Gymnema. | XCV. ASCLEPIADEX. (J. D. Hooker.) 31 
3-4 pairs, very oblique; petiole slender, 3-3 in. Cymes few or many-fid., peduncle 
shorter than the petiole, flowers subglobose, 2 in. diam. —Follicles not seen. 
Var. 1. lactiferum proper; branches pubescent, leaves glabrous on both surfaces, 
sepals nearly glabrous. G. lactifernm, Br. l.c. G. zeylanicum, Dene. in DC. Prodr. 
viii. 622. Asclepias lactifera, Linn.— Ceylon. 
Var. 2. nitens; branches glabrous, leaves glabrous or the midrib and nerves 
beneath pubescent, sepals glabrous or sparsely hairy. G. nitens, Blume Mus. Bot. i. 
149, t. 29; Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 498. G. malayanum, Griff. Notul. iv. 56, and Ze. 
Pl. Asiat. t. 394.— Malay Peninsula from Mergui to Malacca, Sumatra, Borneo. 
Van. 8. khasiana ; branches and nerves of leaf beneath pubescent, leaves often 
lanceolate.—Khasia Mts. at Churra, J. D. H. & T. T. 
Van. 4. Thwaitesii; leaves softly pubescent beneath, sepals membranous pubes- 
cent.—Ceylon, Thwaites (N. 2549). This resembles G. sylvestre and acuminatum, 
but the flowers are larger and the calyx is very different. 
Var. 4? Walkeri; branches and leaves quite glabrous, cymes sessile puberulous, 
sepals puberulous membranous.—Ceylon, Walker. 
9. G. Maingayi, Hook. f.; branches slender petioles leaves beneath 
cymes and sepals softly finely pubescent, leaves small ovate or ovate-cordate 
acuminate few-nerved, cymes sub-sessile, flowers few minute, corolla-lobes not 
ciliate. 
Maracca, Maingay (Kew. Distrib. 1111). 
Leaves 1-2 in. and branches bright yellow-brown when dry, nerves 2-8 pairs ; 
petiole 34-1 in.  Pedicels slender, ~,-% in., bracts most minute. Sepals oblong. 
Corolla glabrous, 3 in. diam., lobes rather narrow.—This resembles a good deal G. 
affine of China and G. sylvestre, but the cymes are sessile and leaves much smaller. 
** Corolla-tube with double villous (rarely glabrous) ridges below the 
sinuses, not produced into fleshy points (see also G. rotundatum). Burparia, 
Dene. 
T Corolla-tube short, broad, hardly exceeding the linear-oblong sepals ; 
coronal-processes large. 
10. G. tingens, Wight $ Arn. Contrib. 45 ; glabrous or nearly so, leaves 
membranous broadly ovate usually cordate acute acuminate or caudate, petiole 
1-14 in., cymes 4-6 in. corymbose at length racemose, peduncle shorter than 
the petioles, sepals glabrate, corolla-lobes glabrous broadly ovate or oblong. 
Wall. Cat. 8190. G. tingens var. cordifolia, Wight Te. t. 595.  Bidaria tingens, 
Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 623, partly. Asclepias tingens, Roxb. Hort, Beng. 
21, and FI. Ind. ii. 53. 
Tropica HIMALAYA, from Kumaon to Sikkim; Assam; SILHET ; Lower BENGAL 
at Monghyr; Prev and Travancore; Annamallay hills, alt. 4000 ft. — Beddome. 
An extensive climber; branches soft, not woody. Leaves 4-6 by 2-3 in., bright 
green; nerves 4-6 pairs. Cymes many-fld., elongating into a spiral raceme ; bracts 
oblong; pedicels rather exceeding the peduncles; flowers 4 in diam., pale yellow. 
“Follicles 4 by 1 in. ovate-lanceolate, spreading, smooth fleshy ” (Roxb.).—The western 
localities for this plant are doubtful, a specimen from Royle’s Herb. is labelled by 
Falconer “Kharia Pass," another from Vicary “ Gomulepore." The Annamallay speci- 
men is indistinguishable and suggests the probability of this and G. montanum being 
forms of one species. 
1l. G. montanum, Hook. f.; glabrous or nearly so. Leaves 4-5 in. 
large coriaceous oblong or ovate-oblong or oblong-lanceolate obtuse acute or 
acuminate, petiole 1-3 in., cymes corymbose at length racemose, peduncle 
shorter than the petiole, sepals ciliate glabrate, corolla-lobes oblong.—G. 
tingens var. ovalifolia, Wight Ic. t. 592. Bidaria tingens, Dene. in DC. Prodr. 
