AsclepiadacecB.'] ceylon plants. 



197 



3. T. micrantha, Thw.— T. Zeylanka, Decaisne, I. c. p. 608. Cv- 

 nanchummtcrantJium, TJiunb. DO. 1. c. p. 548.~c.p. 2517 



4000 



c p*' 369 ^^^"''''^***' ^''"'' ^^^* ^■*'- P- ^^^' "^^'SH Ic. t. 848.)- 

 4oSYo 7^^00 ^^^'^^'''' ''^ *^^ ^^^*^^1 Province, at an elevation of 



Flores flavidi, pnq)iireo-tincti, vel omniuo fusco-purpurei. 



t. ^277')^^*^"'^*'''^' ^- ^^ ^- (^<^- l-^- P- 611' ™ni syn.; Wight, Ic. 



Var. a. jpulescens, DC. 1. c— c.p. 1857 (1858). 



Var. ^glabra, DC. 1. c.— An Cynanchumfl averts, Thunb. et C. 6rac- 

 /eaf«7«, Tliuub. DC. I.e. p. 549?— c.p. 1849 (1860). 

 « -gl^^- ^f ^^ abundant in tlie warmer parts of tlie island, Nom. vulg. 



Foha ad apiccin petioli sfepe parce glandulosa. f/ora flavidi, plus minus pur- 

 purco-tincti. ' 1 1 



A very variable plant as regards the shape of the leaves and the amount of pu- 

 oescence. The natives employ the roots medicinally. 



12. COSMOSTIGMA, Wight. 



1. C. racemosum, Wight (DC. in DC. Prod. viii. p. 613, cum syn.; 

 W ' ,'iv^- 591.)— C. acuminatum, Wight, Ic. t. 1270.— c.P. 1854. * 

 ilAB. VV armer parts of the island ; common. 



13. MABSDENIA, R. Br. 



1. M. tenacissima, W. et A. (DC. in DC. Prod. i 



5- ; Wight, Ic. t. 590.)— c.p. 2860. 



•tiAB. Hotter parts of the island ; not very common. 



14. GYMNEMA, E. Br. 



'um 



WigK Ic. t. 3490-c.p. 2549. 



Var. /3. Decaisneanum.— G, Deccdsneannm, WigM, Ic. t. 1271. G. 

 ^tmitum DC, 1. c. p. 622 ("non W. et A„" Wielit, 1. c.)— c.p. 1844. 



xmcommon, up to an elevation of 3000 



ro tun datum 



acuminatis. sunerne nilosuHs 



* . " F^'^^^i-^^cinauiosis, subtus cum peuoto longiusculo brevi-tomen-. 

 f^T'^ i^^^^i^zci^Zi^ petiole duplo brevioribus; umbellis geminatis, con- 

 jrlK • ^^' 5^2](7/?2a^e conico staminibus lougiore; folUculis atteuuatis. 



gliibris.— C.P. 3086. 



^AB. Central Province, at an elevation of 3000 feet. 



lomr* '^S^^^"*^^' Cali/cis Mi oblongo-rotnndati, pilosi. Corolla flava, calycc duplo 



