20 xcv. ASCLEPIADE^E. (J. D, Hooker.) [Pentatropis. 



8213 D. Oxystelma ? caudatum, Herb. Ham. Asclepias spiralis, Forsk. Fl. 

 Eg. Arab. 49. 



The PANJAB, SCIND, and Eastwards to the Jumna river. DISTRIB. Afghanistan 

 and Westwards to the Red Sea and Nubia. 



Leaves 1-H in., very variable in breadth, obtuse or acute, usually apiculate, coria- 

 ceous, nerves obscure; petiole -^ in. Peduncles very short or 0; pedicels capillary, 

 top obconic. Calyx minute. Corolla green, ^ in. diam. ; segments narrowed from a 

 triangular base. Follicles 2^-3 in., fusiform, narrowed to the base and to the long 

 straight rather slender point. Seeds j in. long, ovate, flat, broader end crenate. 



2. P. microphylla, Wight fy Arn. Contrib. 52 ; glabrous, leaves oblong 

 ovate or rounded, base rounded or cordate, corolla-segments triangular-lanceolate 

 obtuse. Wight Ic. t. 352; Wall. Cat. 8213, excl. D. ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 149 ; Grah. Cat. Bomb. PI. 120 ; Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 536. ' Asclepias 

 microphylla, Roxb. Fl. 2nd. ii. 35 ; Roth Nov. sp. 177? Cynanchura aeu- 

 mmatum, Thunb. Obs. in Cynanch. 5; Dene. I.e. 548. Eutropis, gen. nov. 

 Falconer in Proc. Linn. Soc. i. 15. 



BENGAL, in the Sunderbunds ; PEGU ; DECCAN PENINSULA, from Bombay south- 

 wards. CEYLON, not uncommon. 



Habit and general characters of P. spiralis, but the flowers are much smaller, 

 and the corolla-lobe's have not the long tails. 



23. DJEMIA, Br. 



Twining pubescent or tomentose undershrubs. Leaves opposite, cordate. 

 Cymes axillary, racemiform or corymbiform, pedicels filiform. Sepals glandular 

 within. Corolla greenish-white, tube short infundibular ; lobes large, broadly 

 ovate, spreading, overlapping to the right. Corona of an outer annular 5-10- 

 crenate or -lobed membrane, and 5 laterally compressed scales vertically adnate 

 to the anthers and spurred behind, with free long subulate tips. Column large, 

 anther- tips inflexed ; pollen-masses one in each cell, subcompressed, pendulous, 

 waxy. Follicles echinate. Seeds comose. DISTRIB. Species 6; Asiatic and 

 African. 



D. extensa, Br. in Mem. Wern. Soc.i. 50; subhispidly hairy or glabrate, 

 leaves membranous broadly ovate acuminate deeply cordate pubescent beneath, 

 lobes rounded incurved, peduncles long racemose, corolla ciliate, follicles 

 clothed with long soft spines. Wight Contrib. 59, and Ic. t. 596 ; Wall. Cat. 

 8231, excl F.; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 150; Grah. Cat. Bomb. PI. 122; 

 Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 544. Cynanchum extensum, Ait. ; Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 

 54. C. cordifolium, Retz. Obs. ii. 15. 0. echinatum, Thunb. Obs. in Cynanch. 

 8 ; Dene. I.e. 549. Asclepias echinata, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 20, and Fl. Ind. ii. 

 44. Raphistemma ciliatum, Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 5704. 



Throughout India ; from the Salt-range and the N.W. HIMALAYA (ascending to 

 3000 ft.) to LOWER BENGAL and CEYLON (not seen from the Malay Peninsula, Birma, 

 or Pegu). DISTRIB. Afghanistan. 



A foetid climber, hairs on stem spreading. Leaves 2-4 in. long and broad ; petiole 

 2-4 in. Peduncles 2-6 in. ; pedicels capillary, -2 in. Sepals small, ovate, pubes- 

 cent. Corolla in. diam., pale yellowish green and red. Column large, tips of inner 

 coronal processes often twisted together. Follicles 1^-2 in., lanceolate, beaked. Seeds 

 in. long, broadly ovate, pubescent, margin quite entire. 



24. ADELOSTEIVI1VIA, Hook f. Gen. Nov. 



A slender glabrous twiner. Leaves opposite, long-petioled, cordate. Flowers 

 email, in axillary peduncled corymbiform cymes. Sepals lanceolate. Corolla 



