Tylophora.] xcv. ASCLEPIADE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) 41 



Stem rather stout, 2-3 feet long. Leaves l$-2 by -! in., dark green, rather 

 coriaceous ; petiole i- in. Peduncles longer than the petiole ; pedicels short. Sepals 

 quite glabrous. Corolla % in. cliam., yellow or dark purple. Anthers large for the 

 size of the column, horny, with broad inflexed tips ; pollen-masses horizontal. 

 Follicles 3-3 in. long, poniard-shaped, glabrous. Seeds i in. long, narrowly ovate. 

 The anthers of this are much larger than in any of its congeners. Hohenacker's is 

 the only Peninsular specimen that I have seen ; it is identical with the Ceylon ones. 

 The corpuscles are long, linear with a central groove, quite different from those of 

 T. fasciculata. 



** Stems and branches long, twining 1 , and cymes perfectly glabrous ; sepals 

 always glabrous (see also T. Iphisia) ; coronal processes without free points 

 (except T. himalaicd). 



6. T. capparidifolia, Wight fy Am. Contrib. 51 ; quite glabrous, 

 leaves elliptic or elliptic-oblong obtuse acute or apiculate pale veined coriaceous, 

 cymes shortly peduncled or sessile, pedicels capillary, flowers minute, sepals 

 ovate, corolla subglobose, lobes short ovate, coronal processes globose. Dene, in 

 DC. Prodr. viii. 610; Wall. Cat. 8208. Asclepias tenuis, Herb. Heyne. 



TRAVANCORE ; Courtallam, Hcyne, Wight. 



Branches rigidly flexuous. Leaves 2-4 by |-1| in., rigid ; petiole \-^ in. Cymes 

 much shorter than the leaves, pedicels -- in. Corolla in. diam. Follicles 3 in. 

 long, poniard-shaped. Wight describes the coronal processes as toothed on the inner 

 margin below the tip, a character I fail to verify. 



7. T. globifera, Hook. f. ; quite glabrous, leaves short-petioled oblong 

 or ovate acuminate or apiculate, cymes long-peduncled compound few-fld. 

 pedicels capillary, sepals ovate-lanceolate, corolla-lobes short ovate, coronal pro- 

 cesses very large globose as high as the anthers. 



MALACCA, Griffith. SOUTH ANDAMAN ISLAND, Kurz. 



Leaves 1-3 by -l in., dark brown when dry, base rounded or cordate, nerves 

 few; petiole |-^ in. Peduncles 1-1^ in., very stout; pedicels -1 in. Corolla in. 

 diam. Staminal column very short, depressed. 



8. T. pauciflora, Wight 8f Arn. Contrib. 44; quite glabrous, leaves long- 

 petioled ovate-lanceolate or cordate acuminate, cymes long-peduncled few-fld. 

 compound, sepals ovate acute, corolla-lobes short ovate, coronal processes very 

 large globose as high as the anthers. Wight Ic. t. 1274 ; Dene, in DC. Prodr. 

 viii. 607. T. asthmatica /3 glabra, Thwaites Enum. 19. " Cynanchum flavens 

 and bracteatum, Thunb. ; Dene, in DC. I.e. 549 " (Thwaites}. 



DECCAN PENINSULA; from S. Canara to Malabar and Travancore, Wight, &c. 

 CEYLON, not uncommon, Thwaites. 



Branches rather stout. Leaves 2-4 by 1-2 in., rather thin, nerves slender; 

 petiole ^-1 in. Peduncles longer than the petioles ; pedicels very variable. Corolla 

 \ in. diam. Column and coronal processes much as in T. globifera, from which this 

 differs in the leaves and long petioles. The North Bengal locality attributed to this. 

 in DC. Prodr. is doubtless an error. Thwaites' specimen of T. asthmatica glabra is 

 very imperfect, but I think referable to this. 



9. T. purpurea, Wall, in Wight Contrib. 61, and Cat. 8208; quite gla- 

 brous, leaves oblong-lanceolate apiculate base cordate, cymes long-peduncled 

 few-fld., sepals ovate, corolla-lobes short ovate, coronal processes gibbous.. 

 Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 611. 



BIRMA ; banks of the Irawaddy, Wallich. 



Kesembles T. pauciflora, but the leaves are narrower, more cordate at the base, and 

 the coronal processes less developed. The specimens are very insufficient. "Wight 



