16 XCV. ASCLEPIADEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) [Genianthus. 
w^ 1, G. laurifolius, Hook. f.; leaves glabrous broadly elliptic obtusely 
acuminate, base acute, petiole slender, cymes rusty-tomentose much branched 
many-fd., coronal scales obtuse hardly overtopping the anther-cells. Toxo- 
carpus laurifolius, Wight Contrib. 61, and Ic. t. 598; Wall. Cat. 8241; Dene. 
in DC. Prodr. viii. 506. T. crassifolius, Dalz. §& Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 148. As- 
clepias laurifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 49. 
Smxm Hrmaraya, in hot valleys, J. D. H. § T. T. Currracone to Prev, Ror- 
burgh, Kurz, &c. Concan and Canara, Stocks, &c. 
Stem glabrous, pustular. Leaves 3-4 by 2-3 in. or larger; nerves slender, 
spreading; petiole $-1} in. Cymes very variable, 1-4 in. long and broad; flowers 
15-1 in. diam., sessile and pedicelled, of two forms on the same cyme, one small with 
narrow densely bearded segments, the other much larger with broader oblong nearly 
glabrous segments. Follicles in Roxburgh’s figure 5 by è in., very slender, terete, 
straight.—Wight & Arnott give Cawnpore, Genl. Hardwicke, as a locality for this, 
but I suspect some mistake. 
** Stigma elongate, columnar. Cymes subsimple, branches long stout with 
distant clusters of sessile flowers. 
9. G. crassifolius, Hook. f. ; branches cymes and midrib beneath rusty- 
tomentose, leaves thickly coriaceous broadly elliptic acute or acuminate, coronal 
scales overtopping the anther-cells.  Toxocarpus crassifolius, Wight Contrib. 
61; Wall. Cat. 8240; Dene. in DC. Prodr. viii. 606. 
Struet, Wallich. 
Leaves 3-5 by 2-24 in., base rounded or subacute, margins narrowly recurved, 
nerves very spreading; petiole stout, 3-4 in. Cymes simple, or twice or thrice 
branched, stout, flexuous, as long as the leaves; flowers j in. diam. Stigma very 
stout, subclavate. ` 
3. G. Maingayi, Hook. f.; branches and cymes rusty-pubescent, leaves 
glabrous oblanceolate obtusely acuminate, coronal scales overtopping the 
anther-cells. 
SixaAPonz, Maingay (Kew Distrib. n. 1106). 
Leaves 21-31 by 11-14 in., coriaceous, narrowed into the petiole, midrib beneath 
glabrous or pubescent, nerves ascending; petiole ł— in. Cymes, flowers, staminal 
column and stigma as in G. crassifolius. 
TRIBES. CYNANCHEZ. 
17. GLOSSONEMA, Dene. 
Diffuse, hoary undershrubs or herbs, branched from the base. Leaves oppo- 
site. Cymes small 2-6-flowered, sessile or shortly peduncled ; flowers small. 
Sepals glandular within. Corolla subeampanulate, tube short, lobes overlapping 
to the right. Corona near the base of the tube, 5-cleft; lobes large, broad, 
hyaline, obtuse acuminate or ligulate. Staminal column short ; anthers tipped 
by an inflexed membrane ; pollen-masses solitary in each cell, oblong, not com- 
ressed, pendulous, waxy. Stigma exserted, fleshy, conical clavate or peltate. 
Follicles thick, acuminate, muricate or spinous. Seeds comose.—DIsTRIB. 
Species 6 ; tropical African, Arabian and Scind. 
G. varians, Benth. in Gen. Pl. ii. 748; leaves fleshy ovate or rounded 
obtuse or acute, margin crisped or entire, upper narrower, cymes subsessile, 
pedicels very short, corolla-lobes rounded. ^ Mastostigma varians, Stocks in 
Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 843; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 51. f 
