!246 Dr. Francis Hamilton's Commentary 



adhaerens, quinquepartitus, laciniis ovatis concavis acutis. 

 Corolla basi piano quinquefida laciniis ovatis acutis planis 

 patulis ; marcescentibus reflexis, margine revolutis. Fila- 

 menta in tubum cylindricum quinquesulcum connata. An- 

 thene quinque foliaceae biloculares, ad latera stigmatis ad- 

 hzerentes. 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. Folliculi duo in- 

 flati, glabri, mucrone recurvato semiovati, rugosi, in dor- 

 sum sulco longitudinali exarati, ad sulcum marginibus ad 

 receptaculum centrale inflexis dehiscentes. Parietes intus 

 fibrose inflatae. 



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 Calotropia 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. JVilld. Sp. PI. 1263? 

 Asclepias gigantea a. Enc. Meth. i. 280 ? (exclusa planta flore 



flavo Egyptiaca.) 

 Habitat in Mithilffi Magadhae et Cosala arenosis. 

 Tota planta a C. gigantea nihil diversa flore excepto minore. 



Flores 



