Ttiopiiora.J ASCLEPIADACE.K. 



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upwards, 1-2 in. long, orate or lanceolate, acute, onneate or rounded 



at the base, glabrous above, puberulous on the voins bonoath, poti.-lu 



i-4 in. long. Flowers m lateral umbolliform or racemose cvmes s 



Lundes interpetiolar, Blender, puborulous, pedicols filifurm • bracts' 



minute, linear-lanceolate. Calym-aegments * in. long, lanocol.-.b' , C uto 



jubescent. < 'orolla £ in. long ; lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute, sometimes 



leshy. Pollen-masse* subtransverse. Follicle* l£-2 in. long ovoid- 



anceolato, acute, longitudinally striate, glabrous. Seeds i m Ion- 



broadly ovoid, flat. ' B ? 



Sub-Himalayan tracts of Kohilkhand, N. Oudh and Gorakhpur 

 Flowers during April and May. Distrib. : Eastwards to the Khasia 

 H ills and southwards through W. and C. India to Ceylon. 



2 T. himalaica, Hook. f. F- B. I. iv, 42. 



A slender glabrous twining undershrub. Stems pale -coloured, finely 

 striated. Leaves petioled. membranous ; blade lf-SJ in. long, ' ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, acute or rounded at the base, petioles' $-i in. 

 long. Flotvers green or purplish, in distant umbels on a long slender 

 rachis ; bracts minute, linear-lanceolate. Calyx glabrous ; lobes 

 lanceolate, ciliate on the edges. Corolla about 7 mm. across'; lobes 

 thick, ovate-oblong, obtuse, purplish and minutely puberulous' inside 

 r. ■/•< •/!• I I processes gibbous. Follicles 4-5 in. long, lanceolate, acuminate 

 finely striate. Seeds £ in. long, broadly ovate, margined ; coma 1 in 

 long. 



Sahansradhara in Dehra Dun (Vicary, Falconer). Distrib. Himalaya 

 eastwards to Sikkim up to 3,0u0 ft., also on the Khasia Hills. 



3. T. hirsuta, W. $ A in Wight Contrib. 49 ; F. B. I. iv, 43 ; Collett 

 Fl. Siml. 319. T. Jacquemontii, Dene. 



Stems long and twining, densely and softly tomentose. Leaves petioled. 

 blade 2^-5 in- long, 1^3 in. wide, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute or 

 acuminate, rounded or cordate at the base, more or less pubescent or 

 softly tomentose on both surfaces ; petioles i-l$ in. long. Flowers 

 white or pale green, in distant few-flowered umbellate cymes ; peduncles 

 villous, varying in length, often long and flexuous, pedicels filiform. 

 Calyx-segments lanceolate, hirsute. Corolla £•* in. in diameter, puberu- 

 lous inside. Coronal processes subglobose, wholly adnate to the staminal 

 column. Follicles 2-Z\ in. long, lanceolate, tapering gradually up- 

 wards, finely striate and glabrous. Seeds ± in. long, narrowly ovate, 

 coma nearly 1 in. long. 



Dehra Dun (P. W. MacKinnon). Distrib. : Trop. Himalaya up to 

 5,000 ft., from Kashmir eastwards to Kumaon, also in Assam, and 

 extending to Java. 



4. T. rotundifolia, Buch.-Ham. in Wight Contrib. 50; F. B. J, iv 43 



Cooke Fl. Bomb, ii, 163. 



A fmall shrub with pubescent twining stems. Leaves coriaceous, shortly 

 petioled ; blade H-2J in. long, bruadly ovate-oblong or suborbicular, 



