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acuminated, destitute of cusps or points inside, shorter than the 

 gynostegium. 



6 T. CARNOSA (Wall. ascl. no. 49. Wight, cat. no. 1537. 

 contrib. ind. hot. p. 49.) twining, glabrous ; stems and branches 

 slender ; leaves fleshy, ovate, or subcordate, mucronate, shining, 

 pale beneath ; peduncles flexuous, bearing at the flexures many 

 filiform pedicels ; flowers small ; leaflets of corona fleshy, nearly 

 orbicular ; pollen masses ascending ; stigma convex ; follicles 

 glabrous, usually solitary by abortion, Tj . '"'. S. Native of 

 the Burmese empire, at Amherst; and of Ceylon, at Colombo ; 

 and of the province of Tanjore, in sandy places. Leaves 1-2 

 inches long, and 6-9 lines broad. Flowers purple inside. 



l-leshy Tylophora. Shrub tw. 



~ T. TENUISSIMA (Wight and Arnott, contrib. ind. bot. p. 49.) 

 twining, glabrous ; branches slender ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 somewhat cordate at the base, cuspidate, veinless, with subrevo- 

 lute edges ; peduncles flexuous, bearing many filiform pedicels 

 at the flexures ; flowers small ; leaflets of corona ovate-oblong ; 

 pollen masses ascending ; stigma convex ; follicles diverging, 

 glabrous. (7 . . S. Native of the peninsula of India, Wight ; 

 Bengal, Roxb. Wight, cat. no. 1538. Asclepias tenuissima, 

 Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 41. mus. ind. or. t. 1383. Leaves 2-3 

 inches long and 3-6 lines broad. There is a variety of this, 

 having the leaves twice the length and much narrower in pro- 

 portion. 



I't'ry slender Tylophora. Shrub tw. 



8 T. PAVCIFLORA (Wight and Arnott, 1. c.) twining, glabrous; 

 branches slender ; leaves on longish petioles, broadly ovate, from 

 the base, or somewhat cordate, gradually attenuated to the 

 apex, rather waved on the edges ; peduncles shorter than the 

 leaves, flexuous, bearing filiform, twin, or tern pedicels at the 

 flexures; flowers small; segments of calyx and corolla obtuse; 

 leaflets of corona broad-elliptic, obtuse ; pollen masses ascend- 

 ing ; stigma convex ; follicles glabrous. Jj . *"*. S. Native of 

 the East Indies, at Courtallum, Wight ; northern provinces of 

 Bengal, Royle ; Wight, cat. no. 1539. This species is easily 

 distinguished from the rest by the almost triangular form of the 

 leaves. 



Fcjr-Jloirered Tylophora. Shrub tw. 



9 T. HIRSU'TA (Wight, contrib. ind. bot. p. 49.) twining, 

 downy ; leaves broad-ovate, acuminated ; peduncles about equal 

 in length to the leaves, flexuous, bearing sessile umbels at the 

 flexures ; pedicels filiform ; flowers small ; segments of corolla 

 ovate, obtuse, undulated ; leaflets of corona ovate, somewhat 

 acuminated, obtuse : pollen masses transverse ; stigma obtuse ; 

 follicles slender. ^ . . S. Native of Nipaul, at Chanda- 

 ghiry, and Sanko. Gymnema hirsutum, Wall. tent. fl. nep. p. 

 50. ascl. no. 46. Leaves 3-5 inches long, and 2-3 broad. 



Hairy Tylophora. Shrub tw. 



10 T. MOLLISSIMA (Wall, ascl, no. 47. Wight, cat. no. 1540. 

 contrib. ind. hot. p. 49.) twining, downy ; leaves oval, or cor- 

 date-ovate, acuminated, mucronate ; peduncles twice or thrice 

 longer than the leaves, flexuous, bearing sessile umbels at the 

 flexures ; pedicels filiform ; flowers small ; segments of corolla 

 ovate, obtuse, undulated ; leaflets of corona truncate at apex or 

 roundish ; pollen masses transverse ; stigma obtuse ; follicles 

 downy. fj . rv . S. Native of the East Indies, on the Neel- 

 gherry mountains, and on those of Dindygul. Perhaps this 

 is too nearly allied to the preceding, from which it seems to 

 differ principally in the size of the leaves. Leaves 1-2 inches 

 long, and about 1 broad. 



/ ery soft Tylophora. Shrub tw. 



