Pebgilaria.] ASCLEPIADACJiJE. 59 



5. M. lucida. Ed 9w.ee, Madden in Joum, Am. Soc. Beng. xvii vt 1 

 (1848), 370 : Brandt* For. Fl. 333; Ind, Tree* 470 ; F. B. I. iv, 36 ; Gamble 

 Man. Ind. Timb. 49;'. 



A large evergreen climber, glabrous all but the young parts and inflores- 

 cence. Leaves subcoriaceous, 4-5 in. long by 2-3 in. wide, elliptic or 

 ovate, subacuto or obtusely acuminate, rounded at the base, pale 

 yellowish-green beneath, main lateral nerves 6-8 pairs ; petioles l-l£ in. 

 long. Flown many, purple, fragrant, in rather dense corymbiform 

 cymes ; peduncles stout, interpetiolar, shorter than the petioles. Calyx 

 one-third the length of the corolla, pubescent outside, lobes obtuse. 

 Corolla 7-5 in. long and about i in. across ; lobes longer than the tube, 

 glabrous outside, sparsely hairy within, edges ciliate. Corona-scales 

 subulate, as long as the anther-tips. Style much longer than the column, 

 bifld at the apex. Follicles about 5 in. long, lanceolate, smooth. Seeds 

 § in. long, ovate-lanceolate, margined ; coma H in. long. 



Forests in the Bahraich district of N. Oudh. Flowers in Oct. and Nov. 

 Distrip.: Kumaon, in shady spots up to 7,500 ft- (Madden and S. & W. 

 No. 4). also in E. Bengal. The beautiful foliage of this plant and its 

 fragrant purple flowers merit the attention of horticulturists. 



13. PERGULARIA, Linn.; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv, 37. 



Twining shrub*. Leaves opposite, ovate-cordate, membranous. 

 Flowers greenish or yellow, rather large, arranged in lateral 

 subumbellate cymes. Calyx 5-partite. Corolla salver-shaped, tube 

 swollen at the base, lobes overlapping to the right. Corona admit-' 

 to the lower portion of the staminal column, free portion 5-lobed and 

 with a narrow process on the face of each lobe. Staminal column 

 attached to the base of corolla ; anthers ereot, with long membranous 

 inflexed appendages ; pollen-masses one in each anther-cell, erect, 

 waxy, caudicles short. Stigma stout, umbonate, capitate. Follicles 

 lanceolate, rather turgid. Seeds comose. — Speoies about 10, Asiatic 

 and African. 



P. pallida, W. Sf A. in Wight. Contrib. 42; Royle III. 273; Brand. For. 

 Fl. 334; lad. Trees 470 ; F. B. I. iv, 33; Kanjildl For. Fl. 243; Gamble 

 Man. Ind. Timb. 493 ; Collett Fl. Siml.319; Prain Beng. PI. 696; Cooke 

 Fl. Bomb, it, 165. Asclepias pallida, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii, 48.— Vern^ 

 Surkila. 



A large twining shrub. Bark of old stems becoming corky. Branches 

 p:de-eoloured, softly pubescent when young. Leaves membranous, 

 glabrous or somewhat pubescent when young, 2-4 in. long, ovate, acuto 

 or acuminate, cordate at the base, pale and finely reticulato beneath ; 



f>etioles J-2 in. long, pubescent. Flowers pale-yellow, often slightly 

 ragrant ; peduncles interpetiolar, pubescent, pedicels about \ in. long. 



