75. ASCLEPIADACEM. [1. CairTOLBri s. 



by stalks (sometimes very short) Corona 

 staminal. 



1. Corolla campanulate Hf*. Coronal processes 



slender ligulate 6. Raphistermrsi. 



2. Corolla salver-shaped f diam. Coronal pro- 

 subulate ...... 7. Damia. 



3. Corolla rotate. 



Corolla 1-1£ 7 diam. Corona 10-lobed . . 8. Holsstemma. 



Corolla $-£'' diam., green or purplish. Corona 

 toothed 9. Cynanchum. 



C. Climbers. Pollinia erect, %&, tteir sta Iks usually 

 reflxed. 



1. Corona corolline only. Fls. small. Petals 



overlapping 10. Gymntma. 



2. Corona staminal only. 



Corolla oampanulate. Fls. green, under £'' 

 diam. . . .... 11. Marsdenia. 



Corolla salver-shaped. Fls. yellowish over £'' 

 diam. . . .... 12. Pergularia. 



Corolla rotate. Petals overlapping. Fls. green 13. Dregea. 



Corolla rotate. Petals valvate. Fls. white, waxy 14. Hoya. 



Corolla l-fc-2" long with a loiig tube. . . 15. Ceropegia. 



1. Cryptolepis, R. Br. 



1. C. Bucliaiiani, Boem. Utri dudhi, 8. ; Dudhla 

 lar, Kharw. ; Karanta., H. 



A large twining shrub with glabrous oblong pr elliptic 

 entire leaves shining above and very pale-glaucouB beneath, 

 and axillary 2-chotomous cymes of pale yellow flowers with 

 petals contorted in bud. Follicles 2|-4" long, |-f* diam. in 

 the middle. 



Valleys in Singbhum, occasional. Common in Manbhum. Hazaribagh, 

 Damuda valley, frequent. Banchi, Palamau, and Santal Parganahs. 



Fls. MayJune. Fr. Dec*-Feby. Evergreen. 



With copious milky juice. L. 3J" by If to H" by 2" rarely 6" long, with 

 very numerous slender nearly horizontal nerves united within the margin, 

 and reticulate nervules ; base and tip rounded or latter cuspidate. Cyme* 

 panicled with opp. divarioate braoteate fleshy branches constricted at the 



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