Dischidia.\ AsclepiudecE. 1 6 1 



D. volubilis, Benth. in Fl. B. hid. iv. 46 (1883). Kiriang-uixa, 

 k9. Kurincha, T. 



Asclepias volubilis, L. f. Suppl. PI. 170. Hoya viridiflora, Br. in 

 Mem. Wern. Soc. i. 27, Moon Cat. 21. Thw. Enum. 199. C. P. 1855. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iv. 46. Wight, Ic. t. 586. 



A large twining shrub, branches very long, glabrous, often 

 with lenticels ; 1. 3-4^- in., broadly ovate, rounded or sub- 

 cordate at base, suddenly acuminate, acute, glabrous, paler 

 beneath, venation finely reticulate, pellucid, petiole \-\ in.; 

 fl. numerous, on long slender glabrous ped., cymes umbellate, 

 drooping, peduncle 1^-2 in., stiff, bracts filiform, inconspicuous ; 

 cal.-segm. acute, glabrous ; cor.-lobes broadly oval, obtuse, 

 veiny; follicles 3-4 in., slightly tapering to very blunt point, 

 cylindrical, shallowly grooved, glabrous, dull yellow. 



Low country up to 3000 ft; rather common. Fl. March, April; 

 apple-green, sweet-scented. 



Also in India and Java. 



The rather large umbels of bright green flowers are very striking 

 The leaves are eaten in curries : they are also used as a medicine for 

 fevers in children. 



17. DISCKIDIA, Br. 



Epiphytic, herbaceous, creeping not twining, 1. fleshy, fl. 

 few, axillary, very small; sep. 5, ovate, membranous; cor. 

 urceolate, contracted at mouth, lobes 5, very short, valvate ; 

 column very short, stam. 5, connate, anth. with a membranous 

 tip, pollen-masses i in each cell, compressed, pendulous 

 coronal processes adnate to stam., erect, bifid; follicles verj' 

 small, glabrous ; seeds minute, with long coma. — Sp. 24 ; 

 1 1 in Fl. B. hid. (but none in Peninsular India). 



D. Nummularia, Br. Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 461 (1810). 

 Thw. Enum. 198. C. P. 3875. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 49 (not given for Ceylon). Rumph. Herb. Amboin. v. 

 t. 176, f I. 



A small, creeping, epiphytic herb, stems very slender, 

 glabrous, prostrate, rooting at the nodes; 1. very small, \-\ in., 

 very shortly stalked, orbicular, apiculate, glabrous, very fleshy; 

 fl. (not seen) small, pedicellate, 1-3 together in l.-axils; follicles 

 \-\\ in. 



On tree-trunks, very rare, at 2000-3000 ft. Matale Dist., 1865 (Capt. 

 G. L. Williams) ; Telgama Ganga, Lagalla, 1867 (T. N. Beckett). Fl. 

 white (in our drawing ; scarlet according to Fl. B. Ind.). 



Also in Cachar, Burma, Malaya, and Trop. Australia. 



The leaves dry white, and then show the venation. I have never met 

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