Gymnema. ] XCY. ASCLEPIADEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) 33 
lobes linear with reflexed margins, anthers with membranous margins and a 
membranous ligule behind and below the inflexed tip, stigma broadly turbinate. 
Srxxm HiMALAYA, alt. 5—6000 ft., Thomson. 
Stems slender. Leaves 3-6 by 3-3} in., base acute or narrowly rounded; nerves 
oblique, very faint; petiole stout, 1-2 in. Peduncle 4-13 in., rather slender; flowers 
umbelled, pedicels twice or thrice as long as the corolla-tube. Sepals very small, 
broadly oblong. Corolla-tube 1 in.; lobes as long, spreading, thick.—A very remark- 
able plant, resembling G. stenoloba, but differing totally in the texture of the leaves, 
the reflexed margins of the corolla-lobes and especially in the winged anthers with a 
membranous ligule behind the tip and parallel to it. It is probably a new genus, but, 
without the fruit, I do not venture to propose it as such. 
DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 
Bivaria rnopora, Dene. in DC. Prodr. viii. 624. “ From sandy places near Pondi- 
cherry (Cynanchum inodorum v. Ganosma inodora, Lour. F7. Coch. 166). A climber 
with fistular glabrous stems, leaves rounded-ovate or -lanceolate quite glabrous base 
rounded or cordate, petiole slender, peduncles short, pedicels longer, flowers puberu- 
lous, tube hairy within, stigma conical emarginate exceeding the anthers” (Dene. .c.). 
I have no idea what this is; it is probably a very common plant. 
31. GONGRONEMA, Dene. 
Glabrous twining shrubs or undershrubs. Leaves opposite. Cymes various, 
axillary; flowers small. Calyx 5-partite. Corolla urceolate subrotate or 
broadly campanulate, lobes narrowly overlapping to the right. Column short ; 
coronal scales adnate to the bases of the anthers or 0. Anther-tips inflexed, 
concealing the stigma; pollen-masses solitary in each cell, ovoid, waxy. erect ; 
stigma convex clavate or conical. Follicles acuminate. Seeds comose. DISTRIB. 
Species about 10; Asiatic, African, and Australian. 
* Corolla nearly rotate, tube short. 
l. G. nepalense, Dene. in DC. Prodr. viii. 624; glabrous or cymes 
puberulous, leaves large oblong or ovate acuminate base rounded or cordate, 
cymes very long-peduncled bracteate, corolla-tube short open, lobes ovate, 
coronal process small recurved or obsolete. Gymnema nep lense, W all. Tent. 
Fi. Nep. 50, t. 38, the left-hand leaf only, and Cat. 8192 ; Wight Contrib. 46. 
SuBrRoPICAL HirwALAYA; from Kumaon to Sikkim, alt. 2-4000 ft. Kuasia Mrs, 
alt. 3-5000 ft. . 
An extensive twiner, shoots and cymes puberulous. Leaves 3-6 by 1}-3} in., 
membranous, nerves arching; petiole 1-2 in. Peduncle 2-6 in., generally branching 
into 3 long divaricate arms, each bearing three many-fid. umbels, pedicels short. 
Sepals ovate. Corolla } in. diam., yellow. — Fo/licles slender, 24-3 by $in. — 
Var. sagittatum; leaves linear-oblong base rounded or cordate. G. sagittatum, 
Dene. l.c. Gymnema sagittatum, Wall. Cat. 8194 ; Wight Contrib. 46. G. nepalense, 
Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep. t. 38 (except the left-hand cordate leaf). G. columnare, Wall. Cat. 
8193; Wight § Arn. l.c. Gongronema columnare, Dene. /.c.—Silhet, Assam, and 
Chittagong. Except the narrower leaves and usually shorter peduncles I can find no 
difference between G. sagittatum and nepalense. The processes at the base of the 
column vary very much. 
** Corolla-tube inflated, equalling or exceeding the lobes in length. 
(O2. G. Wallichii, Dene. in DC. Prodr. viii. 624; quite glabrous, leaves 
. elliptic-oblong or -lanceolate acute or acuminate, cymes subsessile few-fld., 
| Crolls-tube hairy within lobes short ovate. Gymnema Wallichii, Wight 
Contrib. 46; Wall. Cat. 8195 A. 
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