ICONES PLANTAKUM. 20 



Plate 1436. 



GYMNEMA MACRANTHUM, Boohf. 



ASCLEPIADE^J Tribe MARSDENIEiE, 



G. macrantlmm, Hook, /. (sp, nov.) ; caule robusto, follis elliptico- 



OYatia acuminatis glaberrimis, cymis corymbosis subumbellatiave 

 pubernlis, pedunciilis crassis petiolo aaqailongis v. longioribns, floribus 

 magnis ebracteolatis, sepalis elliptico-oblongis obtnsis, corollce tubo 

 sepalis sequilongo lobis intus pubescentibus, coronse corollinas processu- 

 bus ore corollse insei-tis cum lobls alternantibus parvis villosis. 



Hab. Sikkim Himalaya, Dr. King, 



CauUs crassitie pennse anserinse, teres. Folia remota, 3-5 poll, 

 longa, subcoriacea, basi rotundata v. subcordata, nervis utrinque 3-4, 

 petiolo crassiusculo l|-2 poll, longo, Peduncnli 2-3 poll, longi, crassi, 

 sseplus decurvi, apice corymbiferi, corymbis subsimplicibus. Flores 

 2 poll, diam., carnosiili ; pedicellis crassis ^-^ poll, longis. Sepala ^ 

 poll, longa. Oorollce tubus intus glaber, lobi tubo sequilongi, ovati, 

 ' snbacuti, intus medio incrassati. Columna crasse stipitata, magna ; 

 corqnjfi stamineee squamis dorse antberarum adnatis unguiformibus 

 ootusis; antberarum apices magni, ovato-oblongi, obtusi, membranacei; 

 pollinia oblongo-reniformia, breviter stipitata, corpusculo elongate 

 a&xa, erecta. Stigma crassum, exsertum, obtusum, 



I tare doubts as to tbc genus of tbis fine plant, which is mo>e robust 

 ajid much larger flowered than any of the other Gymnemas, and has 

 Singularly stout peduncles of the cymes. The outer (or corolline) 

 coronal scales are reduced to tufts of hairs at the angles of the 

 corolla-lobes. The staminal scales resemble those of Mandenia. This 

 ^as transmitted to Kew from the Calcutta Herbarium after the publi- 

 cation of the Asclepiade(B in the ' Flora of British India,'— J. D. Hooker. 



5 V% ^' ^^^y^' 2, Corolla laid opou. 3. Column.* 4. Side view of anther. 

 • -t-ouen and corpuscle. All enlarged. 



