46 PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. AsckpiaS. 



This is another large, woody, twining plant ; a native 

 of mountainous tracts. 



Leaves opposite, petioled, oblong, pointed, entire, 

 smooth on both sides ; about five inches long. Umbels so- 

 litary, lateral, compound, longer than the petioles. Invo- 

 lucres lanceolate. Flowers numerous, middle sized, whit- 

 ish. Calyx five parted. Corol tubular ; tube five-sided ; 

 on the inside are five pair of elevated, hairy ridges ; di- 

 vions of the border linear. Nectary, stamens, and stig- 

 ma, as in A. geminata. 



20. A, longistigma. R. 



Leaves oblong. Panicles axillary, dichotomous ; divi- 

 sions of the corols linear ; common stigma sublanceolate ; 

 and elevated above the nectary. Stem twining, woody, 

 smooth ; young shoots covered with dark rust coloured 

 down. Leaves opposite, petioled, oval, waved, pointed, 

 of a smooth, shining, firm texture ; when very young 

 covered with the same rusty down. Petioles short, 

 generally crooked, covered with rust-coloured liairs. Pa- 

 nicles axillary, solitary, dichotomous, much shorter than 

 the leaves. Flowers yellow, fragrant. Corol tubular ; 

 divisions of the border linear, a little twisted. Stigma 

 common, green, oblong, pointed, elevated high above 

 the nectary, only its base where the anthers are attach- 

 ed, is enveloped by the apex of the nectary. 



21. A. odorotissima. R. 



Bark of the woody parts suberose. Leaves cordate, soft, 

 though not downy. Nectary and organs of fructification 

 shorter than the tube cf the corol, which is wooly within. 

 Stigma subglobular. 



Pergularia odoratissima. Smith's coloured figures of 

 rare plants; fasc 3. N. 16. 



Pergularia Minor B. M, N. 755. 



