8 XCV. ASCLEPIADEE. (J. D. Hooker.) = [Finlaysonia. 
From the SvxpEnBUNDs to TENAssERIM and Mazacca ; Wallich, &c. 
Branches stout. Leaves 3-4 by 14-24 in., obovate-oblong or oblanceolate, obtuse 
or apiculate, thickly coriaceous, reticulate beneath, base acute; nerves very numerous, 
horizontal, very slender; petiole 1-1 in. Cymes 2-3 in. long ; peduncle and branches 
very thick; bracts short, persistent; pedicels short, thick. Corolla 3 in. diam., lobes 
bearded within. Follicles 3 by 2 in., distantly ribbed between the wings, pericarp 
thin. Seeds 3 in. long, flat, obovate-oblong, hairs brown.— Flowers fetid (Voigt). 
7. ATHEROSTEMON, Blume. 
A very slender glabrous twining shrub. Leaves opposite. Flowers in axil- 
lary and terminal slender peduncled dichotomous cymes. Calyx minute, tube 
turbinate, eglandular within. Corolla rotate ; lobes long, slender, overlapping 
to the right, straight and forming an oblong-cylindric bud. Coronal processes 
5, filiform, at back of the bases of the filaments. Stamens at the base of the 
corolla; filaments very short, distinct, without interposed glands or teeth; 
anthers conniving over and adnate to the stigma, tips membranous, acute; 
pollen-masses in pairs in each cell, granular; appendages of the corpuscles 
dilated. Stigma rounded. Fruit unknown. 
A.javensis, Blume Mus. Bot. i. 126, t. 23. 
TxNaAssERIM ; banks of the Gyna, Moulmein, Lobb.—Distris. Java. 
Leaves 2-34 by 3-13 in., oblong-elliptic or linear-oblong, apiculate, glaucous 
beneath, base obtuse or rounded; nerves 6-10 pairs, very slender, arched; petiole 
slender, 4-4 in. Cymes much longer than the leaves; peduncle long and slender, 
branches filiform; bracts minute; flowers very few, distant; pedicels capillary, tip 
turbinate. Calya-lobes small, rounded, membranous, with sometimes a very obscure 
scale in the sinus. Corolla-lobes long, linear, obtuse, 2 in. long, erect and recurved. 
Stamens very minute, 
& ATHEROLEPIS, Hook. f. Nov. Gen. 
A pubescent slender climber. eaves opposite, very narrow, membranous. 
Flowers very small, in very short few-flowered axillary pubescent cymes. Calyx 
j-superior, tube turbinate; lobes short, eglandular within. Corolla rotate; 
lobes triangular, overlapping to the right. Coronal scales 5, subulate, at the 
back of the stamens. Stamens at the base of the corolla; filaments very short. 
distinct, with interposed rounded glands; anthers oblong, conniving over and 
adherent to the stigma, tips obtuse, connate ; pollen-masses in pairs in each cell, 
granular; appendages of the corpuscles dilated. Ovary half sunk in the 
calyx-tube and adherent to it ; stigma small, tip obtuse. Fruit unknown. 
A. Wallichii, Hook. f. Atherandra Wallichii, Benth. in Gen. Plant. ii. 
744. Hemidesmus Wallichii, Wight & Arn. Contrib. 63; Wall. Cat. 8245; 
Dene. in DC. Prodr. viii. 495. 
Prav, at Prome, Wallich ; Rangoon, M‘Clelland. 
Branches glabrous below. Leaves 3-7 by 4-14 in., narrow, oblong or linear- 
lanceolate, acute or acuminate, puberulous above, softly pubescent beneath; base 
acute; nerves rather distant, spreading, slightly arched, very slender; petiole À in. 
Cymes shorter than the petioles; bracts minute; pedicels very short, top turbinate. 
Corolla 3; in. diam., shortly conic in bud, lobes glabrous within. Filaments alternat- 
ing with obscure low glands.—The habit, foliage, inflorescence, eglandular calyx, 
obtuse anthers and short stigma well distinguish this from Atherandra, 
