32 XCV. ASCLEPIADEX. (J. D. Hooker.) [Gymnema. 
viii. 623, partly. B. elegans, Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 151. ? Asclepias mon- 
tana, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 45. 
Deccan PENiNsULA, from the Concan Southwards, on the Ghats. 
This may, as Wight suggests, be a variety of G. tingens, but I find no intermediate 
forms ; it differs in the shape and coriaceous nature of the leaves, their short petioles, 
and in the shorter peduncles. I have seen no fruit. There appear to be three forms 
of it. 
Var. 1. Leaves usually ovate, petiole short, cymes many-fld., corolla glabrous.— 
The Concan. 
Var. 2. Beddomei; leaves more oblong or oblong-lanceolate, petiole }-} in., 
cymes few-fld., flowers larger, corolla glabrous.—Annamallay hills, alt. 5000 ft. 
Beddome. 
Var. 3. pubiflora ; leaves of var 2., cymes few-fld.. corolla pubescent externally.— 
Nilgherry hills at Nedawullum, alt. 7000 ft., Wight, Clarke. Clarke’s specimens have 
longer peduncles and petioles and densely pubescent cymes. 
12. G. elegans, Wight § Arn. Contrib. 46; glabrous or shoots and 
cymes puberulous, leaves 2-4 in. membranous ovate-cordate acute or acuminate, 
cymes few-fld., peduncles slender shorter than the petioles, sepals ciliate, gla- 
brate, corolla-lobes obovate-oblong. Wight Ic. t. 830; Wall. Cat. 8191. 
Bidaria elegans, Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 623. 
Deccan PENINSULA ; hills of the South Carnatic from the Nilgherries to Travancore, 
Wight, &c. 
Much smaller and more delicate than G. tingens, with smaller leaves, more slender 
petioles and pedicels. —Follicles 24-3 by 3 in., narrowly lanceolate, glabrous, straight. 
Seeds i in. long, cvate, with a broad border.—As Wight well remarks, it is difficult 
to distinguish this from G. tingens except by habit, size, and the few-fld. cymes. 
tt Corolla-tube much exceeding the sepals; coronal-processes elongate, nearer 
to the base than to the lobes, often faint and glabrous. 
13. G. pergularioides, Wight $ Gardner mss.; branches very slender 
and petioles and cymes puberulous, leaves membranous elliptic- or oblong- 
lanceolate caudate-acuminate base rounded or acute, peduncles equalling the 
petioles, pedicels very short, corolla-lobes ovate-lanceolate. Bidaria pergula- 
rioides, Thwaites Enum. 198? Cynanchum cuspidatum, Thunb. Obs. in 
Cynanch, 5; Dene. in DC. Prodr. viii. 548. 
Cryton, Walker, Gardner, &c. 
Leaves very variable, 1-6 by 3-2 in, nerves arching or very oblique; petiole 1-3 
in, slender. Cymes dense-fld.; flowers almost capitate. Sepals broadly oblong, not 
half as long as the corolla-tube, which is 1 in. and as long asthe lobes. Corolla -tube 
yellow, tinged with red, 4 in. long. “ Follicles 5-6 in. long, } in. broad, linear-lan- 
ceolate, much attenuate, puberulous, at length glabrate," Thwaites. 
Van. Gardneri, Thwaites /.c.; leaves smaller 1-1} in. elliptic-lanceolate more 
coriaceous, follieles shorter. 
14. G. stenoloba, Hook. f.; glabrous or nearly so, leaves membranous 
lanceolate acuminate, cymes few-fld., peduncles equalling the petioles, pedicels 
short, corolla-lobes linear, stigma bifid. 
Cryton, Walker. 
Closely allied to G. pergularioides, but the cymes are few-fld., the flowers much 
larger, the corolla-tube $ in. long, the lobes narrowly linear, the column much longer 
and more slender and the stigma 2-fid. The follicles answer to the description of 
those of G. pergularioides, but are quite glabrous. 
15. G.? 'Thomsoni, Hook. {i uite glabrous, leaves linear-lanceolate 
coriaceous, cymes simple or branched long-peduncled, pedicels long, corolla- 
