>lia, Dcne^i^ DC. Prodr. viii. 497. A. pubescens, Blume 

 , t. 2. A. CTi^idata, Blume I. c. Cryptolepis filiforinis, Wall. 



Ath&randra.'] xcv. ASCLEPIADEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) 



9. ATHERANDRA, Dene. 



Slender glabrous twining shrubs. Leaves opposite. Flowers in axillary and 

 terminal slender peduncled dichotomous cymes. Calyx-tube turbinate, lobes 

 with quadrate crenulate glands within. Corolla rotate ; lobes long, slender, 

 overlapping and sharply touted to the right, forming a long-beaked bud. 

 Coronal processes 5, filiforn^at the back of the bases of the filaments. Stamens 

 at the base of te corolla ; filaments distinct, alternating with large erect 

 glands ; anthers sagittate, conniving over and adnate to the stigma, tips elongate, 

 filiform ; pollen-masses in pairs in each cell, granular ; appendages of the cor- 

 puscles dilated. Ovary partly sunk in the broad calyx-tube ; stigma elongate- 

 conical, 2-tid. Fruit unknown. 



A. acutifolia, Dene, 

 Mus. Bot. i. 147 

 Cat. 4458. 



PENANG, Wallich. DISTRID. Java. 



Branches and leaves beneath glabrous or sparingly pubescent. Leaves 1-2 by 

 1-1 5 in., oblong or obovate-oblong, finely abruptly acuminate ; nerves 6-8 pairs, 

 strong beneath, arched ; petiole -^ in. Cymes numerous, quite glabrous, spreading, 

 longer than the leaves ; bracts small, deciduous ; pedicels thickened towards the 

 turbinate tip. Calyx-lobes ovate, acute, erect or reflexed. Corolla ^-f in. diam.,long 

 and slenderljPbeaked in bud. 



10. STREPTOCAULON, Wight $ Am. 



Twining tomentose herbs or shrubs. Leaves opposite. Flowers small or 

 minute, in lax sessile or peduncled trichotomons panicled cymes. Calyx minute, 

 glandular within. Corolla rotate ; lobes ovate, overlapping to the right ; buds 

 shortly conical. Coronal-scales 5, filiform, adnate to the back of the filaments. 

 Stamens at the base of the corolla; filaments very short, alternating with 

 minute teeth ; anthers conniving over and adnate to the stigma, tip with an 

 obtuse triangular process ; pollen-masses in pairs in each cell, granular ; append- 

 ages of the minute corpuscles dilated. Stigma convex, 2-lobed. Follicles 

 divaricate, terete, smooth, not winged. DISTRIB. Species 6 ; Indian and 

 Malayan. 



1. S. Kleinii, Wight $ Am. Contrib. 65; shrubby, climbing, leaves 

 cuneate-obovate base cordate with softly appressed white tomentum beneath, 

 nerves 7-10 pairs, cymes pubescent shorter than the leaves. Dene, in DC. 

 Prodr. viii. 496. 



DECCAN PENINSULA ; Klein. * 



Leaves 2-3 by 1-1 f in., coriaceous, above puberulous closely reticulated -with 

 sunk nerves, beneath pale buff when dry ; nerves and reticulation faintly seen 

 through the tomentum; petiole - in. Cymes with a stout peduncle \-\\ in., 

 sparingly shortly di-tri-chotomously branched, branchlets very short 1-2-fid ; bracts 

 tomentose, persistent. Sepals hirsute, ovate, subacute, 1-2-glandular. Corolla % in. 

 diam. ; lobes ovate, subacute, sparingly hirsute externally, glabrous within. 



2. S. Wallichii, Wight $ Arn. Contrib. 65; shrubby, climbing, leaves 

 broadly or narrowly elliptic acute at both ends finely acuminate softly brown- 

 tomentose beneath, nerves 6-8 pairs, cymes much branched many-fid, hispidly 

 pubescent, flowers quite glabrous. Wall. Cat. 8249; Dene, in DC. Prodr. 

 viii. 496. 



