Cynanclmm.~\ xcv. ASCLEPIADEJ:. (J. D. Hooker.) 25 



linear or lanceolate acuminate, peduncle long or short, flowers umbelled or 

 corymbose, corolla glabrous, corona variable, follicles long flattened, seeds 

 narrowly oblong. Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 547. C. longifolium, Martens ; 

 Dene. I. c. 



WESTERN TIBET, alt. 11-13000 ft., Thomson &c. DISTRIB. Afghanistan, Central 

 and Western Asia, Mediterranean region to Spain. 



Leaves 1-5 in. long, very variable in width and in the size and spre.ad of the basal 

 lobes which are rounded at the tip and sometimes 1 in. long; petiole \ 1| in. 

 Peduncle equalling or exceeding the petiole, pedicels pubescent. Sepals ovate, usually 

 pubescent. Corolla \- f in. diam. ; segments ovate-oblong. Corona sometimes quite 

 simple and cleft deeply into triangular lanceolate erect or spreading simple lobes, 

 sometimes cupular and 5-lobed or with 2-5 subulate lobes, and furnished within with 

 a tongue -shaped process. Anthers sessile, or stalked by the column of filaments. 

 Follicles quite unlike those of its congeners, 4-6 in. long, ^^ in. diam., thinly coria- 

 ceous, straight or slightly curved, somewhat compressed, hardly turgid, narrowed to 

 a slender point. Seeds % in. long flat. 



12. C. Key del, Hook. f. ; twining, nearly glabrous, leaves lanceolate 

 acuminate deeply cordate the lobes incurved often overlapping, sinus long 

 narrow, peduncle slender, flowers corymbose, corolla glabrous, corona carnpanu- 

 late, mouth with 5 long subulate exserted processes each with a short process 

 at its inner base. 



WESTERN TIBET ; Ladak, between Saspo and Kala-tse, Heyde. 



I have seen only Heyde.'s specimens, which differ entirely from C. acutum in the 

 long incurved basal lobes of the leaf and the long teeth of the corona projecting 

 beyond the corolla. 



13. C. Dalhousioc, Wight Contrib. 55; twining, nearly glabrous, leaves 

 elongate linear-lanceolate acuminate base cordate, lobes rounded, peduncles 

 short, flowers umbelled quite glabrous, corona campanulate 5-10-lobed with a 

 low conical process opposite to each lobe near the base within. Dene, in DC. 

 Prodr. viii. 548. 



WESTERN TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, from Sirmore to Kumaon, alt. 5-7000 ft. 



Stem slender, with sometimes a line of hairs. Leaves 3-7 by -1 in., membranous, 

 basal lobes short rounded pointing backwards, sinus open, nerves very oblique; 

 petiole -f in. Peduncles shorter than the petioles ; pedicels slender, glabrous or 

 puberulous. Flowers \ in. diam., pale green. Sepals ovate. Corona equalling the 

 corolla. 



tt Corolla pubescent within. 



14. C. auriculatum, Herb. Royle; Wight Ccmtiib. 58; twining, 

 puberulous, leaves broadly ovate to ovate-lanceolate acuminate deeply cordate 

 membranous, basal lobes incurved rounded, peduncles long, flowers corymbose, 

 corolla pubescent within, corona short .cupular deeply 5-lobed, lobes oblong 

 obtuse with adnate fleshy processes on their inner faces. Endotropis auriculata, 

 Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 546. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; from Kashmir to Sikkim, alt. 6-12000 ft. 



Leaves usually large, 4-6 by 2-3 in., very membranous, basal lobes sometimes 

 meeting or overlapping ; petiole 1-2 in. Peduncles 2-4 in., often stout ; pedicels 

 slender; flowers numerous, yellow, ^-f in. diam. Sepals lanceolate. Corolla- 

 segments linear-oblong or lanceolate. Follicles 4 by 5 in., straight. Seeds \ in. long, 

 flat, flask-shaped with a crenulate broader end. Nearly allied to C. Wilfordi, Maxim. 

 (E. caudata, Miquel ; Symphyoglossum hastatum, Turczan. in Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. 

 Mosc. 1848, i. 255), of China and Japan, which has smaller flowers. 



15. C. Roylei, Wight Contrib. 58; suberect, softly pubescent, leaves 



