16 xcv. ASCLEPIADEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Geniantlms. 



1. G. laurifolius, Hook. f. ; leaves glabrous broadly elliptic obtusely 

 acuminate, base acute, petiole slender, cymes rusty-tomentose much branched 

 many-fld., coronal scales obtuse hardly overtopping- the anther-cells. Toxo- 

 carpiis laurifolius, Wight Contrib. 61, and Ic. t. 598 ; Wall Cat. 8241 ; Dene, 

 in DC. Prodr. viii. 506. T. crassifolius, Dah. fy Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 148. As- 

 clepias laurifolia, Roxb. Fl. 2nd. ii. 49. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, in hot valleys, /. D. H. $ T. T. CHITTAGOXG to PEGU, Rox~ 

 burgh, Kurz, &c. CONCAN and CANARA. Stocks, &c. 



Stem glabrous, pustular. Leaves 3-4 by 2-3 in. or larger ; nerves slender, 

 spreading; petiole ^-1^ in. Cymes very variable, 1-4 in. long and broad; flowers 

 -L-i in. diam., sessile and pedicelled, of two forms on the same cyme, one small with 

 narrow densely bearded segments, the other much larger with broader oblong nearly 

 glabrous segments. Follicles in Koxburgh's figure 5 by i in., very slender, terete, 

 straight. Wight & Arnott give Cawnpore, Genl. Hardwicke, as a locality for this, 

 but I suspect some mistake. 



** Stigma elongate, columnar. Cymes subsimple, branches long stout with 

 distant clusters of sessile flowers. 



2. Cr. crassifolius, Hook.f. ; branches cymes and midrib beneath rusty- 

 tomentose, leaves thickly coriaceous broadly elliptic acute or acuminate, coronal 

 scales overtopping the anther-cells. Toxocarpus crassifolius, Wight Contrib. 

 61 ; Watt. Cat. 8240; Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 506. 



SILHET, Wallich. 



Leaves 3-5 by 2-2^ in., base rounded or subacute, margins narrowly recurved, 

 nerves very spreading ; petiole stout, ^-f in. Cymes simple, or twice or thrice 

 branched, stout, flexuous, as long as the leaves ; flowers ^ in. diam. Stigma very 

 stout, subclavate. 



3. Cr. Xtfaing'ayi, Hook. f. ; branches and cymes rusty-pubescent, leaves 

 glabrous oblanceolate obtusely acuminate, coronal scales overtopping the 

 anther-cells. 



SINGAPORE, Mainyay (Kew Distrib. n. 1106). 



Leaves 2|-3| by lj-H in., coriaceous, narrowed into the petiole, midrib beneath 

 glabrous or pubescent, nerves ascending ; petiole 5 g in. Cymes, flowers, staminol 

 column and stigma as in G. crassifolius. 



TRIBE 3. CVNANCHEJE. 

 17. GLOSSONE1VIA, Dene. 



Diffuse, hoary undershrubs or herbs, branched from the base. Leaves oppo- 

 site. Cymes small 2-6-flowered, sessile or shortly ped uncled ; flowers small. 

 Sepals glandular within. Corolla subcampanulate, tube short, lobes overlapping 

 to the right. Corona near the base of the tube, 5-cleft ; lobes large, broad, 

 hyaline, obtuse acuminate or ligulate. Staminal column short ; anthers tipped 

 by an inflexed membrane ; pollen-masses solitary in each cell, oblong, not com- 

 pressed, pendulous, waxy. Stigma exserted, fleshy, conical clavate or peltate. 

 Follicles thick, acuminate, muricate or spinous. Seeds comose. DISTHIB. 

 Species 6 ; tropical African, Arabian and Scind. 



Ce. varians, Benth. in Gen. PL ii. 748 ; leaves fleshy ovate or rounded 

 obtuse or acute, margin crisped or entire, upper narrower, cymes subsessile, 

 pedicels very short, corolla-lobes rounded. Mastostigma varians, Stocks in 

 Hook. Ic. PI. t. 843 j Bom. Fl. Orient, iv. 51. 



