10 xcv. ASCLEPIADE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) \_Streptocaulon. 



PENANG, Phillips, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1100), &c. SINGAPORE, Wallich. 



Branches stout, young densely shortly pubescent ; bark brown, lenticellate. 

 Leaves 2-3 by 1-2 in., very variable in breadth, coriaceous, opaque and puberulous 

 above, reticulations minute ; nerves faint beneath ; petiole \-^ in. Cymes spreading, 

 1-2 in. long and broad; 2-3-chotomously branched; branches divaricate, slender, 

 ultimate with persistent sometimes imbricate minute bracts ; pedicels slender, tips 

 turbinate. Sepals glabrous, minute, obtuse. Corolla ^ in. diam., red, lobes broad 

 acute. Follicles 3 by ^ in. divaricate, straight, acyiMfiate, pubescent. Seeds { in., 

 oblong, narrowed below the tip; coma l in. 

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3. S. tomentosum, Wight ^* Am. Contrib. 64 ; shrubby, climbing:, 

 leaves cuneate elliptic or oblaiiceolate acuminate base rounded or truncate, 

 softly fulvous-tonientose beneath, nerves 16-20 pairs, cymes many-flowered 

 densely pubescent, corolla quite glabrous. Wight III. t. 182 f. 2. ; Wall. Cat. 

 8248 ; Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 496. 



AVA, at Taongdong and MOULMEIN, Wallich. flNf M'Clelland. DISTRIB. Yunan. 

 Cochinchina. 



Branches smooth, ultimate finely densely pubescent. Leaves very variable in 

 breadth, 3-5 by 1 3 in., usually broadest beyond the middle and truncate at the 

 base, puberulous above ; nerves straight, prominent or concealed in the tomentum 

 beneath ; petiole ^-f in. Cymes short, 1 in. long and broad or less, branches divari- 

 cate ; bracts persistent. Sepals pubescent. Corolla in. ; lobes broad ovate, acute. 

 Fruit unknown. 



4. S . G-rifSthii, Hook. f. ; shrubby, climbing, leaves obov^be-oblong or 

 oblanceolate acuminate base cordate, scaberulous above, densely rusty-tomen- 

 tose beneath, nerves 14-18 pairs, cymes hispidly tomentose, corolla glabrous. 

 Streptocaulon, Griff. Notul. iv. 71, $ Ic. PI. As. t. 406. 



TEXASSERIM, Heifer (Kew Distrib. 3754, under tomentosum} ; Mergui, Griffith. 



Bratiches stout, lenticellate, ultimate hispidly tomentose. Leaves 3-6 by 1^-2 in., 

 variable in form, often broadest above the middle, hard and coriaceous, finely im- 

 pressedly reticulate above; nerves and reticulations, usually prominent beneath. 

 Cymes 1-2 in. long and broad, densely hispid, branches rather stout divaricate ; bracts 

 persistent ; pedicels short. Calyx strigose. Corolla g- in. diam. ; lobes broad, 

 acute. Follicles 3-4 by |- in., straight, acute, finely pubescent. Seeds nearly ^ in., 

 narrowly oblong, coma 1 in. 



5. S. sylvestre, Wight Contrib. 65; herbaceous, prostrate, leaves sub- 

 sessile orbicular or broadly ovate pubescent or tomentose beneath, base rounded 

 or cordate, nerves 6-7 pairs, cymes small few-fld., corolla nearly glabrous. Wall. 

 Cat. 8251 ; Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 496. 



BENGAL, Hamilton ; foot of the SIKKIM HIMALAYA, Clarke. 



Boot woody, giving off many slender pubescent flexuous branches, 12-18. in. long 

 with distichous leaves that lie flat on the ground. Leaves l-l in. long and nearly 

 as broad, apiculate, glabrous or puberulous above ; nerves arched, prominent beneath. 

 Cymes % in., pubescent ; peduncle slender ; branches and pedicels short, not spread- 

 ing; bracts minute ; Calyx small, strigose. Corolla ^ in. diam., purple, very slightly 

 pubescent, lobes lanceolate acute. Fruit unknown. 



11. MYRIOPTERON, Griff. 



A glabrous or pubescent slender twining shrub. Leaves opposite, long- 

 petioled. Flouws small, in lax paniculate cymes from opposite axils. Sepals 

 minutely glandular within. Corolla rotate ; lobes narrow, overlapping to the 

 right, twisted to the left, broadly conic in bud. Corunal scales 5, at the back 

 of the filaments, filiform from a broad base. Stamens at the base of the corolla, 



