158 A sclepiadece. [ Tylophora. 



fleshy ; follicles 4-5 in., narrow, cylindrical, long-pointed, 

 slightly divaricate; seeds | in., oblong, coma i^ in. 



Moist region, 2000-4000 ft., rather rare. Hantane ; Watagoda. Fl. 

 July ; purple. 



Also in Travancore. 



The follicles are copiously produced, and pendulous in clusters. 



5. T. tenuis, Bl. Bijd. 1062 (1826). 



Asclepias dicJwtoina, Rottl. in Wall. Cat. n. 8200. T. carnosa, Wall. 

 Wight, Contrib. 49. Thw. Enum. 196. C. P. 1852. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 42. Wight, Ic. t. 351 {T. carnosa) and t. 588 {T. tenuis- 

 sivia). 



Stem long, much branched, very slender, widely twining, 

 glabrous; 1. small, \-\\ in. (often larger on main stem), oblong- 

 oval, obtuse at both ends, apiculate, glabrous, rather thick, 

 petiole short ; fl. very small, on long, slender, divaricate ped., 

 cymes longer than 1., pedunculate, very slender, simple or 

 branched, glabrous ; cal.-segm. lanceolate, acute, nearly 

 glabrous; cor.-lobes triangular, acute; follicles 2-4 in., cylin- 

 drical, membranous, point sharp ; seeds \ in., coma f in. 



Low country, especially in the dry region and near the coast, rather 

 common. Fl. Dec.-Feb., July; purple. First collected at Colombo by 

 Rottler. 



Also in India, Burma, and Malaya. 



6. T. cordifolia, Thw. Eman. 196 (i860). 

 C. P. 717. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 44. 



Stems long, slender, much branched, twining, glabrous, the 

 young parts slightly pubescent; 1. small, \-\\-, oblong-ovate, 

 cordate at base, obtuse but sharply apiculate, glabrous, stiff, 

 petiole pubescent above; fl. rather large (for genus), on slender 

 glabrous ped., solitary or two together at end of short glabrous 

 peduncle from between the petioles ; cal.-segm. ovate, sub- 

 acute, glabrous; cor.-lobes ovate, acute, column small, coronal 

 processes oblong, laterally compressed, produced above into 

 free points; follicles 1^-3 in., divaricate, membranous. 



Moist region, 2000-4000 ft.; rather common. Ambagamuwa; Dolos- 

 bagie; Deltota. An outlying station is Ritigala Hill, N.C. Prov. Fl. 

 Jan., July; purple. 



Endemic. 



7. T. asthxnatica, \V. &= A. Cofifrib. 51 (1834). Bin-nug-a, 5. 

 Peypalai, Nancharapanchan, T. 



Herm. i'ar. P>,it. 55 ; Mus. 52. Fl. Zeyl. n. 490. Asclepias asthinatica, 

 L. f. Sujipl. PI. 171. Hoya /lirsttta, Moon Cat. 21. Thw. Enum. 197. 

 C. P. 1857. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 44. Wight, Ic. t. 1277. Bentl. and Trim. Med. PI. 

 t. 177- 



