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prope basin furfuraceo-villosa, 10-12 cm. longa, 4-5 cm. lata; 
costa lata, Supra impressa ; nervi primarii utrinque 6-7 recti, 
prope marginem solum in nervum intra-marginale inconspicuum 
juncti. Flores in cymis dichotomis axillaribus fere nigro-vil- 
losis 2-25 em. longis paucifloris, alabastro conico 5-7 mm. 
longo, lobis sinistrorsum obtegentibus; bracteae et bracteolae 
ovatae, minutae. Calycis lobi oblongi, 1-2 mm. longi, minute 
glandulosi (?). Corollae tubus brevis, vix 2 mm. longus; lobi 
oblongi, conspicui, fere ad 1 cm. longi. Corona e lobis 5 brevibus 
acutis staminum columnae adnatis. Staminum columna brevis; 
antherae appendiculis minutis incurvatis ornatae. Stylus brevis 
annulum incrassatus, stigmate brevi fere capitato. Fructus 
ignotus. 
SourHERN Inpia. Malabar: Palghat Hills; about 1000 m., 
Col. R. H. Beddome in Herb. Madr. 
1047. Brachystelma Bourneae, Gamble [ Asclepiadaceae—Cero- 
pegieae} B. maculato, Hook. f., affinis sed major, corollae lobis 
fere 1 cm. longis, pilis purpureis patentibus vel retrorsis conspicue 
tectis; coronae processubus subulatis 1 mm. longis. 
Herba erecta, tuberosa, tubere fusiformi, a 1 m. alta, caudice 
3-4 mm, diametro. Folia linearia, 7-10 em. longa, 2 mm. lata, 
opposita. Flores in cymis axillaribus sessilibus vel breviter 
pedunculatis 3-floris, pedicellis filiformibus 5-15 mm. longis, 
bracteolis minutis ; alabastra conica, acuta, fere 1 cm. longa. 
Calyx 5-partitus; lobi 5 lineares, glabri, 2 mm. longi. Corollae 
tubus brevis, rotatus, albus, viridi-maculatus; lobi triangulari- 
lanceolati, apice torti, circiter 1 cm. longi, pilis purpureis 
patentibus vel retrorsis tecti; corona annularis, lobis subulatis 5, 
1 mm. longis supra stamina inflexis. Stamina brevissima, obtusa ; 
pollinia globosa, apicem versus pellucida, caudiculis brevissimis. 
Styli apex pentagonus. pk ean ignotus 
Sournern [xpra. Madura District : Pulney Hills; on 
Kodaikanal Ghat and in Perumal and Vilpatti Valley, east 
slope, May 1898 and June 1899, Sir A. G. and Lady Bourne, 
1020, 2751, 2752. 
1048. Brachystelma Rangacharii, Gamble {Asclepiadaceae— 
Ceropegieae| species insignis, ab aliis speciebus indicis corollae 
lobis longis linearibus gradatim attenuatis intus lanitie albida 
tectis facile distinguenda. 
Herba erecta, tuberosa, ad 80 cm. alta, glabra, _ 2-3 mm.. 
diametro. Folia linearia, 6-8 cm. longa, vix mm. lata, 
verticillata (3 in verticillis). Flores in eymis at ake 
axillaribus sessilibus cireiter 5, pedicellis filiformibus, 1 cm. 
longis, bracteolis multis minutis. Calyx 5-partitus; lobi 5 lan- 
ceolati, acuminati, glabri. Corollae _tubus brevissime campa- 
nulatus; lobi lineares, erecti, 1-1-5 em. longi, intus lanitie 
albida eximie tecti; corona annularis undulata, lobia subulatis 
5 circiter 2 mm. longis glabris. Stamina brevissima, obtusa; 
pollinia globosa apicem versus pellucida, caudiculis brevissimis. 
Styli apex pentagonus, fere planus. Folliculus ignotus. 
