44 XCV. ASCLEPIADEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Tylophora. 
nearly so, cymes sessile or peduncle short, rachis flexuous with umbels or 
racemes at the flexures, pedicels long capillary, sepals ovate hispid, corolla- 
lobes short, coronal processes gìbbous.—T. carnosa, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 
160. Tylophora n. 23 and T. pauciflora? Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. $ T. 
Concan and Maranzamn, Stocks, Law, &c. . . 
Leaves very variable, 2-4 in., quite glabrous or puberulous on the petiole margins 
and nerves beneath ; petiole }-} in. Peduncles nearly half as long as the leaves; 
rachis often zigzag, sometimes clavate, hispid at the insertion of the pedicels; flowers 
always numerous, sometimes in a globose mass 13 in. diam., usually laxer ; pedicels 
4-1 in. Corolla 4-4 in. diam, Follicles 3-4 in. poniard-shaped, glabrous. Seeds 
1 iv., broadly ovate.— This is the T. carnosa of Dalzell and Gibson, but not of Wight, 
from whose plant it differs in the pubescence, larger leaves, shorter peduncles, and 
many-flowered umbels. It differs from 7. rotundifolia in the much smaller flowers 
and longer petioles ; it also closely resembles T. asthmatica, but has shorter sepals and 
wholly adnate processes. 
19. 'T. exilis, Coleb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xii. 858, t. 16; stem slender and 
cymes finely sparsely villous, leaves ovate-oblong or -lanceolate acuminate 
nearly glabrous, peduncles long slender flexuous simple or branched bearing 
fow-fid. sessile umbels, pedicels very short, sepals ovate hispid, corolla-lobes 
short, coronal processes gibbous. Wight Contrib. 50; Wall. Cat. 8206 ; Dene. 
in DC. Prodr. viii. 608. Pergularia exilis, Spreng. Syst. i. 844. 
Assam, Masters. Siruet, Wallich. Cuxtrracona, Colebrooke. MALACCA, Griffith. 
Very similar to T. tenuis, but with larger leaves, hairy branchlets cymes petioles 
and midrib of the leaf above, and very short pedicels rarely } in. long. Follicles 
3} in. long, very membranous. Seeds } in. long, ovate. 
tt Coronal processes adnate below to the column ; tips free, reaching as high 
as the stigma. 
20. T. cordifolia, Thwaites Enum. 196; nearly glabrous, leaves small 
coriaceous ovate-cordate apiculate, peduncles very short 1-2-fid., sepals ovate 
glabrous, corolla-lobes short, coronal processes strongly laterally compressed; 
dilated upwards. 
Cryton ; common in the central provinces, Walker, Thwaites. . 
Stem slender and petioles puberulous. Leaves 3-1 in., thin, firm, shining ; petiole 
1o-& in. Peduncle 3-4 in. capillary. Corolla 3 in. diam., dark purple, lobes obtuse. 
“ Follicles usually solitary, 2 in. long, slender, glabrous" (Thwaites).—The column 
with its processes is obconic (as in some non-Indian species) from the upward dilata- 
tion of the processes which radiate from it. 
21. T. tenerrima, Wight Contrib. 50; nearly glabrous, leaves ligulate 
or linear-lanceolate obtuse apiculate or acuminate, eymes peduncled 2—4-fld., 
sepals ovate-lanceolate hispid, corolla-lobes linear-oblong puberulous within, 
coronal processes gibbous or globose with free incurved cuspidate tips. Wall. 
Cat. 8207; Dene. in DC. Prodr. viii. 610. Homostyles tenerrima, Wall. mss. 
Suprroricat HiwALAYA ; alt. 3-6000 ft., from Kumaon, Royle, to Sikkim, J. D. H. 
Stem very slender and much branched. Leaves 1-2 by 15-3 in., nerveless ; petiole 
very short. Peduncles capillary, usually shorter than the leaves; pedicels }-} in 
Corolla 4 in. diam. Follicles not seen. , p H 
22. T. asthmatica, Wight § Arn. Contrib. 51; glabrous pubescent or 
tomentose, leaves ovate rounded or oblong apiculate acute or acuminate, base 
usually cordate, peduncles shorter than the leaves bearing 2-3 sessile few- oT 
many-fld. umbels, pedicels long capillary, sepals long lanceolate hispid, corolla 
large lobes short acute, coronal processes gibbous or globose with free cuspidat® 
