62 ASCLEPIADACEM. [LEPTADENIA. 



rounded or emarginate at the apex and often mucronate, base rounded 

 or subcordate, almost glabrous above, more or less pubescent beneath, 

 margins ciliate ; petioles \- in. long. Flowers many, in peduncled or 

 subsessile umbellate cymes ; peduncles interpeti >lar, pubescent, 

 pedicels many, filiform, up to 1 in. long, bracts lanceolate. Calyx- 

 segments | in. long, narrowly lanceolate, hispid- Corolla in. long 

 glabrous ; lobes elliptic, obtuse. Corona-lobes wholly adnate to the 

 staminal column. Style-apex 5-gonal, not exserted beyond the anther- 

 tips. Follicles about 2 in. long, broadly ovate, fusiform, glabrous* 

 Seeds (immature) -$ in. long, ovate, flat, margined, coma 1 in. long. 



Sub-Himalayan tracts of Rohilkhand and N. Ondh (Duthie's collectors) 

 Gorakhpur (Vicary). Flowers in June. DISTJRIB. : Buchanan -Hamil- 

 ton's type specimens were found by him in the Kamrup district of 

 Assam. It was collected by Stocks in the Konkan, by Gamble in the 

 Ganjam District of Madras and by Beddome on the Anamally Hills in 

 Travancore. Although so widely distributed the plant is nowhere 

 abundant. Gamble's Ganjam specimen is the only one I have seen in 

 fruit. 



5, T. tenerrima, Wight Contrib. 50 ; F. B. I. iv, 44. 



A glabrous or sparsely pubescent perennial climber with slender much 

 branched stems. Leaves shortly petioled, 1-4 in. long by T \j-^ in. wide, 

 ligulate or linear-lanceolate, obtuse acute or acuminate, rounded at the 

 base, nerves usually obscure ; petioles %-j in. Cymes generally 

 4-flowered, on slender filiform peduncles which are often longer than 

 the leaves ; pedicels filiform, -4 in. long. Flowers minute. Calyx % 

 in. long ; lobes lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, hispid. Corolla dark 

 purple, -^ in. in diam. ; lobes linear-oblong, puberulous within. Coronal 

 scales with free incurved cuspidate tips. Follicles not seen. 



Dehra Dun (Vicary, Falconer). DISTRIB. : Himalaya from Kashmir to 

 Sikkim up to 7,000 ft. 



15. LEPTADENIA. R. Br. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv, 63. 



Twining or erect shrubs with rigid rnsh-like stems. Leave? 

 opposite, sometimes absent. Flowers small , in crowded lateral 

 umbelliform cymes. Calyx more or less deeply 5- fid. Corolla 

 rotate, 5-lobed, pubescent or bearded within, lobes valvate in bud. 

 Corona of 5 short hair-tipped lobes between he corolla-lobes, some- 

 times with an inconspicuous fleshy ring at the base of the short 

 staminal column. Anthers inflexed over the stigma, without 

 terminal appendages ; pollen-masses one in each cell, erect, globose, 

 nearly sessile, tips pellucid. Stigma included, flat. Follicles 



