212 ON THE ASCLEPIADE^. 



si] fj- Stigma roxt ratum. 



7. M. erecta, caule erecto, foliis cordatis ovatis acutis, 

 cymis umbelliforniibus, limbi laciniis imberbibus tubo 

 4-5ies longioribus. 



Cynanchum erectum, Linn. 



8. M. rostra fa, caule volubili, foliis ovatis subcordatis 

 acuminatis glabris, umbellis multifloris, limbo barbato. 



Hab. In Nova Hollandia extra tropicum, (ubi v. v.) 



PERGULARIA. [Pergulariae species, Linn 



Char. Corolla hypocrateriformis, tubo urceolato. 



Corona staminea 5phylla, foliolis compressis apice indi- 

 visis, intus lacinula auctis. 



Anther a membrana terminate. 



Massce pollinis erectae, basi affixae. 



Stigma muticum. 



Folliculi ventricosi, laeves. Semina comosa. 



Habitus. Plantce volnbiles. Folia latiuscula, mem- 

 branacea. Cymm interpetiolares. Flores flavescentes, odo- 

 ratissirai. 



Patria ignota: in China et India Orientali ob flores 

 snaveolentes culta. 



Obs. Of this genus the only certain species are Pergula- 

 ria odoratissima, Roxb. et Smith, and P. minor, And. Repos. 

 160. Pergularia purpurea, Vald. and Japonica, Thunb. 

 may belong to it. P. edulis of Thunberg, prod. cap. is pro- 

 32] bably very different. When Linnaeus established this 

 genus in his Mantissa, he certainly meant his character to 

 apply to Pergularia glabra, of which he had a specimen 

 in his herbarium, and which is the Flos Pergulanus of 

 Rumphius ; but unfortunately this plant does not belong 

 to the order of Asclepiadeae, but to that section of Apo- 

 cineae of which I shall hereafter treat. The character 

 of Linnaeus was no doubt chiefly taken from a plant of 



