Cebopeoia.] ASCLEPIADACEJE. 67 



a nativo of Madagascar. See Watt E. D. regarding tho caoutehous 

 formed from its abundant milky juico — Atolepku oura&avioa, L. (Tribe 

 Qynanche r> . an eroot perennial herb with linear lanceolate loaves and 

 handsome orange co ou red flowers. It is a native of tho W. Indies and 

 has boon introduced into India and other tropica countries, ofton occur- 

 ring as a witd An at count of its medicinal properties will be found 

 in Watt's Economic Dictionary— £fopaanotw jlorihunda, Brongn. 

 (Tribo Maredeniea . a climbing shrub with thick smooth leaves and 

 large clusters of very fragrant pure white wax-liko flowers. It is a 

 native of Madagascar and is sometimes known as Madagascar Jasmine. 



LXXIII.- LOGA N IACEM. 



Trees, shrubs or herbs. Leaves opposite (tarely temate), un- 

 divided ; stipules various or reduced to a raised tran vtrse line. 

 Inflorescence various. Flowers usually regular and bisexual, 

 generally in 2-3-chotoinous cymes, the cymes sometimes Mibcapitf-te 

 or reduced to solitary fl. weis; Calyx inferior, sn.all, 4-5-lobed. 

 Corolla 4-5'bbed or partite, lobes intricate or valvate. Stamens 

 4-5, inserted on the coiollatube, alternate with the lobes, antlers 

 2-celled. Ovary free, rsually L'-celled, styles 1 or 2, ovules one or 

 more in each cell. Fruit capsular or indehisceit, 1-many-seeded. 

 Seeds various, albuminous, embryo straight. — Specits about 400, 

 mostly in tropical and sub-tropical regions. 



Annual, corolla valvate, fruit a capsule. 1. Mitbeola, 

 Shrubs or trees :— 

 Corolla imbricate, fruit a capsule . .2. Buddleia. 

 Corolla valvate, fruit a berry . . .3. Strychnos. 



1. MITREOLA, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv, 79. 



Herbs. Leaves opposite, membranous ; stipules small or reduced 

 to a transverse ridge. Flowers small, white, in terminal or axillary 

 2-3-ehotomous cymes, often unilateral on the ultimate bianehrs. 

 Calyx-lobes lanceolate. Corolla urceolate ; lobes 5, short, valvate. 

 Stamens 5, include I. Ovary 2-cel!ed ; styles 2, short, connate i nder 

 a small hairy stigma, diverging after flowering ; ovules many in 

 each cell, placentas peltate. Capsule obovoid, compressed at right 

 angles to the septum, carpels dehiscing aloni; the inner face after 

 tepaiation. Seeds main', minute, globose or elongate, albumen fleshy, 

 embryo linear.— Species 4, two American and two Asiatic. 



