104 LXXXITI. ASCLEriA-DACE.'E. 



5. Tylophora asthmatica, Wight Sf-Arn.in WiyJit, Contrlh. (1834) 

 p. 51. A twining perennial ; roots many, long, fleshy ; stems elongate, 

 glabrous or pubescent, not much branched. Leaves 2-4 by l-^j in., 

 ovate or elliptic-oblong, acute or acuminate, often apiculate, glabrous or 

 nearly so above, more or less pubescent (especially when young) beneath, 

 base usually cordate ; petioles ^-g in. long. Flowers large for the genus, 

 in umbellate cymes ; peduncles from between the petioles, shorter than 

 the leaves, each bearing at its apex 2-3 nearly sessile umbels ; pedicels 

 filiform with a number of filiform hairy bracts at their base. Calyx 

 coarsely hairy outside, divided almost to the base ; segments yLj in. long, 

 lanceolate, very acute. Corolla greenish-yellow or greenish-purple, 

 i-| in. long; lobes ^ in. long, oblong, acute; corona gibbous below% 

 abruptly narrowed at the apex to a free point which reaches nearly as 

 high as the apex of the style. Pollen-masses minute, transverse, attached 

 to the pollen-carriers by distinct caudicles. Style-apex not exserted 

 beyond the anther-tips. Follicles 3-4 in. long, tapering to a fine point 

 at the apex, scarcely tapering towards the base, finely striate, glabrous. 

 Seeds ^ in. long, broadly ovate ; coma |-1 in. long. 11. B. I. v. 4, p. 44; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 150 ; Wight, Icon. t. 1277 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 158 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 167; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 6, part 4, p. 204. — Flowers: Aug.-Nov. Vekn. Antamul; 

 P'ltmdri. 



KoNKAN : Vingorla, Stocks ! Deccan : Lanoli, JVondrow ; Gokak, Woodrow. 

 Kanaka : Law ! ; Kusardi, Ritchie, 1857 ! — Distrib. Throughout the plains of India ; 

 Ceylon, Siam, Malay Islands, Borneo. 



The roots and leaves are used as a substitute for ipecacuanha, and were oflicinal iu 

 the Bengal Pharmacopoeia of 1844. See Watt, Diet. Ecou. Prod. 1. c. 



10. PERGULARIA, Linn. 



Twining shrubs. Leaves opposite. Flowers of moderate size, in 

 lateral umbellate cymes. Calyx .5-partite. Corolla hypocrateriform ; 

 tube inflated at the base ; lobes 5, overlapping to the right ; corona of 5 

 erect lobes arising from the base of the staminal-column and adnate to 

 it in the lower part, free above and with a narrow or subulate process 

 on the face. Staminal-column arising from the base of the corolla ; 

 anthers oblong, erect, with long membranous appendages conniving over 

 the style-apex ; pollen-masses 1 in each anther-cell, erect, attached in 

 pairs to the pollen-carriers by very short caudicles. Style-apex not 

 exserted beyond the anther-tips, stout, pentagonal-ovoid. Follicles 

 lanceolate, terete, rather turgid. Seeds coraose. — Disteib. Species 

 about 10, Asiatic and African. 



1. Pergularia pallida, Wicjht cf" Am. in Wight, Contrib. (1834) 

 p. 42. A large twining shrub ; branches pale, slender, more or less 

 pubescent. Leaves 2-4^ by l|-3 in., ovate, acuminate, glabrous or 

 slightly pubescent, pale and reticulately veined beueath ; petioles |-2 in, 

 long, ])ubescent. Flowers not or scarcely fragrant, in umbellate lateral 

 cymes ; peduncles from between the petioles ^-^ in. long, pubescent ; 

 pedicels g iu. long, pubescent. Calyx pubescent outside, divided to the 

 base; sepals i in. long, oblong, obtuse, ciliate. Corolla pale-yellow, 

 I in. long, divided to below the middle; tube ^ in. long, intlated*at the 

 base, glabrous inside except near the base where it is slightly hairy ; 



