6 XCV. ASCLEMIADEE. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Cryptolepis. 
nerves 5-6 pairs arched, cymes axillary and terminal few- or many-flowered. 
C. Wightiana, Wall. Cat. 4457. Echites coriacea, Heyne in Herb. Rottler. 
Deccan PENINSULA; the Mount, Madras, Heyne, &c. ; Balaghaut Mts., Wight. 
Leaves 2-4 by 1-2 in., very variable in form, coriaceous, hardly glaucous beneath, 
base acute; petiole 4 in. Cymes sparingly branched, usually long-peduncled; branches 
stout, prominently distantly scarred by the fallen bracts. Sepals large, ovate, acute. 
Corolla 1 in. diam ; tube ventricose, lobes faleate lanceolate. Coronal scales ciavate. 
Follicles 2-4 in., curved and conniving or straight and divarieate. Seeds very large, 
1 in. long, linear-oblong ; coma a little longer. 
3. C. elegans, Wall. Cat. 1639 ; glabrous, leaves oblong or linear-oblong 
or -lanceolate apiculate, rounded at both ends or acuminate, glaucous beneath, 
nerves numerous very faint and spreading, cymes axillary and terminal few- 
flowered. G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 82. OC. pauciflora, Wight Ic. t. 493. C. 
laxiflora, Blume Mus. Bot. i. 147. Aganosma Edithw, Hance in Ann. Se. Nat. 
Ser. 5. v. 227. Echites pauciflora. Herb. Rottl. Nerium pauciflorum, Ztoxb. 
Ic, ined. 
Sixxiw; Terai, J. D. H. Orissa, Heyne. Assam, BrExcar, Kuasra MTs., 
CuirrAGoNG, TENAssERIM and ANDAMAN Istps.—Distris. Java, S. China. 
A slender climber. Leaves 14-24 by $ in., rarely ovate or linear-lanceolate, tip 
sometimes retuse, base rarely cordate; petiole }-} in., very slender. Cymes 2-4 in., 
peduncles long, branches few and pedicels slender. Sepals ovate, obtuse. Corolla 
yellow, 1-14 in. diam., tube short, lobes lanceolate, tips twisted. Coronal scales 
clavate. Follicles 5-8 in., slender, nearly straight. Seeds much as in C. Buchanani. 
— The mss. name of Apocynum orixense, in Rottler's Herbarium, indicates the O:issa 
habitat of this plant. Flower fragrant. 
34 CRYPTOSTEGIA, Br. 
Lofty climbers. Leaves opposite. Flowers large, in terminal 3-chotomous: 
cymes. Sepals lanceolate. Corolla funnel-shaped, tube short, throat campanu- 
late ; lobes broad, overlapping and twisted to the right. Coronal scales at the 
base of the throat, subulate, entire or 2-cleft. Filaments short ; anthers adnate 
to the stigma, acute; pollen-masses in pairs in each cell, granular, appendages 
subspathulate. Stigma convex.  Follicles thick, divaricate, hard, 3-winged, 
furrowed between the wings. Seeds comose.—DtsrRiB. Madagascar. 
C. grandiflora, Br. in Bot. Reg. t. 435 ; glabrous, leaves elliptic obtuse, 
coronal scales cleft into two filiform segments. Wall. Cat.1635; Wight § Arn. 
Contrib. 36; Wight Ic. t. 832, and Ill. ii. t. 182, f. 9; Grah. Cat. Bomb, Pl. 
122; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Pl. Suppl. 54; Dene. in DC. Prodr. viii. 492; 
Miquel Pl. Rar. Jard. Buitenz. t. 8; Reichb. Ic. Exot. t. 132. Nerium grandi- 
florum, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 19, and Fl. Ind. ii. 100. i 
Cultivated in various parts of INDIA. 
Branches stout. Leaves 3-4 by 13-2 in., coriaceous, glossy above; nerves many, 
spreading, arched, faint, base acute; petiole j-3 in. Cymes short, spreading, 
peduncle and branches stout, hoary or glabrous; braets caducous. Sepals 1-8 in. 
Corolla pale pinkish purple, tube and throat 14 in. long, limb often 2 in. diam., lobes 
acute. Follicles 4-5 by 1-1} in. broadest near the base, straight, woody. Seeds 
4 in. long, oblong-ovate, compressed, narrowed upwards; coma 1} in., very fine.— 
Supposed to be a native of Africa or Madagascar, from which latter country another 
species is described with leaves pubescent beneath and entire coronal scales, but this 
is only known from Mauritian garden specimens. Schweinfurth f. . 
cultivated at Khartum on the Nile. P weinfurth found C, grandiflora 
