220 ON THE ASCLEPIADEiE. 



Anther a membrana terminatae. 



Masses poh 'i nis ventricosae, juxta apicem affixse, pendulae. 



Stir/ma rostro elongato indiviso. 



Folliculi 



Habitus. \^Frutex decumbens, glaber. Folia oblonga, 

 mucronulata, coriacea. Cymce congesta?, extraalares et ter- 

 minates.] 



P atria. America Australis. 



Obs. Only one certain species is known, which was dis- 

 covered by my friend Mr. Archibald Menzies, in Chili, 

 near Valparaizo. 



Asclepias vomitoria of Kcenig's MSS., of which I have 

 examined specimens in the Banksian Herbarium, agrees 

 with this genus in many respects, especially in the form 

 and insertion of its masses of pollen, but differs consi- 

 derably in appearance, and in having a blunt stigma. 



HOLOSTEMMA. 



Char. Corolla subrotata, 5fida. 



Corona imo tubo stamineo inserta, simplex, annularis, 

 integra. 



Anther ce membrana terminatae. 



Masses pollinis pendulae, compressae, apice attenuato 

 affixae. 



Stigma muticum. 



Folliculi ventricosi, laeves. Semina comosa. 



Habitus. Frutex volubilis, glaber. Folia opposita, lata. 

 UmbellcB inter petiolares, subsessiles. Flores speciosi. 

 43] Patria. India Orientalis. 



Obs. This is Ada-Kodien, Rheecl Mai. 9, p. 9, t. 7, in 

 which the leaves are represented alternate, an error that 

 is corrected in the description, which is excellent, and well 

 accords with a specimen in the Banksian Herbarium col- 

 lected by Dr. Patrick Russell 



1 Added in MS. by the author. 