11 T. ROTUXDIFOLIA (Hamilt. herb. no. 759. Wall. ascl. 

 no. 120. ex Wight and Arnott, contrib ind. bot. p. 50.) twining, 

 downy ; leaves round or roundish-ovate ; peduncles shorter than 



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the leaves ; pedicels long, filiform, usually disposed in 2 fascicles 

 near the top of the peduncle ; flowers rather large, glabrous ; 

 leaflets of corona fleshy, short, adnate to the middle of the 

 gynostegium ; pollen masses transverse; stigma obtuse, fj . / "\ S. 

 Native of the East Indies, in elevated fields, east of Camrup 

 and at Dongtala, and Hebora. Leaves about 2 inches broad. 

 Round-hated Tylophora. Shrub tw. 



12 T. FASCICULA'TA (Hamilt. herb. no. 758. Wall. ascl. 

 no. 55. Wight and Arnott, 1. c.) erect or twining a little; 

 leaves approximate, ovate, bluntish, rather fleshy, decreasing 

 towards the tops of the branches ; peduncles erect, flexuous, 

 bearing 2-3 few-flowered fascicles at the flexures ; leaflets of 

 corona oblong-ovate, bluntish ; pollen masses transverse ; stigma 

 apiculated. fj . '"'. S. Native of the East Indies. The cor- 

 puscles of the stigma in this species alone are herbaceous, and 

 slightly united, but loose and divaricate at both ends. Leaves 

 1-2 inches long and 1 broad. 



Var. a, parciflbra (Wight and Arnott, 1. c.) twining a little at 

 top ; flowers minute, fj . / ~*. S. Native of the woods of Mithila, 

 atSukanagur. T. fasciculata, Herb. Ham. no. 758. Wall. ascl. 

 no. 55. 



Var. /3, macrantha (Wight and Arnott, 1. c.) root fascicled ; 

 stems woody, erect ; fascicles approximate ; flowers rather 

 large ; segments of corolla ligulate. ^ . S. Native at Neel- 

 gherry. Wight, cat. no. 1541. Wall, ascl.no. 31. without a 

 name. 



Fascicled- flowered Tylophora. Shrub tw. or erect. 



13 T. LONGIFOLIA (Wight, contrib. ind. bot. p. 50.) twining, 

 glabrous ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, rather cordate at the 

 base ; panicles shorter than the leaves, many-flowered, composed 

 of flexuous branches, bearing a small umbel of flowers at each 

 flexure ; segments of corolla obtuse ; leaflets of corona almost 

 one half shorter than the gynostegium, broadly elliptic, obtuse ; 

 pollen masses transverse ; stigma convex. f? . '"X S. Native 

 of Silhet. Wall. ascl. no. 48. without a name. Leaves 6-8 

 inches long, and 1-| broad. 



Long-leaved Tylophora. Shrub tw. 



14 T. EXILIS (Colebr. in Lin. trans. 12. p. 358. t. 16. 

 Wight and Arnott, contrib. ind. bot. p. 50.) twining, glabrous ; 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminated ; panicles rather large, twice 

 or thrice longer than the leaves : having the branches flexuous, 

 bearing umbellate pedicels at the flexures ; segments of corolla 

 acutish ; leaflets of corona broad-elliptic, very obtuse, shorter 

 than the gynostegium ; pollen masses transverse ; stigma api- 

 culated. ^ . ^. S. Native of Silhet. Pergularia exilis, 

 Spreng. syst. 1. p. 844. Wall. ascl. no. 51. unnamed. Leaves 

 2-3 inches long and 1 broad. Very nearly allied to the pre- 

 ceding species. 



Thin Tylophora. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. Shrub tw. 



15 T. MICRA'NTHA (Nouv. ann. mus. 3. p. 377.) glabrous; 

 leaves narrow or ovate-lanceolate, acute, rounded at the base, 

 petiolate ; cymes shorter than the leaves ; calycine segments 

 rounded, with membranous edges, shorter than the corolla ; 

 segments of corolla longish, obtuse ; follicles acuminated, gla- 

 brous. V- . '"'. S. Native of the island of Timor. 



Small-flowered Tylophora. Shrub tw. 



16 T. VILIOSA (Blum, bijdr. p. 1061.) corollas bearded; 

 umbels usually twin ; leaves elliptic-oblong, acute, a little cor- 

 date at the base, hairy on both surfaces ; branches sarmentose, 

 villous. f? . ^. S. Native of the west side of Java, on the 

 mountains, where it is called Aroy Katuk. 



nilous Tylophora. Fl. year. PI. tw. 



17 T. CISSIOIDES (Blum, bijdr. p. 1061.) corollas glabrous ; 

 corymbs trichotomous ; pedicels subumbellate ; leaves ovate- 

 oblong, acuminated, rather cordate at the base, smooth. \j . . S. 

 Native of Java, at the foot of Mount Salak. 



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