Myriopteron.]| ^ xcv. AscLEPlADEX. (J. D. Hooker.) 11 
filaments connate below into a ring with alternating teeth ; anthers conniving 
over and adherent to the stigma, tips membranous ; pollen-masses in pairs in 
each cell, appendages of the corpuscles 2-fid. Stigma convex, 2-fid. Follicles 
short, turgid, straight; with many longitudinal membranous wings. Seeds 
comose. 
M. paniculatum, Griff. in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. iv. 985; § Notul. iv. 
71. § Ic. Pl. Asiat. A08, Streptocaulon extensum, Wight Contrib. 65, § IU. t. 
182. f. 3.; Dene. in DC. Prodr. viii. 496. S. Horsfieldii, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 
rs Vicarya cristata, and Jenkinsia cristata, Wall. mss. in Voigt Hort. Sub. 
alc. 544. 
Assam, CHITTAGONG, Prev, and Tenassermt. Distrib. Java. . . 
Branches smooth, herbaceous. Leaves 34-5 by 2-24 in., very variable in length and 
breadth, rounded oblong or elliptic, acuminate or subcaudate, base rounded or acute, 
membranous, finely pubescent or glabrate beneath; nerves 5-7 pairs, slender, arched ; 
petiole very slender, 3-l}in. Cymes 3-7 in., peduncle and brachiate branches very 
slender, quite glabrous ; bracts few, chiefly at the forks; pedicels capillary, top tur- 
binate. Sepals minute, rounded, ovate. Corolla j in. diam.; lobes lanceolate. 
Follicles 3 by 3 in., straight, narrowed to the obtuse tip, base rounded, pericarp thin. 
ds $ in. long, ovoid, narrowed to the tip, coma 1 in. —M. Horsfieldii, agrees with 
the perfectly glabrous leaved states of the plant from Tenasserim. 3485 
12. DECA LEPIS, Wight $ Arn. 
À glabrous twining shrub. Leaves opposite. Flowers small, in axillary 
peduncled cymes. Calyx eglandular within. Corolla rotate ; lobes valvate, 
arded within, ovoid in bud. Coronal scales 5, ovate, adnate to the back of 
the base of the filaments. Stamens at the base of the corolla, filaments connate 
at the base with alternating minute glands; anthers ovate, conniving over and 
adnate to the stigma, tip acute inflexed ; pollen-masses in pairs in each cell, 
granular ; appendages of the corpuscles dilated. Stigma convex, 5-grooved. 
Fruit unknown. 
D. Hamiltonii, Wight $ Arn. Contrib. 64; Wight IU. t. 182. f. 6.; & 
Te. t. 1285; Dene. in A. DC. Prodr. viii. 495. Streptocaulon Hamiltonii, 
Wight mss, Apocynum reticulatum, Herb. Madr.; Wall. Cat. 8247. 
Deccan Pexixsura; Balaghaut Mts. near Madras; Anamallay hills, Wight. — 
Branches stout, smooth. Leaves coriaceous, orbicular or elliptic-obovate, tip 
Tounded, base acute or rounded, finely reticulated ; nerves 6-8 pairs, strongly arched ; 
petiole 4-4 in, Cymes in single axils, glabrous or puberulous; peduncle > in. ; 
ranches few, short, spreading; bracts persistent, scattered or subimbricate. Sepals 
oblong, obtuse, Corolla 1 in. diam., coriaceous ; lobes ovate-oblong, subacute, beard 
dense white, + ' 
13. PERIPLOCA, Ln». 
Erect or twining labrous sometimes leafless shrubs. Leaves opposite. 
Flowers in lax terminal or axillary cymes, greenish externally, purplish within. 
0 alyx 5-glandular within. Corolla rotate ; lobes obtuse, usually bearded within, 
Verlapping to the right. Coronal scales connate into a 10-lobed ring often 
Produced behind the stamens into 5 subulate or branched processes. Stamens 
^ inb the corona, filaments broad short flat; anthers bearded on the back, con- 
ving over and adhering to the stigma, tips cohering, with incurved appen- 
ae’ pollen-masses in pairs in each cell, granular ; appendages of the corpuse "n 
8 ` Stigma convex. — Follieles conniving spreading or divaricate, cylin g c, 
mooth. Seeds comose, Disrris. S. Europe, West Asia and Africa, Species 12. 
