtallum, Wight; northern provinces of 
Bengal, Royle; Wight, cat. no. 1539. This species is easily 
distinguished from the rest by the almost triangular form of the 
leaves. 
Fem-flowered 'Tylophora. Shrub tw. 
9 T. mirsu‘ra (Wight, contrib. ind. bot. p. 49.) twining, 
downy; leaves broad-ovate, acuminated ; peduncles about equal 
in length to the leaves, flexuous, bearing sessile umbels at the 
flexures ; pedicels filiform; flowers small; segments of corolla 
ovate, obtuse, undulated; leaflets of corona ovate, somewhat 
acuminated, obtuse ; pollen masses transverse; stigma obtuse ; 
follicles slender. h. ^. S. Native of Nipaul, at Chanda- 
ghiry, and Sanko. Gymnéma hirsütum, Wall. tent. fl. nep. p. 
50. ascl. no. 46. Leaves $-5 inches long, and 2-3 broad. 
Hairy Tylophora. Shrub tw. 
10 T. worríssimA (Wall..ascl. no. 47. Wight, cat. no. 1540. 
contrib. ind. bot. p. 49.) twining, downy; leaves oval, or cor- 
date-ovate, acuminated, mucronate; peduncles twice or thrice 
longer than the leaves, flexuous, bearing sessile umbels at the 
flexures ; pedicels filiform ; flowers small; segments of corolla 
ovate, obtuse, undulated ; leaflets of corona truncate at apex or 
roundish; pollen masses transverse; stigma obtuse ; follicles 
downy. kh. ^. S. Native of the East Indies, on the Neel- 
gherry mountains, and on those of Dindygul. Perhaps this 
is too nearly allied to the preceding, from which it seems to 
differ principally in the size of the leaves. Leaves 1-2 inches 
long, and about 1 broad. 
Very soft Tylophora. Shrub tw. 
11 T. rorunprrét1a (Hamilt. herb. no. 759. Wall. ascl. 
no. 120. ex Wight and Arnott, contrib. ind. bot. p. 50.) twining, 
downy ; leaves round or roundish-ovate ; peduncles shorter than 
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the leaves ; pedicels long, filiform, usually disposed in 2 fascicles 
near the top of the peduncle ; flowers rather large, glabrous ; 
leaflets of corona fleshy, short, adnate to the middle of the 
gynostegium ; pollen masses transverse; stigma obtuse. h .^. S. 
Native of the East Indies, in elevated fields, east of Camrup 
and at Dongtala, and Hebora. Leaves about 2 inches broad. 
Round-leaved Tylophora. Shrub tw. 
12 T. rascicuLA' rA (Hamilt. herb. no. 758. Wall. ascl. 
no. 55. Wight and Arnott, l. c.) erect or twining a little; 
leaves approximate, ovate, bluntish, rather fleshy, decreasing 
towards the tops of the branches; peduncles erect, flexuous, 
bearing 2-3 few-flowered fascicles at the flexures ; leaflets of 
corona oblong-ovate, bluntish ; pollen masses transverse ; stigma 
apiculated. 5. ^.S. Native of the East Indies. The cor- 
puscles of the stigma in this species alone are herbaceous, and 
slightly united, but loose and divaricate at both ends. Leaves 
1-2 inches long and 1 broad. 
Var. a, parviflóra (Wight and Arnott, l. c.) twining a little at 
top; flowers minute, 5. ^. $. Native of the woods of Mithila, 
atSukanagur. T. fasciculata, Herb. Ham. no. 758. Wall. ascl. 
no. 55, 
Far. B, macrántha (Wight and Arnott, ]. c.) root fascicled ; 
stems woody, erect; fascicles approximate; flowers rather 
large ; segments of corolla ligulate. 5. S. Native at Neel- 
gherry.— Wight, cat. no. 1541. Wall. ascl. no. 31. without a 
name. 
Fascicled-flowered Tylophora. Shrub tw. or erect. 
13 T. roxcirórtA (Wight, contrib. ind. bot. p. 50.) twining, 
glabrous ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, rather cordate at the 
base; panicles shorter than the leaves, many-flowered, composed 
of flexuous branches, bearing a small umbel of flowers at each 
flexure ; segments of corolla obtuse; leaflets of corona almost 
one half shorter than the gynostegium, broadly elliptie, obtuse ; 
pollen masses transverse; stigma convex. h.%™. S. Native 
of Silhet. — Wall. ascl. no. 48. without a name. Leaves 6-8 
inches long, and 14 broad. 
Long-leaved 'T'ylophora. Shrub tw. 
14 T. Exts (Colebr. in Lin. trans. 12. p. 358. t. 16. 
Wight and Arnott, contrib. ind. bot. p. 50.) twining, glabrous; 
leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminated; panicles rather large, twice 
or thrice longer than the leaves: having the branches flexuous, 
bearing umbellate pedicels at the flexures ; segments of corolla 
acutish ; leaflets of corona broad-elliptic, very obtuse, shorter 
than the gynostegium ; pollen masses transverse ; stigma api- 
Native of Silhet.  Pergulària exilis, 
Spreng. syst. 1. p. 844.— Wall. ascl. no. 51. unnamed. Leaves 
2-3 inches long and 1 broad. Very nearly allied to the pre- 
ceding species. 
Thin Tylophora. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. Shrub tw. 
15 T. wicRA'NTHA (Nouv. ann. mus, 3. p. 377.) glabrous; 
leaves narrow or ovate-lanceolate, acute, rounded at the base, 
petiolate ; cymes shorter than the leaves; calycine segments 
rounded, with membranous edges, shorter than the corolla; 
segments of corolla longish, obtuse ; follicles acuminated, gla- 
brous. h. ^. S. Native of the island of Timor. 
Small-flowered Tylophora. Shrub tw. 
16 T. viniósa (Blum. bijdr. p. 1061.) corollas bearded ; 
umbels usually twin; leaves elliptic-oblong, acute, a little cor- 
date at the base, hairy on both surfaces; branches sarmentose, 
villous. A. ^. S. Native of the west side of Java, on the 
mountains, where it is called droy Katuk. 
Villous Tylophora. Fl. year. Pl. tw. 
17 T. cisstoipes (Blum. bijdr. p. 1061.) corollas glabrous ; 
corymbs trichotomous; pedicels subumbellate; leaves ovate- 
oblong, acuminated, rather cordate at the base, smooth. h.%.S, 
Native of Java, at the foot of Mount Salak. 
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