ICONES PLANTARUM. 



Plate 1426. 



PENTABOTHRA NANA, Eooh f. 



AscLEPiADRiE, Tribe Ctnanchej:. 



Pentabothra, HooJc. /., gen. nov. Sepala oblonga, intns minute 

 glandulosa. Corolla campanulata, profunde 5-loba; lobis ovato- 

 oblongis dextrorsam obtegentibus. Cohmma crassa, ovoidea ; corona 

 exterior e sacculis ad basin columna? antheris alternantibns ; interior e 

 processubu3 carnosis a latere compressis dorso antherarum adnatis, 

 apicibus liberis obtnsis. Anflierce magnse, corneae, apicibus magnis 

 oblongis membranaceis ; pollinia in loculis solitaria, elongata, com- 

 pressa, falcata, pendnla, cerea, pedicellia elongatis. Stigma depresso- 

 conlcum, 5-n-onum inclusum. — Herba v. suffrutex, parvula, ereda,^ 

 rohusia, glaherrimd. FoUa opposita, lonformia, hreviter petiolata, hasi 

 rotundatav. cor data. Flores in cymas axillares umhelUformes Ireviter 

 Pedunculatas dispositi. 



P. nana, Kook f. Fl. Brit. hid. iv. 19 {SpeGies unica). Cynanchum 

 Danum, Bam. in Wall. Cat. 8230 ; Wight Contrih. 59. 



Hab. Northern Camrup, at Samiyashikate, on grassy hills, 

 SamiUon (April 7, 1809). 



. Herba v. snffrutex c specimine unico tantum viso 6-ponicaris caule 

 rigido basi nudo flexuoso, superne f olioso. Folia 4-poIlicaria, ^-^ poll. 

 lata, patentia, subacuta, coriacea, costa crassa, nervis tenuibus patenti- 

 bns^ petiolo I poll, longo. Flores ^ poll. diam. , • . • +i,o 



' ■ remarkable plant is' one of the very few contained la the 

 bian Herbarium, which has never been collected since thjs was 



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