DBrachystelma.] xcv. AscLEPIADE&. (J. D. Hooker.) 65 
There are probably in India many species of this singular genus, which owing to 
their slender habit and inconspicuous flowers may be overlooked. I cannot find any 
character whereby to distinguish Eriopetalum, Wight, from Brachystelma. The fol- 
lowing descriptions are all very imperfect. 
* Stem erect. 
1. B. levigatum, Hook. f.; leaves minute subulate, umbels sessile, 
corolla glabrous or puberulous, segments thrice as long as the tube, corona with 
a broad 2-toothed lobe between the anthers, and as many narrow oblong ones 
opposite them. — Eriopetalum levigatum, Wight Contrib. 35; Wall. Cat. 8149 ; 
Dene. in DC. Prodr. viii. 646. Gomphocarpus levigatus, Ham. 
NortuErn Ovupk; at Gorukpore, Hamilton. 
, Root the size of a small potato. Stem 12-18 in., pubescent upwards. Umbels 
minutely hispid, as are the subulate sepals. Flowers pendulous, $ in. diam., pale 
dirty purple, with pale green segments. Follicles 3 in. long, erect.—Described partly 
from a drawing in Herb. Kew. 
2. B. parviflorum, Hook. f.; leaves long slender almost filiform 
glabrous, flowers solitary very long-pedicelled, corolla villous segments twice 
as long as the tube, corona shortly irregularly toothed.  Eriopetalum parvi- 
florum, Wight Contrib. 35; Dene. in DC. Prodr. viii. 646. 
Nortu-wrstern Innia; Doongie, Royle (Wight). 
Leaves 4 in. by } in., acuminate. Pedicels 1-2 in. long, bracteate at the base. 
Flowers 3 in. diam., white with a few spots on the tube and purple hairs on the 
Margins and segments. Sepals subulate.—Described from a flower and drawing in 
Herb, Wight. 
3. B. attenuatum, Hook. f.; segments of corolla filiform 4-5 times as 
long as the tube villous, corona shortly irregularly toothed. Eriopetalum 
attenuatum, Wight Contrib. 35; Dene. in DC. Prodr. viii. 646. 
Nortu-wesrern Inp1a ; Doongie, Royle (Wight). . 
Flower 1 in. diameter.—I have s seen only a single flower in Herb. Wight. 
4. B. maculatum, Hook. f.; glabrous, leaves long slender almost fili- 
form, umbels sessile, corolla-lobes 2-3 times as long as the spotted tube keeled 
above down the middle glabrous except a few scattered long cilia, corona with 
5 subulate teeth opposite to and much higher than the anthers. 
Canara or Mysore, Law. mU 
_ Stem 10-12 in. Leaves 3-4 by d in. Flowers 2-3 together, $ in. diam. Sepals 
quite glabrous, subulate. 
5. B. glabrum, Hook. f.; quite glabrous, leaves narrowly linear-lanceo- 
late or strap-shaped acute, umbels sessile, corolla puberulous lobes linear obtuse 
three times as long as the tube, corona very short, minutely toothed. 
Deccan Peninsvta, Beddome. n 
Stem 6 in. Leaves 1-8 by à-l im. Flowers 3 in. diam. 
** Stem twining. 
6. B. volubile, Hook. f.; quite glabrous, leaves long linear slender, 
umbels peduncled, cerolla-lobes many times longer than the tube with very long 
Scattered hairs, margins incurved, column very depressed discoid, corona form- 
ing à low broad obtusely 5-angled cup round its base. 
The Carnatic; on the Cuddapa hills, alt. 2000 ft., Beddome. 
Stem several feet long. Leaves 3-5 by 4-4 in., acuminate. Unt 2-3-fld. 
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