20 ICONES PLANTARUMi 



Plate 1432. 



UTLERIA SALICIFOLIA, Beddome. 



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AscLEPiADE^, Tribe Pekiploce^. 

 U. salicifolia, Beddome 3ISS. {Sioecies unica) ; JIoolc. /., FL Brit. huL 



iv. 7. 



Hab. Deccan Peninsula; Anamallay Mts., alt. 3-4000 ft., CoL 

 Beddome. 



Arhor parva, glaberrima, ramis crassis. Folia ad apices ramulorum 

 conferta, altema, petiolata, lineari-lanceolata, attenuato-acuminata, 

 7-9 poll, longa, -^-1 poll, lata, tenuiter coriacea, margnnbns iiicrassatis 

 obscure nndulatis v. crenalatis, basi acuta, nervis numerosis teuuissimia 

 divaricatis; petiole 1-2-pollicari, tereti. Flares minnti, apices versus 

 ramorum elongatornm ; cymae dichotomse, longe peduncnlatce, laxe 

 raraosse ; bractese in ramulis terminalibus cymse numerosse, minutse, 

 imbricate, obtusse ; pedicelli breves. Calyx 5-fidus, lobis ovatis sub- 

 acutis, intus basi glandulosis. GoroUa iVpoll. diam,, rotata, lobis ovatis 

 Bubacutis dextrorsum obtegentibus tortisque. Goronoi squama ad basin 

 filamentorum 6, parviB, subrotundas. Filamenfa brevia, dilatata; 

 antherse ovat^, apicibus conniventibus stigmati adhserentibus ; pollinia 

 pulverea, corpusculorum appendicibus dilatafcis. Ovarium 2-localare. 

 Stigyna^ convexum. Follictdi (immatari) divaricati, teretes, leeves, 

 pugioniform cs, longe rostrati, rostro recto. 



One of tbe most remarkable of Indian Asrlepiadem, resembling an 

 Apocynaceous ratber tban an Asclepiadeous plant-, and differing from 

 all other Periploce^ in the alternate leaves. The fruit, \vhicb I bad not 

 seen wben the plant was described in the ' Flora of Britisli India/ is 

 nnnpe, and the seeds unformed.— J. D. Hooker. 



rig 1. Flower 2 Calyx and stamens. 3. Sepal viewed from within. 4. Flower 

 and scale. All enlarged. 



Plate 1433. 



ATHEROLEPIS WALLICHII, Booh.f. 



AscLEPiADE^, Tribe Periploce^, 



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Atherolepis, Hooh /., {gen. mv.). Calyx semisuperus, tubo tur- 

 bnuito ; lobi breves tnangulan-ovah, intus nudi. Cm-olla rotata, lobis 

 tnangu anbus dextrorsum obtegentibus. Corcnc, squamse ad basin 

 filamentorum 5, subulata?, eloDgatae. Stamina basi corollse inserta, 



