PEBGULABIA.] ASCLEPIADACE^. 59 



5. M. lucida, Edgew. ex Madden in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. -scvii,pt.l 

 (1848), 370 ; Brandis For. Fl. 533; Ind. Trees 470 ; F. B. I. iv, 36 ; Gamble 

 Man. Ind. Timb. 492. 



A large evergreen climber, glabrous all but the young parts and inflores- 

 cence. Leaves subcoriaceous, 4-5 in. long by 2-3 in. wide, elliptic or 

 ovate, subacute or obtusely acuminate, rounded at the base, pale 

 yellowish-green beneath, main lateral nerves 6-8 pairs ; petioles l-l in. 

 long. Flowers many, purple, fragrant, in rather dense corymbifonn 

 cymes ; peduncles stout, interpetiolar, shorter than the petioles. Calyx 

 one-third the length of the corolla, pubescent outside, lobes obtuse. 

 Corolla ^-5 in. long and about w in. across ; lobes longer than the tube, 

 glabrous outside, sparsely hairy within, edges ciliate. Corona-scales 

 subulate, as long as the anther-tips. Style much longer than the column, 

 bifid at the apex. Follicles about 5 in. long, lanceolate, smooth. Seeds 

 | in. long, ovate-lanceolate, margined ; coma 1 in. long. 



Forests in the Bahraich district of N. Oudh. Flowers in Oct. and Nov. 

 DISTRIB.: Kumaon, in shady spots up to 7,500 ft- (Madden and S. & W. 

 No. 4), also in E. Bengal. The beautiful foliage of this plant and its 

 fragrant purple flowers merit the attention of horticulturists. 



13. PERGULARIA, Linn.; PL Brit. Ind. iv, 37. 



Twining fthrub*. Leaves opposite, ovate-cordate, membranous, 

 Flowers greenish or yellow, rather large, arranged in lateral 

 subumbellate cymes. Calyx 5-partite. Corolla salver-shaped, tube 

 swollen at the base, lobes overlapping to the right. Corona adnate 

 to the lower portion of the staminal column, free portion 6-lobed and 

 with a narrow process on the face of each lobe. Staminal column 

 attached to the base of corolla ; anthers erect, with long membranous 

 inflexed appendages; pollen-masses one in each anther-cell, erect, 

 waxy, caudicles short. Stigma stout, umbonate, capitate. Follicles 

 lanceolate, ratber turgid. Seeds conaose. Species about 10, Asiatic 

 and African. 



P. pallida, W. $ A. in Wight. Contrib. 42; Eoyle III. 273; Brand. For. 

 Fl. 334; Ind. Trees 470 ; F. B. I. iv, 38; Kanjildl For. Fl. 243; Gamble 

 Man. Ind. Timb. 493 ; Collett Fl. 8iml. 319 ; Prain Beng. PI. 696 ; CooTce 

 Fl. Bomb, ii, 165. Asclepias pallida, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ii t 48. Vern. 

 8urkila. 



A large twining shrub. Bark of old stems becoming corky. Branches, 

 pale-coloured, softly pubescent when young. ^Leaves membranous, 

 glabrous or somewhat pubescent when young, 2-4 in. long, ovate, acute 

 or acuminate, cordate at the base, pale and finely reticulate beneath ; 

 petioles -2 in. long, pubescent. Flowers pale-yellow, often slightly 

 fragrant ; peduncles interpetiolar, pubescent, pedicels about \ in. long. 



