160 ASCLEPIADEZE. LXXIV. Secamone. 
Lanceolate-leaved Secamone. FI. May, June. Shrub tw. 
7 S. vizròsa (Blum. bijdr. p. 1050.) flowers disposed in di- 
chotomous cymes ; throat of corolla villous; leaves oval-oblong, 
acutish, veinless above, and rather villous beneath ; stems twin- 
ing, terete, clothed with fulvous tomentum. 5. ^. S. Native 
of Java, among bushes, about Batavia. 
Villous Secamone. Fl. year. Shrub tw. 
8 S. macnoPuv'LrA (Blum. bijdr. p. 1050.) flowers disposed 
in spicate panicles ; corolla villous outside ; leaves ovate, acut- 
ish, coriaceous, glabrous, veiny; stems twining, tetragonal. 
k. O.S. Native of Java, in mountain woods. 
Var. B, fálva (Blum. l. c.) leaves acuminated, clothed with 
fulvous tomentum beneath, as well as the branches and pedun- 
cles. h. ^. S. Native of Java, in calcareous earth, about 
Kuripan. 
Long-leaved Secamone. Fl. Jan. May. Shrub tw. 
* * Species natives of Africa. 
9 S. JEcvrrr'aca (R. Br. in hort. kew. 2. p. 75.) twining, gla- 
brous: leaves elliptic-lanceolate, or oblong, acuminated, on very 
short petioles ; cymes panicled, shorter than the leaves; corolla 
villous inside. p. ^. S. Native of Egypt, as well as the 
Cape of Good Hope, in woods. S. Alpínii, Schultes, syst. 
6. p. 125. Períploca Secamóne, Lin. mant. p. 216. Thunb. 
prod. 1. p. 45. fl. cap. 2. p. 153. Poir. encycl. 5. p. 189. Se- 
camóne, Alp. egypt. p. 135. t. 134. Leaves paler beneath and 
transversely veined. Flowers copious, minute. The Egyptian 
and Cape plants are probably distinct species, and even perhaps 
not of the same genus. 
Egyptian Secamone, Cit. 1752. 
Fl. July. Shrub tw. 
* ** Species natives of Nem Holland. 
JO S. eLLíprtica (R. Br. prod. p. 464.) stem erect; leaves 
elliptic, acuminated, glabrous; peduncles and pedicels tomen- 
tose; corolla beardless. h. S. Native of New Holland, on 
the sea shore, within the tropic. 
Elliptic-leaved Secamone. Clt. 1824, Shrub erect. 
11 S. ova`ra (R. Br. l. c.) stem divaricate; leaves ovate, 
acute, glabrous; peduncles and pedicels smoothish ; corollas 
beardless. h.S. Native of New Holland, within the tropic, 
on the sea shore. 
Ovate-leaved Secamone. Shrub erect. 
**** 4 species native of the West Indies. 
12 S. occipENTA'Lis (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 837.) corollas downy ; 
peduncles axillary, solitary ; leaves oval, mucronulate, villous ; 
stem twining. h.%.S. Native of Hispaniola and Cuba. 
Western Secamone. Shrub tw. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Pergulària, p. 133. 
LXXV. TOXOCA'RPUS (from ro£ov, toxon, a bow, and 
xaproc, karpos, a fruit; in reference to the arched follicles). 
Wight and Arnott, contrib. ind. bot. p. 61. 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Digynia. ^ Corolla rotate, 5-cleft. 
Stamineous corona 5-leaved ; leaflets flattish on the back, fur- 
nished with a little segment inside each. Pollen masses 20, 
erect, fixed by fours to the tops of the corpuscles of the stigma, 
which are exsulcate. Stigma rostrate, rarely apiculated, undi- 
vided.  Follicles smooth, divaricate. Seeds comose.—T wining 
shrubs. Corymbs interpetiolar, usually opposite, dichotomous, 
spreading, many-flowered. 
