ITS I.XXXIII. ASCLEPIADACIL-E. 



inflated, almost globose at the base, enlarged at the mouth ; lobes ^ the 

 length of the tube, erect, oblong-lanceolate, pubescent towards the upper 

 part, the tips connate; outer corona of 5 shortly bifid lobes, the teeth 

 acute, ciliate ; inner corona-lobes slender, erect, straight, not hooked at 

 the tip. Follicles not seen. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 72 ; Ualz. & Gribs. p. 154. 

 ■ — Flowers : Aug.-Sept. 



KoNKAN : Shocks I Law]; Bombay, Babcll (.f Gihson. — Distrib. India (W. 

 Peninsuln). 



8. Ceropegia Stocksii, Hool-. f. Fl. B. I. v. 4 (1883) p. 74. 

 Twining ; stem terete, glabrous. Leaves membranous, 2^-5 by 1-2| 

 in., ovate, acuminate, puberulous on both sides, base rounded or sub- 

 cordate, rarely subacute ; petioles |-1 in. long. Flowers in umbellate 

 cymes; peduncles 1-1 g in. long, arising from between the petioles, 3- 

 many-flowered, hairy ; pedicels short. Calvx divided to the base, 

 glabrous or nearly so ; sepals reaching | in. long, linear-subulate. 

 Corolla reaching 2| in. long, straight ; tube slightly inflated at the base ; 

 lobes about equalhng the tub^, linear from a triangular base, connate at 

 the tips ; outer corona-lobf-s 5, deltoid, ciliate ; inner corona-lobes 

 linear-oblong or somewhat oblanceolate, erect, straight, not booked at 

 the tip. Follicles not seen. — Flowers : Aug.-Sept. 



KoNKAN : Stocks !, Law ! ; Uran (Bombay harbor), Stocks I — Distrib. India 

 (W. Peninsula). 



24. FREREA, Dalz. 



A low fleshy glabrous perennial csespitoscly branched herb. Leaves 

 opposite. Flowers lateral, solitary or in pairs. Calyx 5-partite. Corolla 

 I'otate ; lobes 5, broadly deltoid, acute, valvate ; outer corona cupular, 

 with 5 sliort truncate or refuse lobes ; inner corona of 5 linear narrow 

 incurved truncate lobes resting against the anthers and inflexed over 

 them. Staminal-column very short ; anthers without appendages ; 

 ]iollen-masses 1 in each anther-cell, erect, with a pellucid margin. Style- 

 apex nearly flat, not exserted. Follicles terete, smooth. Seeds comose. 

 — Distrib. Western Peninsula of India ; species 1. 



L Frerea indica, Dah. in Journ. LInv.Soc. v. 8 (1865) p. 10, t. 3. 

 A fleshy glabrous herb 4-6 in. high with thick branches. Leaves 1| in. 

 long, oblong, obtuse or subacute, fleshy, subsessile. Flowers solitary or 

 in pairs ; pedicels arising from between the petioles, very short. Calyx 

 glabrous, divided about | the way down ; lobes deltoid, acute. Corolla 

 rotate, | in. in diam., divided rather less than ^-way down; lobes 

 deltoid, acute, fringed with fine hairs, purple, with a pale-yellow irregu- 

 larly sha])(>d sjjot in the centre of each lobe; corona purple, the outer 

 ciipular with 5 broad short truncate or sinuate lobes, the inner of o 

 linear truncate lobes incurved at the ai)ex and inflexed over the slaminal- 

 column. Staiiiiiial-column short ; anthers red {Dahell). Stvle-apex 

 pearly white. Follich's not seen, Fl. J}. I. v. 4, p. 76 ; W oodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 168.— Flowers : Sept.-Oct. Yeen. 

 t:ihindal-riialcudi. 



A rare plant, originally found by Palzrll on a liill near Jiinnar in the Poona 

 districts. Dkccan : Hill fort, Junnar, Iiaiia'/c'., Jl'oodrow. — DiSTitin. Apparently 

 ondeniii;. 



