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ASCLEPIADE^E. LXXIV. SECAMONE. LXXV. TOXOCARPUS. LXXVI. GONIOSTEMMA. 



Lanceolate-]eaved Secamone. Fl. May, June. Shrub tw. 



7 S. VILLOSA (Blum, bijdr.-p. 1050.) flowers disposed in di- 

 chotomous cymes ; tliroat of corolla villous ; leaves oval-oblong, 

 acutish, veinless above, and rather villous beneath ; stems twin- 

 ing, terete, clothed with fulvous tomentum. \i . *"\ S. Native 

 of Java, among bushes, about Batavia. 



Villous Secamone. Fl. year. Shrub tw. 



8 S. MACROPHY'LLA (Blum, bijdr. p. 1050.) flowers disposed 

 in spicate panicles ; corolla villous outside ; leaves ovate, acut- 

 ish, coriaceous, glabrous, veiny ; stems twining, tetragonal. 



\l . r ^, S. Native of Java, in mountain woods. 



Var. ft, fulva (Blum. 1. c.) leaves acuminated, clothed with 

 fulvous tomentum beneath, as well as the branches and pedun- 

 cles. Jj. ^. S. Native of Java, in calcareous earth, about 

 Kuripan. 



Long-leaved Secamone. Fl. Jan. May. Shrub tw. 



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Species natives of Africa. 



9 S. ^EGYPTI'ACA (R. Br. in hort. kew. 2. p. 75.) twining, gla- 

 brous : leaves elliptic-lanceolate, or oblong, acuminated, on very 

 short petioles ; cymes panicled, shorter than the leaves ; corolla 

 villous inside. Ij . ^. S. Native of Egypt, as well as the 

 Cape of Good Hope, in woods. S. Alpinii, Schultes, syst. 

 6. p. 125. Periploca Secamone, Lin. mant. p. 216. Thunb. 

 prod. 1. p. 45. fl. cap. 2. p. 153. Poir. encycl. 5. p. 189. Se- 

 camone, Alp. segypt, p- 135. t. 134. Leaves paler beneath and 

 transversely veined. Flowers copious, minute. The Egyptian 

 and Cape plants are probably distinct species, and even perhaps 

 not of the same genus. 



Egyptian Secamone. Fl. July. Clt. 1752. Shrub tw. 



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Species natives of New Holland. 



JO S. ELLIPTIC A (R. Br. prod. p. 464.) stem erect; leaves 

 elliptic, acuminated, glabrous ; peduncles and pedicels tomen- 

 tose ; corolla beardless. I? . S. Native of New Holland, on 

 the sea shore, within the tropic. 



Elliptic-leaved Secamone. Clt. 1824. Shrub erect. 



11 S. OVA'TA (R. Br. 1. c.) stem divaricate; leaves ovate, 

 acute, glabrous ; peduncles and pedicels smoothish ; corolhis 

 beardless. (7 . S. Native of New Holland, within the tropic, 

 on the sea shore. 



Oaa/e-leaved Secamone. Shrub erect. 



* * * * A species native of the West Indies. 



12 S. OCCIDENTALS (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 837.) corollas downy ; 

 peduncles axillary, solitary ; leaves oval, mucronulate, villous ; 

 stem twining. 17 . / "\ S. Native of Hispaniola and Cuba. 



Western Secamone. Shrub tw. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Pergularia, p. 133. 



LXXV. TOXOCA'RPUS (from rolpv, toxon, a bow, and 

 capTroc, karpos, a fruit ; in reference to the arched follicles). 

 Wight and Arnott, contrib. ind. hot. p. 61. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Digynia. Corolla rotate, 5-cleft. 

 Stamineous corona 5-leaved ; leaflets flattish on the back, fur- 

 nished with a little segment inside each. Pollen masses 20, 

 erect, fixed by fours to the tops of the corpuscles of the stigma, 

 which are exsulcate. Stigma rostrate, rarely apiculated, undi- 

 vided. Follicles smooth, divaricate. Seeds comose. Twining 

 shrubs. Corymbs interpetiolar, usually opposite, dichotomous, 

 spreading, many-flowered. 



1 T. KLE'INII (Wight and Arnott, 1. c.) stems glabrous ; young 

 branches downy ; leaves elliptic, acuminated ; corymbs nearly 



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sessile, with divaricate branches, longer than the leaves ; flowers 

 pedicellate ; segments of corolla ligulate, glabrous ; throat 

 rather hairy ; leaflets of corona ovate, bidentately truncate, bear- 

 ing each on the inside at the apex, a flat, linear, much exserted 

 segment, which exceeds the anthers, and is somewhat tridentate at 

 the apex ; stigma rostrate, bifid at apex, exceeding the tube of 

 corolla a little ; follicles arcuately reflexed. \i . r ^. S. Native 

 of the East Indies, in hedges, at Vellangany, near Nepatam. 

