172 LXXXTII. ASCLEn.VDAC'E.E. 



Prantl, Pflanzenf. v. 4, part 2, p. 294, fig. 90, J-K ; Talb. Trees, Bomb, 

 ed. 2, p. 238; AVoodr. in Joura. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 167. 

 Ileterostemma urceolntum, Dalz. in Kew Joiirn. Bot. v. 4 (1852) p. 295 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 152. — Flowers : July-Aug. 



Rare. Deccan : Poona, Woodrow. S. M. Country : bills near Belgaum, Balzdl, 

 Bifclnc, 1112! — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula), apparently endemic. 



2. Oianthus disciflorus, Hoolc f. Fl. B. I. v. 4 (1883) p. 49. A 

 twining uuderslirub, glabrous or nearly so; young stems pubescent. 

 Leaves 3-5 by I5-2I in., elliptie-oblong or ovate-oblong, acute or obtuse, 

 glabrous, base rounded or subcordate ; petioles f-1 in. long. Tlovvers in 

 small subsessile lateral cymes arising from between the petioles. Calyx 

 divided nearly to the base ; segments -^ in. long, oblong, obtuse. Corolla 

 disciform, vertically depressed ; corona 5-lobed, with entire, somewhat 

 incurved apex. Eollicles not seen. 



There are two sheets in Herb. Kew. each ticketed " Kanara & Mysore, Law " with 

 a query, and each also bearing a ticket " Konkan, Stocks," neither ticket being in the 

 liandwViting of either Law or Stocks. The habitat of the plant is therefore uncertain. 



22. LEPTADENIA, E. Br. 



Erect or twining shrubs with much-branched rush-like stems. Leaves 

 opposite, variable in the same species, sometimes absent. Flowers 

 small, in umbellate lateral sessile or pedunculate many-flowered cymes. 

 Calyx more or less deeply 5-fid. Corolla deeply divided, rotate or with 

 a very short campanulate tube ; lobes 5, pubescent or bearded inside, 

 valvate in bud ; corona double, the coroUine of 5 short transverse or 

 rounded fleshy lobes tipped with a tuft of hairs or with a subulate hairy 

 point, inserted at the sinuses of the corolla, the staminal corona of a 

 raised undulate fleshy ring at the base of the staminal-column. 

 Staminal-column arising from the base of the corolla ; autliers in- 

 cumbent on the top of the style, without terminal appendages ; pollen- 

 masses 1 in each anther-cell, suberect, pellucid at the apex, attached in 

 pairs by short caudicles to the pollen-carriers. Follicles smooth. Seeds 

 comose". — Distrib. Tropical Asia and Africa ; species about 12. 



Leafy twining shrub 1. L. rc/icula/a. 



An erect shrub, leafless (except occasionally the young shoots) ... 2. L. Spariium. 



1. Leptadenia reticulata, Wight Sf Am. in Wir/Jit, Contrib. 

 (1834) p. 47. A twining shrub ; stems with corky deeply cracked bark ; 

 branches numerous, the younger ones terete, glabrous or hoary- 

 puberulous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, H-3 by .f-l| in., ovate, acute, 

 glabrous above, more or less finely pubescent (especially on the nerves) 

 beneath, base rounded or subcordate (rarely subacute) ; petioles |-.| in. 

 long, puberulous. I'lowers greenish-yellow, in lateral or suba.xiliary 

 many-flowered hoary-puberiilous globose cymes ; jicduncles arising from 

 between the leaves or subaxillary, sometimes in pairs, ])uberulous ; 

 pedicels g-^ in. long, puberulous. Calyx pubescent outside, divided to 

 about the middle ; segments ^^ "''• ^""t^' ovate-oblong, subacute. 

 Corolla i in. long (about 3 in. across when exjjanded) ; tube very short, 

 glabrous"; lobes of the limb thick, y\j- in. long, ovate-oblong, subobfuse, 

 with revolute margins, pnbescent on both siavfaces, often with a small 

 hairy process (absent in Deccan specimens) on the inner face near the 



