Marsde}tia.'\ AsclepiadecB. 1 55 



peduncle about as long as petiole ; cal.-segm. oblong-oval, 

 obtuse; cor.-tube thrice as long as cal.-segm., lobes as long as 

 tube, oblong-lanceolate, acute, spreading or recurved, corona 

 of 5 fleshy ridges in the cor.-tube; follicles not divaricate, 

 4|-6 in., cylindrical, tapering to long sharp point. 



Var. )8, Gardneri, Hk.f. L c. C. P. 1848. 



L. smaller, 1-2 in., oval, shortly acuminate, thicker ; fl. 

 rather smaller ; cal.-segm. lanceolate, acute, nearly as long 

 as cor.-tube ; follicles shorter, 2|-3 in. 



Var. y, stenoloba, Hk.f. I. c. (sp.) C. P. 2672. 



L. larger, 3-6 in., glabrous, very membranous ; fl. fewer and 

 larger; cor.-lobes longer than tube, narrowly linear; follicles 

 as in the type. 



Moist region from 2000-6000 ft.; rather rare. Deltota; Dimbula. 

 Var. /3, Adam's Peak; N. Eliya. Var. y, Ambagamuwa. Fl. Jan.-April, 

 August ; greenish-yellow or pink. 



Endemic. 



I do not think var. stenoloba deserves the specific rank accorded it 

 in Fl. B. Ind. 



13. MARSDENIA,* /?;-. 



Large shrubby twiner, fl. rather small, numerous, cymes 

 large, paniculate, axillary; cal.-segm. 5 (almost distinct sep.) ; 

 cor. sub-campanulate, lobes 5, obtuse, contorted ; stam. 5, 

 connate, anth. with inflexed tip, pollen-masses i in each cell, 

 stalked, oblong, erect, corona staminal, of 5 flat, erect, scales 

 adnate to back of anth. ; stigma large, convex ; follicles large, 

 fusiform; seeds with long coma. — Sp. 50; 11 in FL B. Ind, 



"SIL. tenacissima, Moon Cat. 21 (1824). Muruva-dul, S. 



Thw Enum. 197. C. P. 2860. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 35. Wight, Ic. t. 590, copied from Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 

 240 {Asdepias). 



Twining shrub, branches very stout, bluntly angular, 

 densely velvety and hairy; 1. very large, 6-^ in. and nearly 

 as wide, deeply cordate, with rounded lobes at base, shortly 

 acuminate, acute, softly velvety on both sides or nearly 

 glabrous above, petiole about 3 in., softly hairy; fl. on rather 

 long hairy ped., cymes much branched, hairy ; cal.-segm. 

 oblong, hairy, cor. velvety outside, lobes as long as tube, 

 oblong, obtuse, spreading ; follicles 6 in., tapering to point, 

 smooth. 



* In honour of William Marsden, F.R.S., author of the 'History of 

 Sumatra.' Died in 1836. 



