198 ENUMERATION OF \_Ascl€piadacem^ 



3. G. lactiferum, R. Br. (DC. 1. c. p. 622, cum syn.) — G, Zcylanicitm, 



Decaisne, 1. c. — c.P. 2580. 



Var. /3 ; foliis subtns moUitcr parce pubescentlbus. — c*p. 1847. 

 Hab. Wot uncommon, up to an elevation of 3000 feet. 



FoUimiK (var. a) lanceolati, 3^ poll, longi, | poll, in lat. max., obtusi, stcpius 

 atortu solitarii, Juniores ovati vcl oblongi. 



15. BIDARIA, Endl. 



1, B. pergularioides, Thw. ; volubilis ; ramulis ciim petiolis, pe- 

 duiiculis pedicellisqae pubescentibua ; foliis subglabris, ellipticis rel 

 oblongis, plus minus acuminatis, basi acutis vel rotundatis, ad apicem 



petioli glaudulosis ; pediinculis petiolo sub^equilongis ; pedicellis bre- 



vibus ; folUculis lineari-lanceolatis, valde attenuatis, pnberulis, denique 

 &.nhgVahvis.~G^mnema pergularioides, Wight et Gardner, MSS. — An 

 Cynanclium cuspidatam, Tliunb. DC. I.e. p. 548? 



Var. a ; corollce tubo lobis calycinis 2-3-plo longiore ; folUculis lou- 

 glusculis.— C.P. 2671, 2672. 



Var. ^; foliis minoribua, firmioribus ; corollce ^m5o lobis calycinis vix 

 longiore ; folUculis brevioribus. — c.p. 1848, 



Folia 14-6 (var. j3, 1-2) poll, longa, i-2 poll. (var. $, 3-10 He.) lata ; petiolo 

 2-7 lin. longo. Pedicelli corollse tubo subsequilongi. Calycis lobi ovati, subacuti. 

 Corolla flava, spepias plus minus rub vo- tin eta, 3-4 (var. j3, 2-3) lin. in cxp., lobis 

 ovato-lanceolatls. FoUicuU 5-6 (var. ^, circiter 3) poll, longi, 3 liu. lati. 



Tliis variable species is evidently very closely allied to B. elegans, Decaisne. 



16. LEPTADENIA, E, Br. 



W. et A. ^Decaisnfi in DC Vr 



syn. ; Wiglit, Ic. t. 350.)— An Cyy. 

 p. 548 P— C.P. 1846. 



Hab. Anooradhapoora, Gardner, 



Ic. t. 348.)— c.p. 1856 (1859). 



17. HETEROSTEMMA, W. et A. 



W. et A. fDC. in DC. Prod. viii. p. 630; Wight 



an elevation of 4000 



18. DISCHIDIA, R. Br. 



1. ? D. nummnlaHa, R. Br. (DC. in DC. Prod. viii. p. 632, cum syn.) 



I have a drawing, made some years ago, from a plant collected in the island, which 

 is either D. nunimulana or a species very closely allied to it, hut unfortunately the 

 specimen was ;iot preserved, nor is the particular locality in which it was found 



recorded. 



19. HOYA, R. Br. 



1. H. ovalifolia, W. et A. (Wight, Ic. t. 847.)— C.P. 2670. 

 Hab, Not very uncommon in the Amb; 

 elevation. 



Folia ad apicem petioli glandulosa. Flares albidi, plus minus rubro-tincti 



