6 xcv. ASCLEPIADEJ;. (J. D. Hooker.) [Cryptolepis. 



nerves 5-6 pairs arched, cymes axillary and terminal few- or many-flowered. 

 C. Wightiana, Wall. Cat. 4457. Echites coriacea, Heyne in Herb. Rottler. 



DECCAN PENINSULA ; the Mount, Madras, Heyne, &c. ; Balaghaut Mts., Wight. 



Leaves 2-4 by 1-2 in., very variable in form, coriaceous, hardly glaucous beneath, 

 base acute ; petiole ^ in. Cymes sparingly branched, usually long-peduncled; branches 

 stout, prominently distantly scarred by the fallen bracts. Sepals large, ovate, acute. 

 Corolla 1 in. diam ; tube ventricose, lobes falcate lanceoJrf-^ Coronal scales ciavate. 

 Follicles 2-4 in., curved and conniving or straight aud^P'. aricate. Seeds very large, 

 in. long, linear-oblong ; coma a little longer. 



3. C. eleg'ans, Wall. Cat. 1639 ; glabrous, leaves oblong or linear-oblong 

 or -lanceolate apiculate, rounded at both ends or acuminate, glaucous beneath, 

 nerves numerous very faint and spreading, cymes axillary and terminal few- 

 flowered. G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 82. C. pauciflora, Wight Ic. t. 493. C. 

 laxiflora, Blume Mus. Bot. i. 147. Aganosma EdBiae, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 



ttl^^fe 



Ser. 5. v. 227. Echites paucinora. Herb. Rottlfermni pauciflorum, Roxb. 

 Ic. ined. 



SIKKIM ; Terai, J. D. H. ORISSA, Heyne. ASSAM, BENGAL, KHASIA MTS., 

 CHITTAGONG, TBNASSEEIM and ANDAMAN ISLDS. DISTRIB. Java, S. China. 



A slender climber. Leaves la-2^ by f in., rarely ovate or linear-lanceolate, tip 

 sometimes retuse, base rarely cordate ; petiole \-% in., very slender. Cymes 2-4 in., 

 peduncles long, branches few and pedicels slender. Sepals ovate, obtuse. Corolla 

 yellow, 1-1 in. diam., tube short, lobes lanceolate, tips twisted. Coronal scales 

 ciavate. Follicles 5-8 in., slender, nearly straight. Seeds much as in C. Buchanani. 

 The mss. name of Apocynum orixeuse, in Bottler's Herbarium, indicates the Oiissa 

 habitat of this plant. Flower fragrant. 



3*. CRYFTOSTEGIA, Br. 



Lofty climbers. Leaves opposite. Flowers large, in terminal 3-chotomous" : 

 cymes. Sepals lanceolate. Corolla funnel-shaped, tube short, throat canipanu- 

 late ; lobes broad, overlapping and twisted to the right. Coronal scales at the 

 base of the throat, subulate, entire or 2-cleft. Filaments short, ; anthers adnate* 

 to the stigma, acute ; pollen-masses in pairs in each cell, granular, appendages 

 subspathulate. Stigma convex. Follicles thick, divaricate, hard, 3-winged, 

 furrowed between the wings. Seeds comose. DTSTEIB. Madagascar. 



C. grandiflora, Br. in Bot. Reg. i. 435 ; glabrous, leaves elliptic obtuse, 

 coronal scales cleft into two filiform segments. Wall. Cat. 1635 ; Wight fy Arn. 

 Contrib. 36; Wight Ic. t. 832, and III. ii. t. 182, f. 9; Grah. Cat. Bomb. PL 

 122; Dah. $ Gibs. Bomb. PI. Suppl. 54; Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 492; 

 Miquel PI. Rar. Jard. Buitenz. t. 8 ; Reichb. Ic. Exot. t. 132. Nerium grandi- 

 noruin, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 19, and Fl. 2nd. ii. 100. 



Cultivated in .various parts of INDIA. 



Branches stout. Leaves 3-4 by 1^-2 in., coriaceous, glossy above; nerves many, 

 spreading, arched, faint, base acute ; petiole ^-f in. Cymes short, spreading, 

 peduncle and branches -stout, hoary or glabrous; bracts caducous. Sepals %- f in. 

 Corolla pale pinkish purple, tube and throat l in. long, limb often 2 in. diam., lobes 

 acute. Follicles 4-5 by 1-1^ in., broadest near the base, straight, woody. Seeds 

 % in. long, oblong-ovate, compressed, narrowed upwards; coma 1 in., very fine. 

 Supposed to be a native of Africa or Madagascar, from which latter country another 

 species is described with leaves pubescent beneath and entire coronal scales, but this 

 is only known from Mauritian garden specimens. Schweinfurth found C. grandiflora 

 cultivated at Khartum on the Nile. 



