Secamone.'] xcv. ASCLEPJADEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) 13 



S. emetica, Br. in Mem. Wern. Soc. i. 56 ; slender, glabrous, except the 

 puberulous cymes, climbing, leaves lanceolate, or linear- or elliptic- lanceolate 

 subacute narrowed into the short petiole, cymes much shorter than the leaves, 

 corolla glabrous, coronal-scales broadly subulate incurved much shorter than 

 the column, stigma 2-lobed, follicles slender straight terete narrowed from the 

 base to the tip. Dene}- in DC. Prodr. viii. 501; Wight Contrib. 60; Ic. t. 

 1283, and III. t. 155. b.Jiy. I). ; Wall, Cat. 8236. Periploca emetica, Retz. Obs. 

 ii. 14. 



Mountains of the SOUTH DECCAN PENINSULA and CEYLON. 



Leaves 1^-3 by ^~ in., rather glaucous beneath, nerves very faint. Cymes few- 

 or many-fld. ; peduncle -^ in. Sepals ciliolate. Corolla in. diam., segments 

 oblong, obtuse, bases saccate. Follicles 2-2| in. IS. Finlaysoni, Wight ; Wall. Cat., 

 a native of Siam, has much broader leaves and longer cymes. 



15. TOXOCARPUS, Wight $ Am. 



Twining shrubs. Leaves opposite. Flowers small, in axillary dichotomous 

 cvmes. Calyx minute ; lobes oblong, obtuse. Corolla-tube, short ; lobes narrow, 

 spreading and recurved, glabrous, overlapping to the left. Coronal scales 

 minute, obtuse or acute, adnate to the column. Filaments connate ; anthers 

 small, retuse, often in append iculate ; pollen-masses 2 in each cell, very minute, 

 pendulous, waxy. Stigma produced far beyond the column. Follicles smooth. 

 Seeds comose. DISTRIB. Species about 14, tropical Asiatic and African. 



I am unable to determine accurately from herbarium specimens the characters of 

 the very minute staminal column and its scales in this genus. 



* Cymes rusty-pubescent. Corolla-segments without an adnate scale. 

 t Corolla-segments villous or hairy at the base only. 



1. T. villosus, Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 506; leaves elliptic-oblong sub- 



T cuspidate rusty-pubescent beneath, cymes lax, coronal scales with 

 subulate tips overtopping the anther-cells, stigma slender quite entire. Miq. 

 Fl. 2nd. P>ot. ii. 475. Secamone villosa, Blume Bijd. 1050. 



TENASSKRIM; Mergui, Griffith. DISTRIB. Java. 



Leaves 2-3^ by 1-1^ in., base acute, glabrous in age; petiole \- in. Cyme- 

 branches stout "and sepals densely villous. Corolla ^ in. diam., segments slightly 

 hairy at the base. 



2. T. G-riffithii, Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 505; leaves elliptic-oblong or 

 lanceolate V ispidate, young glabrous beneath, cymes short, coronal scales not 

 overtoppingVhe anther-cells, stigma short enlarged upwards, tip notched. 

 Toxocarpus sp. Griff. Notul. iv. 69, and Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 404 (Asclepiadea), 

 Connaracea, Wall. Cat. 8550. 



TENASSERIM, Griffith, $c. MALACCA, Maingay (Kew distrib. 1105). SINGAPORE, 

 Lobb. PENANG, Porter. 



Leaves 2-4 by 1-2 in., base acute or rounded; petiole ^- in. Cymes few-fld. 

 Corolla-segments slightly hairy at the base, the hairs disposed in a triangle like the 

 adnate scale of T. acuminates. Follicles 12 in., very slender, flexuous, cylindrie. 

 Seeds 1 in., very slender, not beaked. 



3. T. himalensis, Falc. mss. ; leaves elliptic-oblong or lanceolate or 

 orbicular obtusely cuspidate, young pubescent beneath, coronal scales over- 

 topping the anther-cells, stigma slender unequally 2-fid. 



