Wightiane. N. O. Apocinese. 
TAH. CLM. 
VALLARIS PERGULARIA. 
Foliis ovatis obovatisque acutis glabris, caule fruticoso. 
Vallaris Pergularia. Br. Mem. Wern. Soc. v. 1. p. 52. 
Vallaris Pergularia. Burm. Ind. p. 51. 
Emercia Pergularia. Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veget. v. 4. p. 401. 
Pergularia glabra. Linn. Mant. p. 53. 
Has. Madras Peninsula. Dr. Wight. 
Stem twining, shrubby. Leaves opposite, ovate or rather oval 
or obovate, nerved, rather acute, petiolate. Peduncle interpe- 
tiolary, dichotomous. Flowers corymbose. Calyx 5-partite, the 
segments lanceolate. Corolla hypocrateriform : tube short ; limb 
of 5 cordate spreading lobes. Filaments short, subulate, situated 
near the mouth of the tube. Anthers exserted, sagittate, forming 
a cone; each with a large fleshy gland at the forking of the cells. 
Five glands surround the germen. Style filiform; stigma 
conico-ovate, 
Rig. 1. Corolla laid open. f. 2. Stamen. jf. 3. Calyx and — 
pistil, with the hypogynous glands. 
