Pliysostelma.~] xcv. ASCLEPIADEJS. (J. D. Hooker.) 63 



SINGAPORE; Wallich. DISTRIB. Java? 



Leaves 3-5 by 1^-2^ in., elliptic-oblong, acuminate, coriaceous, nerves reticulate ; 

 petiole in. Cymes globose, 3-4 in. diam. ; peduncle 1-2 in., stout j'pedicels as long, 

 slender. Corolla 1-1^ in. diam., pale yellow, lobes apiculate. Column % in. diam., 

 the radiating coronal-processes narrowly oblong, horny and yellow when dry. 



46. FVCNORKACKIS, Benth. 



A hairy twining under shrub. Leaves opposite, very shortly petioled, mem- 

 branous, villous. Floivers black-purple, in reflexed pairs spirally disposed round 

 the long fleshy branches of an axillary racemiform cyme. Sepals subulate. 

 Corolla-tube short, thick, throat annulate ; lobes elongate, subulate-lanceolate 

 from a broad base, hairy within, valvate in bud. Coronal-scales 5, spreading 

 at the base of the column opposite the anthers. Column short, adnate to the 

 middle of the corolla-tube ; anther-tip long, subulate, hyaline ; pollen-masses 

 one in each cell, long, slender, shortly pedicelled, cylindric, waxy, erect. Ovary 

 sunk in the calyx-tube ; stigma obtusely conical, 5-angled, much shorter than 

 the anther-tips; ovules many. Follicles curved, cylindric, obtuse, glabrous. 

 Seeds comose. 



P. Maing-ayi, Hook.f. 



MALACCA ; very rare, Maingay. 



Branches hispidly hairy. Leaves 4-6 by 1| 2 in., oblong-obovate, acuminate, 

 villous on both surfaces, base narrowly cordate or 2-lobed at the insertion of the 

 petiole ; nerves 10-12 pair, spreading ; petiole -|- in., villous. Cymes S-6 in. long, 

 branches few, ^ in. diam. Corolla ^ in. long, dark purple ; annules of throat fringed 

 with hairs. Corpuscle slender. Follicles 5 in. long by in. diam., sickle-shaped. 

 Description chiefly from that and the drawings of the discoverer of this very curious 

 genus, which resembles no other. 



TRIBE V. CEROFEGXEJC. 



47. LEFTADENIA, lir. 



Erect, rigid, almost leafless, or twining, hoary or glabrous, leafy shrubs. 

 Leaves elliptic or ovate-cordate. Flowers small, in crowded axillary umbelli- 

 form cymes. Calyx turbinate, shortly 5-lobed. Corolla rotate ; lobes pubescent 

 or bearded, margins recurved, valvate in bud. Corona double, corolline of 5 

 scales between the corolla-lobes ; staminal of a raised undulate wing at the 

 "base of the anthers. Column short ; anthers inflexed, obtuse 1 , tips appendicu- 

 late ; pollen-masses one in each cell, globose, sessile, erect, tips pellucid. Stigma 

 included, flat, 5-gonal, 2-cuspidate. Follicles rigid, acuminate, smooth. Seeds 

 comose, flat, winged. DISTRIB. Species 12 ; tropical Asia and Africa. 



1. Xi. reticulata, Wight $ Am. Contrib. 47; twining, leafy, leaves ovate- 

 cordate or elliptic acute glabrous or hoary beneath, cymes peduncled hoary. 

 Wight Ic. t. 350 ; Wall. Cat. 8197 ; Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 628. L. appen- 

 diculata, Dene. I.e. L. imberbe, Wight Contrib. 48; Watt. Cat. 8198. L. 

 brevipes, Wight Cat. 1536 ; Dene. L c. Cynanchum reticulatum, Retz. Obs. 

 ii. 15. C. asthmaticum, Herb. Ham. ? 0. ovatum, Thunb. ; Dene. I. c. 548. 

 Secamone canescens, Sm. in Rees Cycl. Asclepias tuberosa, Ro.rb. Fl. Ind. 

 ii. 38. A. volubilis, Herb. Madr. Gymnerna aurantiaca, Wall. mss. 



EASTERN PUXJAB, at Amballah, Edgeworth ; and from BANDA southwards through 

 the DECCAN PENINSULA. BURMA, Wallich. SINGAPORE, Lobb. CEYLON, at Amoor- 

 adhapoora, Gardner. DISTRIB. Ava. 



Bark corky ; young branches, &c., hoary. Leaves 1-2 in., coriaceous, pale, both 



