ASCLEPIADACEiE ^^ 



Rauwolfia dcnsiflora Benth.; F.B.I, iii 633, VII 3. 

 Leaves obovate or oblanceolate, shortly acuminate about 

 4 by 2 inch, with 8 to 16 regularly disposed pairs of 

 lateral nerves. Flowers white, in much bifurcating 

 corymbose cymes. Corolla tube inflated at the top. 

 t. 417. 



Nilgiris ; in light sholas near Coonoor and Kotagiri, 

 common flowering summer months, the white flowers very 

 conspicuous. 



ASCLEPIADACEyE. 



See Vol. I p. 281, and add : 



BRACHYLEPIS. f.b.i. 95 iv. 



Brachylcpis nervosa W. & A.; F.B.I, iv 7, IV I. 

 A fairly, stout climbing shrub, pubescent on the young 

 parts. Leaves broadly elliptic or ovate, about 3 by 2 

 inches, coriaceous, dark green, glabrous and glossy on the 

 upper side. Flowers % inch diameter greenish outside, 

 purplish inside ; in terminal or axillary dichotomous 

 cymes. Coronal scales broad. Pollen masses two in 

 each cell (20 in all) granular, t. 418. 



Nilgiris : Kotagiri, Wellington, etc. 



Gen, Dist. Only these hills. 



CYNANCHUM. f.b.i. 95 xxvi. 



Twining plants with rather slender stems, opposite 

 leaves, and small greenish flowers, in which the corona is 

 in the form of a white wavy cup, and the pollen masses 

 are solitary in their cells (10 in all) and pendulous 

 (the translator being at the top). \! 



Species about 100. 



Cynanchum alatum W. & A. ;F,B.I. iv 23, XXVI 5. 

 Leaves nearly oblong, cordate, acute glabrous. Pedun- 

 cles of umbels J^ inch ; pedicels Yz inch. Pod I J^ to 2 

 inches, t. 419. 



On both plateaus, not uncommon. Fyson 3545; 315^7. 



