Plants of the Punjab. 



581 



Climbing Plants with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Ichnocarpus 

 frutescens, 



Apocynace-sj. 



F. B. I. iii. 669. 



The Plains to 



2,000 ft., 



east of the Sutlej. 



Sirmur 



Hathni Khund. 



Petals united. 



perennial, woody, a closely, clinging chmber, smooth, 

 or branches and lower surface of leaves softly felted ; 

 leaves 2-3 by f-1^ in., narrowed at both ends, oblong or 

 lanceolate ; flowers very small, white or whitish purple, in 

 axillary and terminal rusty velvety racemes, 1-3 in. long, 

 calyx o-fid, 8 in., lobes ovate, blunt, corolla I in. diam., 

 twice as long as the calyx, salver-shaped, mouth and 

 margins hairy, lobes narrowed to the long point, overlap- 

 ping to the right, stamens at or below the middle of the 

 tube ; otherwise like the last species ; folhcles 3-6 by ^ in., 

 very slender, curved, widely spreading, seeds ^ in., not 

 beaked, tuft of white hairs. 



Cryptolepis 

 Buchanani, 



Karanta. 

 Asclepiadace^. 

 F. B. I. iv. 5. 

 The Plains to 

 4,000 ft. 

 Gu'i Valley 

 (Collett). 

 Lahore. 



perennial, smooth, twining, juice milky ; leaves 3-6 

 by 1-2| in. oblong or narrowed to both ends, leathery, shin- 

 ing above, stalk ^ in. ; flowers | in. diam., yellow, in very 

 loose, slender, short, many-flowered, axillary, branching 

 racemes, calyx small, o-lobed with 5 scales within, lobes 

 short, sharp-pointed, corolla tube very short, lobes 5, 

 lanceolate, scales 5, club-shaped at the top of the corolla 

 tube closing its mouth, stamens 5, at the bottom of the 

 tube, bases broad, united to the stigma, anther tips long, 

 meetmg over it, pollen glandular joined in masses in pairs 

 m each anther cell, stigma conical ; follicles 2-4 in., straight, 

 stiff, |-f in. diam., in the middle, gradually narrowed, 

 smooth, separating, seeds I in. long, oblong-ovate, tuft 

 of hairs 1 in. long. 



Cryptostegia 

 grandiflora, 



Asclepiadace^. 

 F. B. I. iv. 6. 

 The Plains, widely 

 found as an escape, 

 also cultivated. 



perennial, woody, stout, smooth, juice milky, the 

 latex contains much good rubber, but it is separated from 

 the other constituents with difficulty ; leaves 3-4 by l|-2 in., 

 narrowed to both ends, blunt, leathery, shining above, 

 stalks |-| in. ; flowers 1| in. long, 2 in. diam., white ; nged 

 with pinkish purple, in termmal 3-branched short spi; ading 

 clusters, bracts soon falling off, calyx 5-partite, 1( bes |-| 

 in. long, lanceolate, corolla funnel-shaped, tube short, 

 throat bell-shaped, lobes 5, broad, overlapping and twisted 

 to the left, short-pointed, scales 5 at the base of the throat, 

 clef, into thread-like segments, stamens and anthers 

 as in the last species, stigma convex ; folhcles 4-5 by 1-1 1 

 in.; straight, thick, woody, widely separating,- thickest 

 at the base, seeds ^ in. long, oblong-ovate, flattened, tuft 

 of hairs 1| ia. long, very fine. 



