166 LXXXIir. ASCI.EPI.VDACE.T!:. 



base cordate with a deep sinus and rounded lobes ; petioles 2-3 in. long, 

 softly pubescent. Flowers greenish-yellow, in dense unich-branched 

 compound pubescent cymes ; peduncles arising from between the petioles, 

 close to one of them ; pedicels slender, rather longer than the flowers. 

 Calyx hairy, divided nearly to the base ; segments g in. long, oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute. Corolla hairy outside ; tube g in. long, slightly con- 

 tracted at the mouth ; lobes shorter than the tube, hairy outside, oblong, 

 obtuse, spreading ; corona-lobes very acute at tip, arching over the top 

 of the style-apex. Staminal-column arising from the very base of the 

 corolla-tube ; anther-tips membranous, oblong, subobtuse, inflexed over 

 the apex of the style ; pollen-masses erect, oblong-clavate, attached to 

 the pollen-carriers by very short caudicles. Style-apex large, conical, 

 not exserted beyond the anther-tips. I'oUicles 3-6 in. long, ovoid- 

 lanceolate, downy. Seeds flattened, ovate-oblong, | in. long. Fl. B. I. 

 V. 4, p. 35 ; Wight, Icon. t. 590 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 155 ; AYoodr. 

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

 V. 5, p. 188. 



Gujarat : Champanir, Woodrow. 



This plant is included on the authority of Woodrow, who gives its habitat as above. 

 I have not seen any specimens from the Bombay Presidency. — Distuib. India (E. and 

 W. Himalayas, R;ijraahal hills, Ava) ; Ceylon, Timor. 



A milky juice exudes from incisions in the stem which thickens into a kind of 

 caoutchouc and removes pencil-marks. The bark of the stems yields a very valuable 

 fibre of great strength. See Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 1. c. 



2. Marsdenia volubilis, T. Cooke. A large twining shrub ; older 

 branches ash-colored, very long, glabrous, often with lenticels and some- 

 times with small black dots ; young branches green, slender, smooth. 

 Leaves 2 1-6 by 1|-4| in., broadly ovate or suborbicular, acuminate, 

 glabrous or more or less softly pubescent, reticulately veined and with 

 a few small glands just above the petiole, base rounded or cordate; 

 petioles ^-l^ in. long. Flowers numerous, green or yellowish-green, in 

 lateral drooping umbellate cymes ; peduncles arising from between the 

 petioles, 1-2 in. long, slender, puberulous ; pedicels \-\ iu. long, very 

 slender. Calyx divided nearly to the base ; segments j'jjin. long, ovate- 

 oblong, obtuse or subacute, ciliolate. Corolla | iu. long, deeply divided, 

 glabrous outside ; lobes \ in. long, broadly ovate, obtuse, veined, over- 

 lapping to the right ; corona-lobes large, fleshy, the upper free portion 

 I'ounded on the outer edge, obliquely truncate at top, and with a small 

 apiculation on the inner edge, which lies against the top of the anther. 

 Staminal-column arising from the base of the corolla ; anther-tips mem- 

 branous, broadly ovate-oblong, obtuse ; pollen-masses oblong, attached 

 to the pollen-carriers by very short caudicles. Style-apex dome-shapod. 

 Follicles 3-4 in. long, slightly tapering to a very blunt point, rugosely 

 striate, glabrous. Seeds broadly ovate, \ by -} in., flattened, strongly 

 margined, pale vellowish-brown ; coma \\ in. long, copious. Dregea 

 volubilis, Benth. ex Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 4 (1883) p. 46 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. 

 V. 3, p. 161 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 237 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat! V. 12 (1898) p. 167; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 193. 

 Hoya viri(]iJlora,\\. Br. in Mem. A\^ern. Soc. v. 1, p. 27; Grab. Cat. 

 p. 119 ; Da"lz. & Gibs. p. 153. Aschpias voluhilis, Linn. f. Suppl. p. 170. 

 Ifoya Lacuna, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 8169.— Flowers : Apr.-May. Vjsun. 

 Hirandodi ; A'mhri. 



