Lxxxiii. asclepivdace.t:. 165 



lobes § in. long, linear, obtuse, overlapping to tlie right, glabrous ; 

 _ corona-lobes linear, with a long slightly bent beaked process projecting 

 from the inner edge. Anther-appendages very long, membranous, sub- 

 acute ; pollen-masses 3L iu. long, oblong or slightly clavate, erect on 

 short distinct caudicles. Style-apex not exserted, stout. Follicles 

 21-4 in. long, lanceolate, somewhat turgid, tapering to a blunt point, 

 glabrous. Seeds ^ by i in., ovate, strongly margined, flattened, rounded 

 at the base, truncate at the apex, pale brown, glabrous ; coma 1 in. long. 

 El. B. I. V. 4, p. 38 ; AVight, Icon. t. 585 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, 

 p. 237; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 167.— Flowers : 

 July-Aug. 



Dcdzell m Herb. Kew. without locality. Deccan : Talhot. S. M. Country : stony 

 hills near Dharwar, Talbot. — Distrib. India (Tropical Himalaya, Central India, 

 Behar, Birma). 



Pergidaria minor, Andr. Bot. B,ep. t. 184. A large climber, a native 

 of the Himalayas, with ovate, cordate, acuminate leaves 3 in. long and 

 umbellate cymes of greenish-yellow sweetly scented flowers. It is 

 largely grown in gardens, and is much valued for its fragrant flowers, 

 from whicli, according to Watt, an attar is extracted. Fl. B. I. v. 4, 

 p. 38 ; Bot. Mag. t. 755 ; AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) 

 p. 167 ; Watt, Diet, Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 1, p. 139. Pergularia odo- 

 ratissima, Wight, Contrib. p. 43 {not of Sm.) ; (irah. Cat. p. 120 ; Dalz. 

 & Gibs. Suppl. p. 54 ; Woodr. Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 383. — Veen. 

 Kunja-luta. 



17. MARSDENIA, E. Br. 



Twining rarely erect shrubs. Leaves opposite. Flowers medium- 

 sized or small, in umbellate cymes or in small sessile umbels or clusters 

 scattered along the branches of the cymes or panicles which are lateral 

 or axillary. Calyx 5-partite. Corolla subcampanulate ; lobes 5, over- 

 lapping to the right ; corona of 5 erect fleshy lobes arising from and 

 with their basal portion adnata to the staminal-column, the apical portion 

 free, applied to the backs of the anthers. Staminal-column arising from 

 or near the base of the corolla ; anthers erect, with membranous appen- 

 dages more or less incumbent on tlie top of the style ; pollen-masses 

 erect, 1 in each anther-cell, attached in pairs to the pollen-carriers by 

 short or long moderately stout caudicles. Style-apex depressed, convex, 

 conical or produced into a beak. Follicles with a thick pericarp, smooth, 

 sometimes winged. Seeds comose. — Distrib. Tropics of both hemi- 

 spheres, 1 species in the Mediterranean region ; species about 70. 



I have followed Mr. N. E. Brown (Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. v. 4, p. 417) 

 in including the genus JDregea in Marsdenia. 



Corolla hairy outside ; corona-lobes acute at top 1 . M. tenacissima. 



Corolla glabrous outside ; corona-lobes rounded at top. 



Leaves broadly ovate 2. M. voluhUis. 



Leaves lanceolate 3. M. lanceolata. 



1. Marsdenia tenacissima, Wight Sf Am. in Wight, Contrib. 

 (1834) p. 41. A large twining shrub, the old stems with grey corky 

 bark ; branchlets softly pubescent. Leaves 3-6 by 2|-4^ in,, broadly 

 ovate, acuminate, hairy above, densely and softly tomentose beneatli. 



