GOKGEOMENA.] ASCLEPIAVACEM. 55- 



Dehra Dun (P. W. Mackinnon), Kheree Pass in the Siwalik Range 

 (Falconer), Gorakbpur (Vicary). Flowers during the rainy season, 

 fruiting in Nov. and Dec. DISTRIB.: Trop. Himalaya from Kumaon 

 to Sikkim, Assam and Lower Bengal, also in S. India and Burma, 

 extending to China. Regarding the indigo-like dye said to ba 

 yielded "by the leaves of this plant see Roxburgh 1. c. 54. 



11. GONGRONEMA, Dene. ; PI. Brit. Ind. iv, 33. 



Twining shrubs, glabrous or nearly so. Leaves opposite. Flowers 

 small, in umbelliform or racemose axillary cymes. Calyx 5-partite,. 

 glandular or not within, lobes ovate. Corolla urceolate subrotate- 

 or broadly campanulate, lobes slightly overlapping to the right. 

 Corona of 5 short scales adnate to the bases of the anthers, or none. 

 Stamens attached to the base of the corolla-tube, filaments connate 

 in a short column ; anthers erect, with inflexed membranous tips 

 concealing the stigma ; pollen-masses solitary in each cell, erect 

 ovoid, waxy. Stigma convex clavate or conical. Follicles acumi- 

 nate. Seeds comose. Species about 10, in Asia, Africa and 

 Australia. 



G. nepalense, Dene, in DC. Prod, viii, 624 ; F. B. I. iv, 33 ; Eanjilal 

 For. Fl. 241 ; Prain Beng. PI. 694 (var. sagittatum). 



An extensive twining shrub ; young parts and inflorescence rusty-puberul- 

 ous. Leaves membranous, 3-6 in. long, broadly oblong-elliptic or 

 ovate, acuminate, usually rounded at the base, glabrous above, puberal - 

 ous on the veins beneath ; main lateral nerves 6-9 pairs, arcuate ; 

 petiole slender, 1-2 in. long. Peduncles 2-6 in. long, branching into 

 three divaricate arms, each bearing three many-flowered umbelliform 

 clusters ; pedicels slender, up to in. long. Calyx-lobes ovate. Corolla, 

 yellow, in. in diam., lobes about as long as the tube. Follicles slender, 

 2-3 in< long. Seeds about in. long, ovate, flat, margined, coma 1 in. 

 long. 



Dehra Dun, in shady ravines. DISTRIB. : Subtropical Himalaya east- 

 wards from Kumaon to Sikkim, up to 4,000 ft. ; also in Assam, on the 

 Khasia Hills and in Chittagong, extending to China. 



12. MARSDENIA, R. Br. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv, 34. 



Twining, rarely erect, shrubs. Leaves opposite. Flowers 

 medium-sized or small, in simple or branched, umbellate or corym- 

 bose, terminal or axillary cymes. Calyx 5-partite. Corolla campa- 

 nulate urceolate or rotate, lobes overlapping to the right. Corona 

 of 5 erect fleshy scales, adnate to the base of the staminal-column t 



