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ASCLEPIADACEjE. 



[Perigynous Exogens. 



' n2 • -i *o n „A fl,,m. olhnn The roots of Tylophora asthmatica are acrid, and 

 efficacious in gleets and ttuoi alous. lneiootsoi ^ F Pnvhnrah i'onnd 



used on the coast of Coromaudel as a substitute for Ipecacuanha Dr. Koxbuigli louna 

 Tt to answer tlie same purpose as that drug, and had also very favourable reports of it 

 froir o ther . Dr J Anderson, Physician-General at Madras, confirms this ; , .wa, 

 usedJith great success in a dysentery that was ^^^^^^ 

 «imn No doubt it is one of the most valuable medicines in India, in lai e noses h 

 Tenietic in seller doses often repeated it acts as a cathartic. Burnett states ,. to 

 be""uable as a sudorific, and to be peculiarly ben^mk-.d nto^J^V 



Tknnd Yercum or Mudar plant of India, is a powerful alterative and purgative • it is 

 Specially leases oCosV, elephantiasis, intestinal worms, and venereal affections 

 tharfhas been found importan. The leaves of Solenostemma Argel are used m 

 FWnt fS adulteratin- Senna, but whether intentionally or from mere carelessness is 

 Egypt ioi a^^f^S ™T»> proportion f som e samples of Alexandrian (Nubian) 



coSe in se °°«l, &r ^-ctam ov.lifoliun,, acco.Zg to W.llich, yields M* 



length and tenacity of its fibre. Some species yield indigo of e ^f ^ ^ 

 Marsaenia tinctoria, found in Sylhet, and Gymnena ? tingens. See Jtoy fe 8 i «^gf^ 

 fit foVmuch more interesting matter connected with the sensible properties of 

 plants'of this Order, and especially of the Mudar. 



I. PERIPLOCEJE. 



Cryptostegia, R. Br. 

 Zucchellia, Dec. 

 Tacazzea, Dec. 

 jEchmolepis, Dec. 

 Gymnanthera, R. Br. 

 Camptocarpus, Dec. 

 Finlaysonia, Wall. 

 Hernidesmus, R. Br. 

 Brachylepis, Wight el A. 

 Decalepis, Wight et Arn. 

 Streptocaulon, Wigt.ct A. 

 Harpanema, Dec. 

 Atherandra, Dec. 

 Phyllanthera, Blume. 

 Lepistoma, Blume. 

 Leposma, Blum. 

 Periploca, L. 

 Campelepis, Falc. 

 Myriopteron, Griff. 

 Peutoretia, Dec. 

 Ectadium, E. Mey. 



II. Secamone,e. 



Secaraone, R. Br. 



Goniostemma, Wight. 

 Toxocarpus, Wight et A. 



III.AsclepiadesVer* 



Mitostigma, Dec. 

 Astephanus, R- Br. 

 Hamax, E. Mey. 



ITemipogon, Dec. 

 Nautonia, Dec. 

 Steinbeillia, Dec. 

 Microloma, R. Br. 

 Metaplexis, R. Br. 



Urostelma, Bunge. 

 Parapodium, E. Mey. 

 Barjonia, Dec, 

 Pycnostelma, Dec. 

 Menasteluia, R. Br. 

 Roulinia, Dec. 

 Enslenia, Null. 



Ampelanus, Raf. 

 Cordylogne, E. Meg. 

 Xysmalobium, /{ Br. 

 Odontantbera, Wight. 

 Periglossum, Dec. 

 Glossostephauus, E.Mey. 

 Podostigma, Ell. 

 Stylandra, Nutt. 

 Anantherix, Nutt. 

 Acerates, Ell. 



PolyoOius, Nutt. 

 Vincetoxicum, M catch. 

 Pentagonium,Stiba,aBt 

 Blytt'ia, W. Arn. 

 Haplosterama, Endl. 

 Oncinema, W. Arn. 

 Orthosia, Dec. 

 Cynoctonum, E. Mey. 



Bunburia, Harv. 

 Pycnoneurum, Dee. 

 llolosteuuaa, R. Br. 



GENERA. 



Solenostemma, Hayn. 



Argelia, Dec. 

 Arauja, Brot. 



Phvsianthus, Mart. 

 Schubertia, Mart. elZuc. 

 Calotropis, R. Br. 

 Eutropis, Falc. 

 Pentatropis, R. Br. 

 Kaualiia, R. Br. 

 Sarcostemma, R Br. 

 Oxystelma, R. Br. 

 Dsercia, R. Br. 

 Hockea, Endl. 

 Eustegia, R. Br. 

 Peplonia, Dec. 

 Decanema, Dec. 

 Endotropis, Endl. 

 Cynancbum, Linn. 

 Pentarrhinum, E. Mey. 

 Scbi/.oglossum, E. Mey. 

 Glossouema, Dec- 



Conomitra, Fenzl 

 Aspidoglossum, E. Mey. 

 Lagarinthus, E. Mey. 



Rhinolobfaun, W. Arn. 

 Gomphocarpus, R. Br. 

 Asclepias, L. 



Apocynum, Tourn. 

 Ditassa, R. Br. 

 Tassadia, Dec. 

 Calostigma, Dec. 

 Oxypetalum, R. Br. 

 Gutho/redu, Vent. 



Scbistogyne, Hook. etArn. 

 Melinia, Dec. 



Brachylepis, Hk. et A. 

 Sonnhiia, Rcltb. 



Diplolepis, R. Br. 

 Morrenia, Lindl. 

 Turrigera. l>ec. 

 Rhyssostelma, Dec. 

 Seutera, Reich. 



Lyonia, Ell. 



IV. GONOL0BE.E. 



Matelea, Anbl. 



Hostea, Willd. 

 Gonolobus, Michx. 

 Ibatia, Dee. 

 Macroscepis, H. B. K. 

 Fischeria, DC. 

 Lachuostom.a, H. B. K 



Pherolrichis, Dec. 

 Polystemma, Dec. 

 Blepharodon, Dec. 

 Nepbradenia, Dec. 

 Dictyanthus, Dec. 

 Clitliamalia, Dec. 



V. Stapeli.«. 



Ptycanthera, Dec. 

 Tenaris, E. Mey. 

 Tylophora, R. Br. 

 Hybanthera, Endl 



