Asclepias, PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 33 
small, smooth, Calyx five-cleft ; segments rounded, Corol 
perfectly rotate, most slightly contorted ; segments ovate, 
speckled with ferruginous marks, on a pale yellow 
ground, Nectarium very short, _the five exterior lamina 
of its five divisions obversely crescent-shaped, . Follicles 
large, linear-oblong, obtuse, smooth, Seeds ovate, thin — 
membrane-margined. Coma large. Integument single, a 
rather thick, light brown. Perisperm conform to the seed, 
thin, white. Embryo straight, inverse. Cotyledons cord- 
ate, thin, five-nerved, large and nearly dividing the peris- 
perm into two. Radicles clavate, pointing to the coma, 
which points to the apex of the. follicle, 
oe A. asthmatica. ‘Willd. L 1270. 
Leaves petioled, long-cordate, downy underneath, 
: lialels, axillary, compound. coheed Segments ensi- 
 ARsiccotti So fie 
. Beng. monet og 
Teling. Kaka- -palla, y 
This is a perennial, twining species ; it is common al- 
most every where, and delights mostin a light sandy soil. 
It flowers during the cold season, 
What is A. alixicaca of Jacquin: See Willd, 1, 12702 
I suspect it is the same or a variety, We have one varie- 
ty in the Botanic Garden at Calcutta with the young 
shoot peduncles and petioles tinged with red. Root of 
many, Jong, thick, whitish, or light ash-coloured fleshy 
fibres, issuing from a small, hard, ligneous head. Stems 
several, twining, slender, tt from 6 to ‘12 feet long ; 
. young parts downy. Leaves opposite, petioled, linear, 
cordate-oyate ; those near the extremities are narrower, 
all are entire ; above smooth; below downy ; from two 
’ to three: eches long. Petioles about half an inch long, 
channelled. Umbels solitary, axillary, and alternate, 
_ generally compound, — Peduneles, and pedicels twice | jhe 
length of the petioles, pRaand, downy, Anvolucre. 
abe shy Fy 
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