 Wight, cat. no. 1560. Periploca glabra, Roxb. in herb. Banks. 

 Echites racemosa, Herb. madr. Wall. ascl. no. 113. unnamed. 

 Klein s Toxocarpus. Shrub tw. 



2 T. ROXBU'RGHII (Wight and Arnott, 1. c.) branches clothed 

 with rusty down ; leaves broad, oval, acuminated ; corymbs on 

 short peduncles, with divaricate branches, about equal in length 

 to the leaves ; flowers almost sessile ; throat of corolla hairy ; 

 segments ligulate, glabrous ; leaflets of corona ovate, acutish, 

 bearing each a short, thick, acute, hardly exserted segment inside, 

 which is equal in length to the anthers ; stigma beaked, twisted, 

 equal to the tube of the corolla. I? . ". S. Native of the Cir- 

 cars. Wight, cat. no. 1561. Asclepias longistigma, Roxb. fl. 

 ind. 2. p. 46. mus. ind. orient, t. 619. Asclepias micr&ntha, 

 Roxb. in herb. Banks. Echites dichotoma, herb. Klein, et 

 Rottler. Wall. ascl. no. 113. b. The flowers are much smaller 

 than in the last species. 



Roxburgh's Toxocarpus. Shrub tw. 



3 T. CRASSIFOLIUS (Wight, contrib. ind. bot. p. 61.) branches 

 sparingly pubescent ; leaves on short petioles, oval, acuminated, 

 coriaceous, glabrous ; corymbs panicle-formed, sessile, with 

 elongated, slightly branched branches, and are, as well as the 

 calyxes, clothed with fuscous down ; flowers sessile, in fascicles, 

 small ; segments of corolla densely clothed with white villi ; 

 leaflets of corona reflexed at the sides, cohering at top, and 

 forming a dorsal keel, having the inner segment acuminated and 

 much exserted, equalling the stigma in length ; stigma rostrate, 

 higher than the gynostegium and tube of the corolla. T^ .^. S. 

 Native of Silhet. Secamone crassifolia, Wall, ascl.no. 101. 



Thick-leaved Toxocarpus. Shrub tw. 



4 T. LAURIFOLIUS (Wight, 1. c.) glabrous ; leaves oval, some- 

 times obtuse, but usually acuminated, coriaceous ; corymbs 

 sessile, divaricately and trichotomously branched ; flowers small, 

 very numerous ; segments of corolla reflexed, bearded with 

 white hairs inside ; leaflets of corona rather fleshy, short, round- 

 ish-ovate, acutish : having the inner segments a little exserted, 

 about equal to the gynostegium ; tips of anthers large, broad, 

 sub-aristate, obconically apiculated above the stigma, which is 

 obtuse, inclosed, and incurved ; follicles slender, diverging hori- 

 zontally. Jj . ^. S. Native of Chittagong and Tipperah ; and 

 at Cawnpore, &c. Asclepias laurifolia, Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 49. 

 mus. ind. orient, t. 1814. Wall. ascl. no. 100. A. micrantha, 

 Roxb. in herb. Banks, fl. ind. 2. p. 50. 



Laurel-leaved Toxocarpus. Shrub tw. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Pergularia, p. 133. 



LXXVI. GONIOSTE'MMA (from yojvm, gonia, an angle, 

 and oTfjufta, stemma, a crown ; stamineous corona 5-angled). 

 Wight, contrib. ind. bot. p. 62. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Digynia. Corolla rotate, 5-parted. 

 Stamineous corona, tubular, 5-angled, 5-lobed, adhering to the 

 gynostegium at the base. Pollen masses 20, erect, fixed by fours 

 to each corpuscle of the stigma, which are exsulcate. Stigma 

 rostrate. Follicles. ? A twining shrub, with warted bark. 

 Leaves opposite, oblong-elliptic, acuminated at both ends, gla- 

 brous, shining above. Cymes interpetiolar, panicle-formed, 

 loose, many-flowered. Segments of corolla ligulate, downy 

 inside at the middle, glabrous above. Corona shorter than the 

 gynostegium, fleshy ; lobes naked inside. Stigma cylindrical, 



