72 ASCLEPIADRA. 
Periploca. 
Fruticosa longe scandens (sed vix volubilis) succo lacteo 
copius viscidissimo effet. Ramulis viridis, fol. lanceolata longe 
acuminata, fere caudata, integra, margine cartilagineo, vena 
intro marginali valde distincto, cilii sphacilate intro petiolaris, 
glandulz bases paginz versus obsolite. Cymi axillares, opposi- 
ti dichotomi, pauciflori, foliis multo brevioris, Bractez lanceo- 
late, minute, ad basin pedicillis pedunculique. 
Sepala apice reflexa. Cor. rotata zestivatione fere valvata, 
laciniis lanceolatis intus barbatis pilis albis. 
Processus carnosi subreniformes, sinubus corolle subjecti, 
Sinus introrsus, processum subulatum erectum apibus mu- 
tuo conniventibis pilosum gerens. 
Filamento basi connato. Anthere supra stigmam conni- 
ventes, membranacez, lanciolatz, secus centrum dorsi ciliate, 
apicibus pennicellatis acuminatis. Pollinia solitaria e granulis 
concervatis in corpusculo brunnea cujus caudicula elliptica, un- 
gue brevi, glandula sub hippocrepidiforme inferne concava 
carnosa insidentia. 
Stigma simplix muticumve Pl. CCCLXXXVLA. Fig. 
III. 
Has. Khasya mountains Mumbreein sylvis: Nov. 9, 1835. 
Impregnation in Periplocea, Pl. CCCCVII Fig. 11, 
1. Transverse section of column below the anthers. 
The intervals between the anthers,* by which a direct 
communication can take place with the base of the stig- 
ma ; the apex of the style is green and shining, particu- 
lacy during the expansion of the flower, when it seems 
to be lubricated by muscus. 
The convexities correspond to the filaments. 
c. The groovesby which access is gained to the stigma. 
2. Longitudinal section, 
The filament cut through. E 
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