13 XCV. ASCLEPIADEE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Periploca. 
1. P. aphylla, Dene. in Jacq. Voy. Bot. 109. t. 116; and in DC. Prodr. 
viii. 499; erect, leafless or nearly so, flowers purple, coronal lobes very long 
filiform glabrous. Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 50. Campelepis viminea, Fale. m 
Trans. Linn. Soc. xix. 109, in note. 
Western PawzAp, in the piains, Falconer, &e. Scinn, Stocks. DISTRIB. Aff- 
ghanistan. Persia, Arabia, Nubia. 
A shrub; branches as thiek asa goose-quill or less, smooth or tips pubescent. 
Leaves, if present, } in., oblong, acute, very thick, nerveless. Cymes often opposite, 
4-1 in. long and broad, branched from the base or on short thick peduncles, glabrous i 
branches short, thick; bracts caducous. Sepals broad, rounded-ovate. Corolla 3-3 
in. diam., dark purple, glabrous externally, lobes ovate-oblong, densely bearded above 
the middle within. Follicles $ by } in., rigid, woody, terete. Seeds } in., narrowly 
oblong ; coma 1 in.—“ Used for cordage ; flowers fragrant, eaten by natives, taste like 
raisins” (Stocks). 
2. P. hydaspidis, Falc. in Ann. & Mag. of Nat. Hist. viii. 449; 
twining, leafless or nearly so, flowers yellow, coronal lobes subulate hairy. 
Dene. in DC. Prodr. viii. 498. 
Western Hrmataya; Southern Kashmir and Kisbtwar, ascending to 4000 ft., and 
the adjacent Pansan, Falconer, Thomson, &c. Distrrs. Affghanistan. 
Quite glabrous. Branches tortuous, wiry, sometimes fascicled, as thick as a crow- 
quill, smooth. Leaves (if present) 4-1 in., linear, subacute, thick, nerveless. Cymes 
4-1 in. long and broad, often opposite, very numerous; peduncle stout, erect, 
branches divaricate ; bracts caducous. Sepals rounded, quite glabrous. Corolla } m. 
diam.; lobes oblong, obtuse, pubescent or villous within, glabrous externally. 
'ellicles (old only seen) broader and less woody than in P. aphylla. 
3. P. calophylla, Fak. in Ann. §& Mag. Sc. Nat, viii. 449 ; twining, 
quite glabrous, leaves narrowly Janceolate caudate-acuminate, nerves very many 
horizontal, flowers yellow or pinkish, coronal lobes hairy. Brandis For. Fl. 
330. Dene. in DC. Prodr. vii. 498.  Streptocaulon calophyllum, Wight 
Contrib. 65, and Jil. t. 182, f. 1; Wall. Cat. 8252. 
TEMPERATE and SUBTROPICAL HiMALAYa, alt. 3-5000 ft. from Kumaon to Sikkim, 
Kuasia Mrs. alt. 4000 ft. 
A small shrub, branches slender. Leaves 13-3 by 4-3 in., coriaceous, shining on 
both surfaces, margin undulate; petiole } in. Cymes numerous, often in opposite 
axils, sessile, 3-1 in. long and broad; branches and pedicels slender; bracts caducous. 
Sepals broadly ovate, obtuse. Corolla 1 in. diam., lobes ovate-oblong acute. Foilicles 
4-8 by 1 in., quite straight or curved, parallel or divergent, never divaricate, smooth, 
terete ; pericarp thin but firm. Seeds 4-2 in. long, linear; coma 1-14 in. 
TRIBE 2. SECAMONEE. 
14. SECAMONE, Br. 
Climbing or straggling shrubs or undershrubs. Leaves opposite. Flowers 
small or minute, in sessile or shortly peduncled lax axillary 2-3-chotomous 
cymes. Corolla rotate, 5-cleft; lobes (in Indian species) overlapping to the 
right. Coronal scales 5, adnate to the staminal tube, laterally compressed, tips 
free. Filaments short, connate; anther-tips small, membranous, inflexed ; 
pollen-masses in pairs in each cell, small, globose, waxy, corpuscles minute. 
Stigma beaked, 2-tid, or low and conical. Follicles stout or slender, acuminate, 
smooth, terete or angled. DIsTRIB. Species about 24, tropical Asia, Australia, 
and Mascarene Islands. 
