Tylophora.] AsclepiadecB. 157 



Lower montane zone, very rare. Only found at Mutetuwegama, near 

 Balangoda in 1S63 by Thwaites. Fl. April. 

 Also in Nepal and Concan. 



2. T. Zphisia, Decaisne itt DC. Prod. viii. 610 (1844). 

 Thw. Enum. 424 and {T.fascicuhiia)\<^j. C. P. 369. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iv. 40. Wight, Ic. t. 1276. 



Stems flexuose, slightly twining, glabrous, 1. i-2h in., oblong- 

 ovate, rounded at base, acuminate, very acute or apiculate, 

 glabrous, thin, venation conspicuous beneath, fl. small, on long 

 slender ped., cymes branched irregularly, racemose; sep. ovate, 

 acute; cor.-lobes broadly oval, obtuse; column conspicuous, 

 anth. large, coronal processes large, ovoid, fleshy, pollen- 

 masses horizontal or slightly pendulous ; follicles 3 in., fusi- 

 form, point blunt; seed f in., ovate, coma over i in. 



Upper montane zone, rather rare. N. Eliya; Dimbula; Haputale. 

 Fl. April; purple or yellowish-purple. 

 Also in the Nilgiri Mts. 



[r. pauciflora^ W. & A. Wight, Ic. t. 1274. To this is referred, in 

 Fl. B. Ind., Thwaites' T. asthmatica^ var. ^^ glabra., but I think incorrectly. 

 It is a native of S. India only.] 



3. T. znembranifolia, Thw. Enum. 424 (1864). 



C. P. 3793- 



Omitted in Fl, B. Ind. 



Stems long, twining, quite glabrous ; 1. 2I-3 in., ovate, 

 more or less cordate at base, suddenly acuminate, acute or 

 mucronate, glabrous, very thin, petiole f-i in., fl. small, on 

 long filiform ped., cymes very slender, about as long as 1., 

 glabrous, flexuose ; sep. broadly ovate, acute ; coronal pro- 

 cesses a little compressed laterally; follicles 2\ in., slender. 



Low country, rare. Colombo (Ferguson) ; Nalande ; Anuradhapura. 

 Fl. Aug.-Nov. 

 Endemic. 

 Apparently this comes very near T. pauciflora^ W. & A. 



4. T. zeylanica^ Decaisne in DC. Prod. viii. 608 (1844). 

 Cynanchtcjn micranthum, Thunb. Obs. in Cynanch. 5. T. micrantha., 



Thw. Enum. 197. C. P. 2517. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iv. 42. 



Stems long, stout, twining, glabrous ; 1. large, 3-5 in., 

 broadly oval, rounded or subacute at base, shortly acuminate, 

 acute, margin narrowly recurved, glabrous, rather thick and 

 fleshy, midrib with a gland at the base above, lat. veins nearly 

 horizontal, petiole 1-I5 in., stout; fl. very small, numerous, on 

 slender glabrous ped., cymes 4-6 in., longer than 1., stalked, 

 slender, branched ; cal.-segm. deltoid-ovate, subacute, glabrous ; 

 cor.-lobes ovate, obtuse ; column small, coronal processes 



