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Flores ante maturitatem orbiculati, depress!, extra albido- 

 subrubicundi, intus purpurei, odorati ; at herba graveolens. 

 CorollcB basis convexus, laciniae erectae. Coronce corpuscula 

 basi acuto recurvo adscendentia, apice bifido patula. Fol- 

 lictili 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 Linnaeus in the Flora Zeylanica, although the form 

 of its leaves is different. I shall here however give an account 

 of it. 



Calotropis Ada nectariis apice trilobo incumbentibus, basi subu- 

 lato patentibus. 



Asclepias foliis oblongo-ovalibus amplexicaulibus. Liiin. Fl. 

 Zeyl. 112? (exclusis synonymis nisi forte Hermanni omni- 

 bus.) 



Aki Hindice. 



Habitat in Mithilae 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- 

 tiolm 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, unitiori, flore longiores, tomentosi. Brac- 

 tecE plano-subulata3, parvae, ad pedicellorum basin. Flores 

 magni, extra albidi, intus purpurei, ante maturitatem ovati 

 acuti foveis quinque magnis insculpti. Colyx corolla di- 



midio 