1 T. Kresi (Wight and Arnott, l. c.) stems glabrous ; young 
branches downy; leaves elliptic, acuminated ; corymbs nearly 
12 
LXXV. ToxocanPus. 
LXXVI. GoniostemMs. 
sessile, with divaricate branches, longer than theleaves; flowers 
pedicellate ; segments of corolla ligulate, glabrous; throat 
rather hairy; leaflets of corona ovate, bidentately truncate, bear- 
ing each on the inside at the apex, a flat, linear, much exserted 
segment, which exceeds the anthers, and is somewhat tridentate at 
the apex; stigma rostrate, bifid at apex, exceeding the tube of 
corolla a little ; follicles arcuately reflexed. h.%. S. Native 
of the East Indies, in hedges, at Vellangany, near Nepatam.— 
Wight, cat. no. 1560. — Períploca glabra, Roxb. in herb. Banks. 
Echites racemósa, Herb. madr. Wall. ascl. no. 113. unnamed. 
Klein's Toxocarpus. Shrub tw. 
2 T. Roxsu’reuu (Wight and Arnott, l. c.) branches clothed 
with rusty down; leaves broad, oval, acuminated ; corymbs on 
short peduncles, with divaricate branches, about equal in length 
to the leaves; flowers almost sessile; throat of corolla hairy ; 
segments ligulate, glabrous; leaflets of corona ovate, acutish, 
bearing each a short, thick, acute, hardly exserted segment inside, 
which is equal in length to the anthers; stigma beaked, twisted, 
equal to the tube of the corolla. h.™.S. Native of the Cir- 
cars. Wight, cat. no. 1561.  Asclépias longistigma, Roxb. fl. 
ind. 2. p. 46. mus. ind. orient. t. 619.  Asclépias micrantha, 
Roxb. in herb. Banks.  Echites dichótoma, herb. Klein. et 
Rottler. Wall. ascl. no. 113. b. 
than in the last species. 
Roxburgh's Toxocarpus. Shrub tw. 
3 T. cnassrróLIUS (Wight, contrib. ind. bot. p. 61.) branches 
sparingly pubescent ; leaves on short petioles, oval, acuminated, 
coriaceous, glabrous; corymbs panicle-formed, sessile, with 
elongated, slightly branched branches, and are, as well as the 
calyxes, clothed with fuscous down ; flowers sessile, in fascicles, 
small; segments of corolla densely clothed with white villi ; 
leaflets of corona reflexed at the sides, cohering at top, and 
forming a dorsal keel, having the inner segment acuminated and 
much exserted, equalling the stigma in length ; stigma rostrate, 
higher than the gynostegium and tube of the corolla. 5 .^. S. 
Native of Silhet. Secamóne crassifólia, Wall. ascl. no. 101. 
Thick-leaved Toxocarpus. Shrub tw. 
4 T. rAuniFOLIUS (Wight, l.c.) glabrous; leaves oval, some- 
times obtuse, but usually acuminated, coriaceous; corymbs 
sessile, divaricately and trichotomously branched ; flowers small, 
very numerous; segments of corolla reflexed, bearded with 
white hairs inside ; leaflets of corona rather fleshy, short, round- 
ish-ovate, acutish : having the inner segments a little exserted, 
about equal to the gynostegium; tips of anthers large, broad, 
sub-aristate, obconically apiculated above the stigma, which is 
obtuse, inclosed, and incurved ; follicles slender, diverging hori- 
zontally. .^.S. Native of Chittagong and Tipperah ; and 
at Cawnpore, &c. Asclépias laurifólia, Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 49. 
mus. ind. orient. t. 1814. Wall. ascl. no. 100. A. micrantha, 
Roxb. in herb. Banks. fl. ind. 2. p. 50. 
Laurel-leaved Toxocarpus. Shrub tw. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Pergulària, p. 133. 
'The flowers are much smaller 
LXXVI. GONIOSTE'MMA (from ywvıa, gonia, an angle, 
and oreupa, stemma, a crown; stamineous corona 5-angled). 
Wight, contrib. ind. bot. p. 62. 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Digynia. Corolla rotate, 5-parted. 
Stamineous corona tubular, 5-angled, 5-lobed, adhering to the 
gynostegium at the base. Pollen masses 20, erect, fixed by fours 
to each corpuscle of the stigma, which are exsuleate. Stigma 
rostrate.  Follicles. ?—4A twining shrub, with warted bark. 
Leaves opposite, oblong-elliptic, acuminated at both ends, gla- 
brous, shining above. Cymes interpetiolar, panicle-formed, 
loose, many-flowered. Segments of corolla ligulate, downy 
inside at the middle, glabrous above. Corona shorter than the 
gynostegium, fleshy; lobes naked inside. Stigma cylindrical, 
