44 k xcv. ASCLEPIADE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Tylophora. 



nearly so, cymes sessile or peduncle short, rachis flexuous with umbels or 

 racemes at the flexures, pedicels long capillary, sepals ovate hispid, corolla- 

 lobes short, coronal processes gibbous. T. carnosa, Dalz. fy Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 

 150. Tylophora n. 23 and T. pauciflora ? Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. $ T. 



CONCAN and MALABAR, Stocks, Law, &c. 



Leaves very variable, 2-4 in., quite glabrous or puberulous on the petiole margins 

 and nerves beneath ; petiole - in. Peduncles nearly half as long as the leaves; 

 rachis often zigzag, sometimes clavate, hispid at the insertion of the pedicels ; flowers 

 always numerous, sometimes in a globose mass 1| in. diam., usually laxer ; pedicels 

 \-\ in. 'Corolla - in. diam. Follicles 3-4 in. poniard-shaped, glabrous. Seeds 

 ^ in., broadly ovate. This is the T. carnosa of Dalzell and Gibson, but not of Wight,, 

 from whose plant it differs in the pubescence, larger leaves, shorter peduncles, and 

 many-flowered umbels. It differs from T. rotundifolia in the much smaller flowers 

 and longer petioles ; it also closely resembles T. asthmatica, but has shorter sepals and 

 wholly adnate processes. 



19. T. exilis, Coleb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xii. 358, 1. 16 ; stem slender and 

 cymes finely sparsely villous, leaves ovate-oblong or -lanceolate acuminate 

 nearly glabrous, peduncles long slender flexuous simple or branched bearing 

 few-fld. sessile umbels, pedicels very short, sepals ovate hispid, corolla-lobes 

 short, coronal processes gibbous. Wight Contrib. 50 ; Wall. Cat. 8206 ; Dene. 

 in DC. Prodr. viii. 608. Pergularia exilis, Spreng. Syst. i. 844. 



ASSAM, Masters. SILHET, Wallich. CHITTAGONG, Colebrooke. MALACCA, Griffith, 

 Very similar to T. tennis, but with larger leaves, hairy branchlets cymes petioles 



and midrib of the leaf above, and very short pedicels rarely \ in. long. Follicles 



3| in. long, very membranous. Seeds % in. long, ovate. 



ft Coronal processes adnate below to the column; tips free, reaching as high 

 as the stigma. 



20. T. cordifolia, Thivaites Enum. 196 ; nearly glabrous, leaves small 

 coriaceous ovate-cordate apiculate, peduncles very short 1-2-fld., sepals ovate 

 glabrous, corolla-lobes short, coronal processes strongly laterally compressed,, 

 dilated upwards. 



CEYLON; common in the central provinces, Walker, Thwaitcs. 



Stem slender and petioles puberulous. Leaves ^-1 in., thin, firm, shining ; petiole 

 i- in. Peduncle ^-^ in., capillary. Corolla in. diam., dark purple, lobes obtuse. 

 "Follicles usually solitary, 2 in. long, slender, glabrous" (Thwaites). The column 

 with its processes is obconic (as in some non-Indian species) from the upward dilata- 

 tion of the processes which radiate from it. 



21. T. tenerrima, Wight Contrib. 50 ; nearly glabrous, leaves ligulate 

 or linear-lanceolate obtuse apiculate or acuminate, cymes peduncled 2-4-fld., 

 sepals ovate-lanceolate hispid, corolla-lobes linear-oblong puberulous within, 

 coronal processes gibbous or globose with free incurved cuspidate tips. Wall. 

 Cat. 8207 ; Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 610. Homostyles tenerrima, Wall. niss. 



SUBTEOPICAL HIMALAYA ; alt. 3-6000 ft., from Kumaon, Eoyle, to Sikkim, J. D. H. 



Stem very slender and much branched. Leaves 1-2 by -^ in., nerveless ; petiole 

 very short. Peduncles capillary, usually shorter than the leaves ; pedicels - in. 

 Corolla ^ in. diam. Follicles not seen. 



22. T. asthmatica, Wight fy Am. Contrib. 51; glabrous pubescent or 

 tomentose, leaves ovate rounded or oblong apiculate acute or acuminate, base 

 usually cordate, peduncles shorter than the leaves bearing 2-3 sessile few- or 

 many-fld. umbels, pedicels long capillary, sepals long lanceolate hispid, corolla 

 large lobes short acute, coronal processes gibbous or globose with free cuspidate 



