CEEOPEGIA.] ASCLEPIADACE&. 67 



a native of Madagascar. See Watt E, D. regarding the caoutchous 

 formed from its abundant milky juice. A?clepias curassavica, L, (Tribe 

 Cynancheoa , an erect perennial herb with linear lanceolate leaves and 

 handsome orange co cured flowers. It is a native of the W. Indies and 

 has been introduced into India and other tropical countries, often occur- 

 ring as a weed An account of its medicinal properties will be found 

 in Watt's Economic Dictionary Stephanotis floribunda, Brongn. ' 

 ^Tribe Marsdeniege . a climbing shrub with thick smooth leaves and 

 large clusters of very fragrant pure white wax-like flowers. It is a 

 native of Madagascar and is sometimes known as Madagascar Jasmine. 



LXXIII.-LOGANIACEJE. 



Trees, shrubs or herbs. Leaves opposite (iarely tei naff), un- 

 divided ; stipules various or reduced to a raised tran; verse line. 

 Inflorescence various. Flowers usually regular and bisexual, 

 generally in 2-3-ehotomous cvmes, the cymes sometimes subcapitnte 

 or reduced to solitary fl< weis ; Calyx inferior, small, 4-5-lobed. 

 Corolla 4-5- lobed or partite, lobfs imbricate or valvate. Stamens 

 4-5, inserted on the corolla tube, alternate with the lobee, antlers 

 2-celled. Ovary free, usually 'J-celled, styles 1 or 2, ovules one or 

 more in each cell. Fruit capsular or indebiscei.t, 1-many-seeded. 

 Seeds various, albuminous, embryo straight. Species about 400, 

 mostly in tropical and sub-tropical regions. 



Annual, corolla valvate, fruit a capsule, 1. MITEEOLA. 

 Shrubs or trees : 



Corolla imbricate, fruit a capsule . . 2. BUDDLEIA. 

 Corolla valvate, fruit a berry . . .3. STRYCHNOS. 



1. MITREOLA, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv, 79. 



Herbs. Leaves opposite, membranous ; stipules small or reduced 

 to a transverse ridge. Flowers small, white, in terminal or axillary 

 2-3-chotomous cymes, often unilateial on the ultimate branchrs. 

 Calyx-lobes lanceolate. Corolla urceolate ; lobes 5, short;, valvate. 

 Stamens 5, included. Ovary 2-cePed ; styles 2, short, connate i nder 

 a small hairy sligma, diverging after flowering ; ovules many in 

 each cell, placentas peltate. Capsule obovoid, compressed at rigbt 

 angles to the septum, carpels dehiscing along the inner face nfter 

 separation. Seeds many, minute, globose or elongate, albumen fleshy, 

 embryo linear. Species 4, two American and two Asiatic. 



