Stocksiane. N. O, Asclepiadex. 
TAB. DOCCXXXVIIL 
LepraDENta JACQUEMONTIANA, Dene. 
al vel quandoque foliis linearibus remotis breviter petiolatis 
amulis gracilibus virgatis pube brevissima pulverulentis, 
siosbellie interfoliaceis breviter pedunculatis 10-15-floris, flori- 
bus viridi-luteis pedicellatis, corolle pubescentis laciniis mar- 
gine revolutis pube densiore 3 — fauce inter lacinias 
plicata plicatura incrassata bilo 
US teres Jacquemontiana, Vassar. Biud. = Ann. Se. Nat. 
8. p. 270, a De Cand. Prodr.v 29. 
a aise Agra, Tacquonont Throughout Scinds, i in all soils, 
Dr. J. EB. Stocks 8). 
Received, with an seallent drawing and description, and copious 
specimens, from Dr. Stocks. It tallies sufficiently well with the 
character given by Decaisne of LZ. Jacquemontiana; but it must 
be Bciifeeaed that all” the species of the so-called “ aphyllous 
groupe” (viz. L. Spartium, Wight, L. pyrotechnica and L. 
gracilis, Decaisne, and our own) are very difficult to to be dis- 
tinguished from each other in the dried state. Hence I 
have given Dr. Stocks’ character, drawn from the living plant, 
rather than Decaisne’s. Dr. Stocks further observes, that the 
species “forms a bush, 2-6 feet high, with erect green twi 
branches, and leafless, like the stems of a rush. Stem woody at 
the base, 1 an inch or more in diameter, gradually diminishing 
to i a line on the topmost shoots. Divisions trichotomous. 
Internodes 3-6 inches long. Nodes generally leafless, but some- 
times a few leaves, 1-3 inches long and a line broad, are found. 
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