10 XCV. ASCLEPIADEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) [Streptocaulon. 
Prxaxao, Phillips, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1100), &c.  SixaAronE, Wallich. 
Branches stout, young densely shortly pubescent; bark brown, lenticellate. 
Leaves 2-3 by 1-2 in., very variable in breadth, coriaceous, opaque and puberulous 
above, retieulations minute ; nerves faint beneath ; petiole }-4 in. Cymes spreading, 
1-2 in. long and broad; 2-3-ehotomously branched ; branches divaricate, slender, 
ultimate with persistent sometimes imbricate minute bracts ; pedicels slender, tips 
turbinate. Sepals glabrous, minute, obtuse. Corolla ¥5 in. diam., red, lobes broad 
acute. Follicles 3 by 4 in. divaricate, straight, acuminate, pubescent. Seeds } in. 
oblong, narrowed below the tip; coma 1} in. 
3. S. tomentosum, Wight § Arn. Contrib. 64; shrubby, climbing, 
leaves cuneate elliptic or oblanceolate acuminate base rounded or truncate, 
softly fulvous-tomentose beneath, nerves 16-20 pairs, cymes many-flowered 
densely pubescent, corolla quite glabrous. Wight IU. t. 182 f.2.; Wall. Cat. 
8248; Dene. in DC. Prodr. viii. 496, 
Ava, at Taongdong and Movrwxiw, Wallich. Prov, M‘Clelland. DisrRiB. Yunan. 
Cochinchina. ; 
Branches smooth, ultimate finely densely pubescent. Leaves very variable in 
breadth, 3-5 by 14-3} in., usually broadest beyond the middle and truncate at the 
base, puberulous above; nerves straight, prominent or concealed in the tomentum 
beneath; petiole 3-2 in. Cymes short, 1 in. long and broad or less, branches divari- 
cate; bracts persistent, Sepals pubescent. Corolla 3 in.; lobes broad ovate, acute. 
Fruit unknown. 
45314. S. Griffithii, Hook. f.; shrubby, climbing, leaves obovate-oblong or 
oblanceolate acuminate base cordate, scaberulous above, densely rusty-tomen- 
tose beneath, nerves 14-18 pairs, cymes hispidly tomentose, corolla glabrous. 
Streptocaulon, Griff. Notul. iv. 71, $ Ic. Pl. As. t. 406. 
Tenasserim, Helfer (Kew Distrib. 3754, under tomentosum); Mergui, Griffith. 
Branches stout, lenticellate, ultimate hispidly tomentose. Leaves 3-6 by 13-2 in., 
variable in form, often broadest above the middle, hard and coriaceous, finely im- 
pressedly reticulate above; nerves and reticulations, usually prominent beneath. 
Cymes 1-2 in. long and broad, densely hispid, branches rather stout divaricate ; bracts 
persistent; pedicels short. Calyx strigose. Corolla % in. diam.; lobes broad, 
acute. Follicles 3-4 by  in., straight, acute, finely pubescent. Seeds nearly j in., 
narrowly oblong, coma 1 in. 
5. S. sylvestre, Wight Contrib. 65; herbaceous, prostrate, leaves sub- 
sessile orbieular or broadly ovate pubescent or tomentose beneath, base rounded 
or cordate, nerves 6-7 pairs, cymes small few-fld., corolla nearly glabrous. Wall. 
Cat. 8251; Dene. in DC. Prodr. viii. 496. 
Bzwaar, Hamilton ; foot of the Sıkım Hiwarava, Clarke. 
Root woody, giving off many slender pubescent flexuous branches, 12-18. in. long 
with distichous leaves that lie flat on the ground. Leaves 1-14 in. long and nearly 
as broad, apiculate, glabrous or puberulous above ; nerves arched, prominent beneath. 
Cymes j in. pubescent ; peduncle slender; branches and pedicels short, not spread- 
ing; bracts minute; Calyx small, strigose. Corolla $ in. diam., purple, very slightly 
pubescent, lobes lanceolate acute, Fruit unknown. 
1l. MYRIOPTERON, Grif. 
A glabrous or pubescent slender twining shrub. Leaves opposite, long- 
petioled. Flowers small, in lax paniculate cymes from opposite axils. Sepals 
minutely glandular within. Corolla rotate; lobes narrow, overlapping to the 
right, twisted to the left, broadly conic in bud. Coronal scales b, at the back 
of the filaments, filiform from a broad base. Stamens at the base of the corolla, 
