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Flores ante maturitatem orbiculati, depressi, extra albido- 
subrubicundi, intus purpurei, odorati ; at herba graveolens. 
Corolle basis convexus, lacini; erectæ. Coronæ corpuscula 
basi acuto recurvo adscendentia, apice bifido patula. Fol- 
liculi mucrone recto acuminati. 
I have seen still another Calotropis, which, on account of its 
simple herb-like stem and smooth leaves, may possibly be that 
described by Linnæus in the Flora Zeylanica, although the form 
of its leaves is different. I shall here however give an account 
of it. 
Calotropis Acia nectariis apice trilobo incumbentibus, basi subu- 
lato patentibus. : 
Asclepias foliis oblongo-ovalibus amplexicaulibus. Linn. Fl. 
Zeyl. 112? (exclusis synonymis nisi forte Hermanni omni- 
bus.) 
Aki Hindice. 
Habitat in Mithilæ borealis sylvis. 
Caulis lignosus, 2 vel 3 pedes altus, simplex, compressus, ut tota 
planta lactescens, apice indutus tomento albido evanido. 
Folia opposita, rigida, internodiis longiora, petiolata, basi 
obtusiuscula sed semper omnino integra, acuta, elliptica, 
integerrima, plana, crassa, costis alternis raris subvenosa, 
tomento albo maturitate omnino evanescente induta. Pe- 
tiolus brevissimus, sed multo quam in C. gigantea longior, 
apice supra folii basin substrigoso.  Pedunculus communis 
interfoliaceus, solitarius, rigidus, alternus, compressus, al- 
bido tomentosus, multiflorus, subbifidus. Pedicelli sub- 
umbellati, teretes, uniflori, flore longiores, tomentosi. Brac- 
tee plano-subulatæ, parva, ad pedicellorum basin. Flores 
magni, extra albidi, intus purpurei, ante maturitatem ovati 
acuti foveis quinque magnis insculpti. Calya corolla di- 
midio 
