80 ASCLEPIADACEiE 



SARCOSTEMMA. f.b.i. 95 xxvii. 



Leafless plants with thin cylindrical green stems. 

 Flowers in umbels. Corona a membranous cup. Folli- 

 cles smooth. 



Species few. 



Sarcostcmma brcvistigma W. & A. ; KB J, iv 26, 

 XXVII I. Stem as thick as an ordinary wooden pen- 

 holder, with joints 4 to 6 inches apart. Umbels terminal 

 sessile, i to ij^ inch diameter. Pedicels J^ inch. 

 Flowers ^ inch greenish white. Follicles 4 to 5 by J^ 

 inch. Seeds flat Ve^oM inch. t. 420. 



Nilgiris : at about 5,000 feet and below on rocks. Dolphins 

 Nose near Coonoor, etc. Fyson 6408. 



Gen. Dist, Deccan and plains in dry places. 



TYLOPHORA. 



Tylophora mollissima Wight; Vol. I p. 282. t. 421. 

 Tylophora tenuis Blume; Vol. I p. 282. t. 422. 



DREGEA. 



Climbing shrubs with opposite cordate acuminate 

 leaves and comparatively large green flowers in axillary 

 umbels. Corona in the form of 5 masses narrowed at 

 their inner ends, broad and rounder at the outer. Polli- 

 niums 10 in all, erect. Pods hard thick. 



Species few in India, Malaya and tropical Africa. 



Dregca volubilis Benth.; RB.L iv 46, XXXIX I. A tall 

 stout climber on even large trees. Leaves 3 to 6 inches, 

 broadly ovate, cordate acuminate. Peduncles as long. 

 Umbels drooping of numerous green flowers. Petals 

 triangular, 54 inch long. Pods 3 to 4 inches by I to ij^. 

 Smooth and black outside, pale straw-coloured and 

 glossy inside. Seeds J^ black, flat. t. 423. 



Niigiris : Coonoor on Lambs Rk. Rd., Droog, etc. Common. 

 Flowers summer months. Fyson 2 ^^^t 6298, 



