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Bystematlo Name, and Authority. 



English or Local Xarae. 



Habit. 



Locality. 



SECAMO>^E, R. Br. 

 elliptica, R. Br. 



ARAUJA, (?. Bon. 



albens, Q. Don. 

 CALOTROPIS, JL Br. 



gigantea, R. Br. 

 SARCOSTEMMA, R. Br. 



australe, R. Br. 

 PENTATROPIS, R. Br. 



atropiirpurea?, Benth. 

 GOMPHOCARPUS, R. Br. 



arborescens, R. Br. 

 fruticosus, R. Br. 



ASCLEPIAS, L. 



curassavica, L. 



VINCETOXICUM, Moench. 

 carnosum, Benth. 

 leptolepis, Bentlt. 

 ovatum, Benth. 



CYNANCHUM, L. 



erubescens, R. Br. 

 floribundum, R. Br. 



TWEEDIA, Hook et Am. 



albicans, I'ook. 

 cteriUea, O. Don. 



TYLOPHORA, R. Br. 



calcarata, Benth. 

 erecta, F. Muell. 



MARSDENIA, R. Br. 



araujacea, F. Muell. 



TRIBE — SECAMOjST;iE. 



Altered from Squamona, 

 the Arabic name of 

 S. -Sgyptica. 



TRIBE — EUASCLEPIADEiE. 



In honor of Antonio de 

 Araujo. 



Kales, beautiful ; tropis, 



a keel : flower! 

 Warra 



Sarx, flesh ; stemma, a 

 crown : stamens. 



Pete, five ; tropis, a 

 keel : corona. 



ev. tw. Australia. 



ev. tw. Brazil. 



er. sh. E. Indies. 



ev. tw. Australia. 



ev. tw. Queensland. 



Gt-omphos,aclub; karpos, 

 fruit. 



cv. sh. C. Good Hope. 

 cr. sh. ditto. 



Asclepias, the God of 



Medicine. 

 Blood Flower of the 



West Indies 



Kyon, a dog ; agche, to 

 strangle : poison. 



James Tweedie, collector 

 of plants in Buenos 

 Ayrea. 



her. W. Indies. 



ev. tw. Australia. 

 ev. tw. Queensland, 

 ev. tw. ditto. 



ev. tw. Queensland, 

 ev. tw. Australia. 



ev.tw. S. America. 

 ev. tw. Buenos Ayres. 



TRIBE — MARSDENIE.I!. 



Tylos, a wart ; phoreo, 

 to bear ; leaves of 

 corolla. 



W. Marsden, author of 

 Hist, of Sumatra. 



ev. tw. Queensland, 

 d. ev. sli. ditto. 



ev. tw. Queensland. 



