146 Asclepiade{r. [Toxocarpus. 



3. SECAraONE, Br. 



A diffuse semi-shrubby perennial, fl. very small, cymes 

 small, paniculate; cal.-segm. short, rounded, imbricate; cor. 

 rotate, lobes 5, oval, saccate at base, contorted; fil. connate, 

 broad, pollen-masses waxy, 2 in each cell ; corona staminal, 

 of 5 processes adnate to column ; stigma short, bifid, cor- 

 puscles very small ; follicles plano-convex, tapering, di\ari- 

 cate ; seeds narrow, compressed, coma long. — Sp. 24 ; i in 

 Fl. B. Ind. 



S. emetica,* Br. in Mem. Wern. Soc. i. 56 (181 1). 



Thw. Enum. 195. C. P. 1851. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 36. Wight, Ic. t. 1283. 



Stems numerous, slightly twining, slender, wiry, glabrous, 

 cylindrical, much thickened at nodes ; 1. 2-2^ in., linear- 

 lanceolate or linear, acute at base, tapering and very acute at 

 apex, glabrous, petiole short, slender; fl. on slender pubescent 

 ped., cymes stalked, lax, dichotomous, bracts small, woolly- 

 pubescent; cal. pubescent, segm. ciliolate; cor. under ^in. diam., 

 lobes oblong-oval, obtuse; follicles 2-3 in., much acuminate, 

 smooth. 



Dry and intermediate country below 2000 ft., rather rare. Jaffna^ 

 Puttalam; Kurunegala; Hangurankette. Fl. June, July : yellow. 

 Also in S. India. 



4. TOXOCARPUS, W. 6- A. 

 Shrubby twiner, fl. moderate-sized, cymes paniculate ; cak 

 very small, segm. 5, narrow ; cor. with .short tube, lobes 5, 

 oblong-linear, recurved, contorted ; fil. connate, anth. small, 

 pollen-masses very small, waxy, 2 in each cell, corona staminal, 

 of 5 processes produced into acute erect tongues above the 

 column ; stigma thick, with a long fusiform erect appendage 

 extending much beyond the column ; follicles divaricate, 

 smooth. — Sp. 14; 8 in /7. B. Ind. 



T. Kleinll, W. Or' A. Cent rib. 61 (1834). 



Thw. Enum. 195. C. P. 2578. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 14. Wight, Ic. t. 886. 



A twining shrub, stems long, more or less tomentose with 

 rufous hair ; 1. 2-2i in., lanceolate or oval, acute at base, shortly 

 acuminate, glabrous above, usually rusty-pubescent beneath, 

 thick, petiole 'i-\ in., fl. on ped , cymes usually shorter than 1., 



* Said by Thunberg to be used as an emetic in India. 



