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adhærens, quinquepartitus, laciniis ovatis concavis acutis. 
Corolla basi plano quinquefida laciniis ovatis acutis planis 
patulis; marcescentibus reflexis, margine revolutis. Fila- 
menta in tubum cylindricum quinquesulcum connata. An- 
there quinque foliaceæ biloculares, ad latera stigmatis ad- 
hærentes.  Pollinis grana geminata ex stigmatis angulis. 
Corona staminea simplex composita ex corpusculis quinque 
compressis, dorso filamentorum ad sulcos longitudinaliter 
adnatis, apice incurvo tridentato in antheras incumbentibus, 
basi obtuso spiraliter revoluto genitalia ambientibus. Ger- 
mina duo. Styli subulati. Stigma maximum, truncatum, 
margine pentagono acutangulo cinctum. — lolliculi duo in- 
flati, glabri, mucrone recurvato semiovati, rugosi, in dor- 
sum sulco longitudinali exarati, ad sulcum marginibus ad 
receptaculum centrale inflexis dehiscentes. —Parietes intus 
fibroso inflatæ. 
In the central districts of Gangetic India I have found a spe- 
cies differing from the preceding in only a few particulars men- 
tioned below, and which may be the Calotropis procera of Persia, 
if that be different from the Beid el Ossar of Egypt with a yel- 
low flower, which is certainly not the same with this Indian 
plant. 
Calotropis procera ? nectariis apice bifidis, basi acuto adscen- 
dentibus. | 
Calotropis procera. Hort. Kew. ii. 78? Enc. Meth. Sup. v. 591? 
ubi errore Caloptris dicitur. | 
Asclepias procera. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1263? 
Asclepias gigantea æ. Enc. Meth. i. 280? (exclusa planta flore 
flavo Egyptiaca.) 
Habitat in Mithile Magadhæ et Cosalæ arenosis. 
Tota planta a C. gigantea nihil diversa flore excepto minore. 
Flores 
