Gymnema."] xcv. ASCLEPIADE^;. (J. D. Hooker.) 31 



3-4 pair?, very oblique ; petiole slender, |-f in. Cymes few or many-fld., peduncle 

 shorter than the petiole, flowers subglobose, in. diam. Follicles not seen. 



VAR. 1 . Jactiferum proper ; branches pubescent, leaves glabrous on both surfaces, 

 sepals nearly glabrous. G. lactifemm, Br. I. c. G. zeylanicum, Dene, in DC. Prodr. 

 viii. 622. ^sclepias lactifera, Linn. Ceylon. 



VAR. 2. nitens; branches glabrous, leaves glabrous or the midrib and nerves 

 beneath pubescent, sepals glabrous or sparsely hairy. G. nitens, Blume Mus. Sot. i. 

 149, t. 29; Miqucl Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 49.8. G. malayanum, Griff. Notul. iv. 56, and Ic. 

 PI. Asiat. t. 394. Malay Peninsula from Mergui to Malacca, Sumatra, Borneo. 



VAR. 3. khasiana ; branches and nerves of leaf beneath pubescent, leaves often 

 lanceolate. Khasia Mts. at Churra, J. D. H. $ T. T. 



VAR. 4. Thwaitesii ; leaves softly pubescent, beneath, sepals membranous pubes- 

 cent. Ceylon, Thwaites (N. 2549). This resembles G. sylvestre and acwninatum, 

 but the flowers are larger and the calyx is very different. 



VAR. 4 ? Walkeri; branches and leaves quite glabrous, cymes sessile puberulous, 

 sepals puberulous membranous. Ceylon, Walker. 



9. G. IVIaing'ayi, Hook. f. ; branches slender petioles leaves "beneath 

 cymes and sepals softly finely pubescent, leaves small ovate or ovate-cordate 

 acuminate few-nerved, cymes sub-sessile, flowers few minute, corolla-lobes not 

 ciliate. 



MALACCA, Main gay (Kew. Distrib. 1111). 



Leaves 1-2 in. and branches bright yellow-brown when dry, nerves 23 pairs; 

 petiole -J in. Pedicels slender, ~-^ in., bracts most minute. Sepals oblong. 

 Corolla glabrous, in. diam., lobes rather narrow. This resembles a good deal G. 

 affine of China and G. sylvestre, but the cymes are sessile and leaves much smaller. 



** Corolla-tube with double villous (rarely glabrous) ridges below the 

 sinuses, not produced .into fleshy points (see also G. rotundatum). BIDARIA, 

 Dene. 



t Corolla-tube short, broad, hardly exceeding the linear-oblong sepals ; 

 coronal-processes large. 



10. G-. ting-ens, Wight $ Am. Contrib. 45 ; glabrous or nearly so, leaves 

 membranous broadly ovate usually cordate acute acuminate or caudate, petiole 

 1-1 in., cymes 4-6 in. corymbose at length racemose, peduncle shorter than 

 tHe petioles, sepals glabrate, corolla-lobes glabrous broadly ovate or oblong. 

 Wall. Cat. 8190. G. tingens var. cordifolia, Wight Ic. t. 593. Bidaria ting-ens, 

 Dcn,e. in DC. Prodr. viii. 623, partly. Asclepias tingens, Roxb. Jfort. Seng. 

 21, and Fl. Ind. ii. 53. 



TROPICAL HIMALAYA, from Kumaon to Sikkim ; ASSAM ; SILHET ; LOWER BENGAL 

 at Monghyr ; PEGU and TRAVANCORE ; Annamallay hills, alt. 4000 ft. Beddome. 



An extensive climber; branches soft, not woody. Leaves 4-6 by 2-3 in., bright 

 green ; nerves 4-6 pairs. Cymes many-fld., elongating into a spiral raceme ; bracts 

 oblong; pedicels rather exceeding the peduncles; flowers ^ in diam., pale yellow. 

 "Follicles 4 by 1 in. ovate-lanceolate, spreading, smooth fleshy" (Roxb.). The western 

 localities for this plant are doubtful, a specimen from Royle's Herb, is labelled by- 

 Falconer "Kh aria Pass," another from Vicary " Gomulepore." The Annamallay speci- 

 men is indistinguishable and suggests the probability of this and G. rn.onto.nuni being 

 forms of one species. 



11. G-. montanum, Hook, f,; glabrous or nearly so. Leaves 4-5 in. 

 large coriaceous oblong or ovate-oblong- or oblong-lanceolate obtuse acute or 

 acuminate, petiole \-% in., cymes corymbose at length racemose, peduncle 

 shorter than the petiole, sepals ciliate glabrate, corolla-lobes oblong. G. 

 tingens var. ovalifolia, Wight Ic. t. 592. Bidaria tingens, Dene, in DC. Prodr. 



