5. Sabcostbmma. ] 75. ASCLFP1ADACJS2E. [ 7. D*mia. 



On arid rocks in Singbhum. Fls. Bept. 



Occasionally bears small linear-oblong leaves J-f 7 long in the any 

 season. Column short and stout with slits between the anthers. C& nal- 

 proeesses large fleshy cbtuse. Pollinia linear, stipitate. 



The milk is used in the same way as that of Calotropis, it is said to 

 be ■ very powerful' (the name signifies Tiger's milkj, in fact Eurocaaas 

 would usually call it a rank poison. 



6. Raphistemma, Wall. 

 1. R. pulchellum, Wall. 



A very large twining- shrub -with cordate ovate leaves 

 3-7" and handsome pure -white or cream rather fleshy cam- 

 panulate flowers 1-1 J* long in long-pedxmcled axillary 

 umbelliform cymes. 



Evergreen forest near streams in deep valleys, Singbhum. Pis. Aug.- 

 Bept. 



L. with 5-7 strong primary nerves, a wide basal sinus and 

 glandular at the base of |he mid-rib. Flu. well marked by the thick 

 ^white coronal scalea at the back of tho anthers being produced into slender 

 tails and meeting over the stigma. Follicles 6" by If, fusiform (FJ5.L). 



7. D&mia, R. Br. 



1. D. extensa, -R. Br. Chagul-bati, Beng. 



A slender subhispidly hairy or glabrate foetid climber with 

 membranous orbicular or broadly ovate deeply cordate acu- 

 minate leaves 2 -4'' long and broad, and green, or yellowish - 

 green, and red salver shaped flowers ■§--§'' diam. in long- 

 etalked corymbose drooping panicles. Follicles 1J.-2" lanceo- 

 late, clothed with long soft spines. 



Palamau, not general. Chiefly in hedges. Fls. Oct. -Dec. Fr. Dec- 

 Jany. 



L. pubescent beneath, basal lobes rounded incurved. Petiole about as 

 long ar leaf. Peduncles 2-6'. Pedicels capillary, £-2". Sepals short 

 erect £'' with 2 small glands within, pubescent. Cor. -tube slightly longer 

 with spreading densely villous-ciliate linear- or ovate-oblong green 

 petals with reflex ed margins. Corona (outer) adnate to cor.-tube 

 slightly exceeding it with 5 oblong truncate petaloid lobes and (inner) 

 small intermediate inflexed lobes carrying long white fleshy acuminate 

 processes adnate to the anthers and meeting over the stigma, dorsally 

 ■purred below. 



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