28 XCV. ASCLEPIADEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Sarcolobus. 
Branches stout. Leaves brown when dry, thinly coriaceous, nerves arched, base 
usually rounded ; petiole $-1 in., slender. Peduncles and pedicels very short. Sepals 
oblong, obtuse. Corolla 4-} in. diam., pale purple within, lobes obtuse. Anthers 
very broad, shortly stipitate. Fruit globose, 4 in. diam.; pericarp very thick, brown. 
Seeds 2 in. long, broadly ovate, flat with a thick raised border, dark brown. 
2. S. carinatus, Wall. in Asiat. Research. xii. 570, t. 5, and Cat. 4467; 
leaves 1-2 in. elliptic obovate lanceolate or linear-oblong obtuse or acute, 
corolla nearly glabrous within, fruit small ellipsoid. Wight Contrib. 47 ; Dene. 
in DC. Prodr. viii. 625.  Sarcolobus sp., Griff. Notul. iv. 55, and Ic. Pl. Astat. 
t. 405. 
SunpERBUNDS and eastwards to Mercuri and the ANDAMAN ISLANDS. 
A much smaller plant than S. globosus, more slender, with smaller narrower leaves 
very rarely 3 in. long, thicker in texture, the nerves very obscure, petiole 4-3 in., 
corolla smaller, yellow, with lines of brown dots; anthers sessile. Fruit 3 in., 
curved, turgid, beaked, with several narrow undulate keels, pale yellow, fleshy. 
S.eds } in., like those of S. globosus, 
20. PENTASACME, Wal. 
Pendulous tufted glabrous herbs, with simple stems. Leaves opposite, sub- 
sessile, membranous, narrow. Flowers long, yellowish, in sessile axillary 
umbelliform cymes; pedicels filiform. Calyx 5-partite. Corolla-tube short, 
campanulate ; lobes long, caudate, twisted, overlapping to the right. Coronal- 
scales 5, on the corolla-tube, entire or toothed. Column very short ; anther-tips 
membranous ; pollen-masses one in each cell, pedicelled, erect, ovoid, waxy, tips 
pellucid. Stigma included, conical or beaked. Follicles very slender, terete, 
straight, smooth. Seeds comose.—DIsTRIB. Species 3-4; Indian and Chinese. 
l. P. caudatum, Wall. Cat. 8234 ; very slender, leaves linear-lanceolate 
caudate-acuminate, corolla-lobes triangular at the base suddenly ending in long 
almost filiform tails. Wight Contrib. 60; Dene. in DC. Prodr. viii. 627. 
Kuasta Mrs., alt. 0-3000 ft., common. Patkoi Mts. in Upper Assam, Griffith. 
Peau, McClelland, Kurz. 
Densely tufted, flaccid, stems 12-18 in., rarely forked, leafy throughout their 
length. Leaves 2-3 by $-3 in. thin, bright green, nerves obscure. Flowers 4 in. 
long, longer than the capillary pedicels. Szpals subulate. Corolla-lobes with obtuse 
tips; coronal-scales 4-fid, Anther-tips obtuse. Stigma obtuse. Follicles 21-3 in., 
with long slender points. Seeds } in. long, ovate, flat, red-brown. 
2. P. Wallichii, Wight Contrib. 60 ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate acuminate 
base acute, corolla-lobes gradually narrowed to the long obtuse tip. Wall. Cat. 
8235; Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 627 ; Deless. Ic. Sel. v. t. 87. 
Western Himalaya; Kumaon, alt. 3500 ft, Madden, &c. Situer, Wallich. 
Misumer Mrs., Griffith. 
, Habit of P. caudatum, but stems stouter; leaves 2-3 by 3-14 in., nerves beneath 
distinct, setulose; flowers much longer, with broader corolla-lobes; coronal-scales 
minute; anthers acuminate; stigma shortly beaked; follicles rather stouter; seeds 
much the same, 
30. GYMNENMA, 7. 
Twining shrubs or undershrubs. Leaves opposite. Flowers small, in 
crowded umbelliform cymes. Calyx 5-partite. Corolla subrotate, campanulate 
or urceolate ; lobes thick, twisted, subvalvate or narrowly overlapping to the 
right, Corona 0, or of 5 fleshy processes adnate to the corolla-throat or tube. 
