ASCLEPIADACEAE 1075. 
15. METASTELMA R. Br. Slender vines, with narrow leaf-blader Calyx- 
lobes longer than the corolla-tube. Corolla rotate- ME e: lobes pubes- 
cent within. Crown adnate to the base of - 
the "— be: slender, curved over 
th iers. Stigma flat——About 25 spe- = zz 
cies, mostly tropical American. 
1. M. Blodgettii A. Gray. Leaf-blades iri 
or linear-lanceolate, 8-27 mm. long: calyx- 
lobes broadly ovate about 1 mm. pend 
Or i ; lobes 
.5 mm. long, 
penieillate-bearded D crown-lobes 
l 
subulate: follicles 4-5 em. long.—Ham- 
mocks and sand-dunes, : Pa and S Tex.— 
Spr.—fall.—As in the c of Ampl dis 
this plant often makes ped growth o 
bushes, but it generally holds its leaves. 
16. EPICION Small. Slender vines, with relatively broad leaf-blades. 
Calyx-lobes shorter than the corolla-tube. Corolla eampanulate: lobes pubes- 
cent within. Crown adnate to the top of 
the elongate column: lobes nartow. Stigma 
flat or depressed.—Three or four species, 
tropieal American. 
E. Northropiae (Schlecht.) Small. Leaf- 
: 0-9 m 
es E the tube, i crown- obe 
long: follicles 5—6.5 em. long. 
[Metastima Northropiae Schlecht. D 
mocks and pinelands, 2 hos na 
and Florida Keys.—(W. I.)— yea 
E. bahamense, formerly Seu p Flor- 
ida, is confin ed t the Bahamas and C It has smaller e than £E. 
Northropiae, with. a short corolla-tube and a | very short gynostegiu 
CYCLODON Small Stout twining vines. Leaf-blades broad, with 
an open basal S mes few-flowered, short-peduneled. Calyx-lobes 5, 
orollà ro- 
tate, glabrous within: lobes pua wide. 
Crown an irregularly 5-lobed disk, the lobes 
erose. Column distinct, with E horn-like 
appendages free or adnate at its base. Fol- 
lieles armed.—Several species, mainly tropi- 
alabamense (Vail) e Stem 
hort- I I: blades ovate ellip- 
Dcos ate, 6—15 cm. long, the basal lobes not 
overlapping: cal yx- -lobes ovate, hirsute, the 
basal glands in pairs: corolla mainly green- 
ish-yellow; be elliptic, 6-7 mm. long, 
