15S 



BOTANY. 



Cbss V. 4s7. PMHK.06A. Contorta. Nectariux anibiens ge- 

 Pentandria. nitalia, filaments 5-exserens. 



1. Grtcca. Syria and Siberia. Shrub. 



2. Secamone. Egypt. Shrub. 



3. LcEi'ig'ita. Cinaries. Shrub. 



4. Angustifolia. Laudicea and Mount Atlas. 



5. Esciilenta. Ceylon and Malabar. Pcrc:i. 



6. Emetica. East Indies. See new genus SECA- 

 MONE. Pcrcn. 



7. Indica. Ceylon. Shrub. 



8. Capsularis. New Zealand. 



9. Africana. Cape of Good Hope. Shrub. 



10. Tunicala. Tranquebav. 



11. Sylvestris. WoodsofCeylonandWoendel..SVir. 



* 12. Afzelia. Sierra Leone. 



* 13. Mauritania. India. 



* 14. Albicans. East Indies. 



* 15. Cordata. India, 



* 16. Parni/fora. India. 

 *17. Fit gala. East Indies. 



On account of Sp. 12, Mr Brown has slightly mo- 

 dified the character of this genus. Stt Wern. 

 Trans, p. 46. 



491. HOSTEA, or MATELIA of Persoon. Contorta. 

 Cor. rotata. Nectar, stellatum, genitalia tegens. 

 Folliculi quinquangulares. 



1. Firieltflora. Marshy places of Guiana. Pcrcn. 

 489. APOCYNUM. Contorta. Cor. campanulas. 

 Filamenla 5. cum Btaidiniboe alterna. 



1 . Fili/iirme. Cape of Good Hope. 



2. Hastatum, Cape of Good Hope. Perm. 



3. Andrvsanmfotiuni. Virginia, Canada. Peren. 

 'I. Caiiiiii/.'iiium. Canada, Virginia.' Pcrcn. 



5. 1 1 1/ p/ 1 rid folium. North America. Peren. 



6. Venetttm. Islaads in the Adriatic. 



7. Frutesceiis. Ceylon. Shrub. 



'See Poiret, EiicycL 

 Bot. v. p. 188. 



Peren. 



8. Panicu'atum. 



eylon. 

 In tl 



the meadows at the river 



' j- Lamark, Encyc. 



Sinemari, in Guiana. Shrub. 

 9. Umbellatum. Cayenne. Shrub. 



10. Reliciilatum. India. Shrub. 



11. Cordaliim. 13. Tri/fonim. 



12. Lanceolatum 14. Lineare. 



* 15. Pubescens. Virginia 



* 16. Sibiricum. 



* 17- Tilicejolium. India. 1 



* 18. Cotintfolmm, Java. _ 



Sp. 11 14. Shrubby, and from the Cape. Ac- 

 cording to Mr Brown, Sp. 3, 4, 5, 6, 13, 16, 

 are the only genuine species with which he is 

 acquainted. See Wern. Trans, i. p. 56. Persoon 

 ranks Sp. 7. under the subgenus QUIRIVELA. 

 i86. PETIOULARIA. Contorta. Neclarium ambiens 



genitalia cuspidibus 5 sagittatis. Cal. hypocrate- 



riformis. 



1. Glabra. India. 



2. Edit/is. Cape of Good Hope. Peren. 



3. Tomentnsa. Arabia. Shrub. 



4. Purpurea. East Indies and China. Shrub. 



5. Jfipmiica. Japan. 



* 6. Odoraiissima.) See Andrew's Repository, 



* 7. Minor. | pp. 181-, 185. 



Sp. 1. now forms the new genus VAL: ARIS ; Sp. 2. 



probably belongs to another genus ; and Sp. 3, 



'4. may belong to PEHGULARIA. See Brown, 



Wern. Trans. I. 20. The generic character given 



by Mr Brown is : " Asclepiadea. Massx Class ' 

 pollinis Ixves, 10, erects. AiilLcra: membrana Tentand) 

 terminatse. Corona staminea 5-phylla : foliolis 

 compressis apice indivisis, intus lacinula auctis. 

 Cor. hypocraterif. tubo urceolato. Andrews 

 refers this genus to GYXANDHIA Decandria. 

 490. ASCLEPIAS. Contorta. Nect. 5, ovata, conca- 

 va, corniculum exserentia. 



1. Aphylla. 4. Pubescens. 



2. Undid In. 5. Mucronata. 



Speck's 1 5 shrubby, and from the Cape. 

 C. Prdcera. Persia. S/irub. 

 1. Gignntea. East Indies. Shrub. 



8. G'tindiflora. Cape of Good Hope. 



9. Carnosa. China. 



10. Syriac,a. Virginia and Astracan. Peren. 



11. Amoena. North America. Peren. 



12. Purpurascens. Carolina. Peren. 



13. Varicgata. North America. Peren. 



14. Curas&acica. Curagoa. Shrub. 



15. Nivea. Virginia, and warm parts of Ame- 

 rica. Pcrcn. 



16. Laniflora. Arabia Felix. Shrub. 



17. Pari'iflora. Carolina and Florida. Perea. 



18. Incarnate. Canada and Virginia. Peren. 



19. Pidchra. North America. Peren. 



20. Citrifolia. America. Pcrcn. 



21. Decumbens. Virginia. Peren. 



22. I. act if era. Ceylon. Peren. 



23. yincetoxicum. Gravelly pans of Europe. 

 Peren. See CYNANCHUM. 



24. Nigra. Hills of Montpellicr. Pcrcn. 



25. Fcetida. Mexico. Peren. 



26. Convolvitlucea. Guinea. Peren. 



27. Volubilis.^ Ceylon. Shrub. 



28. Alexicaca. Ceylon. Peren. 



29. Aslhmatica. Vv r uods of Ceylon. Peren. 



30. Fiminalis. Jamaica. Pcrcn. 



31. Arboresccns. Cape of Good Hope. Shrub. 

 See GOMI'HOCARPUS. 



32. Fruticosa. Cape of Good Hope. Shrub. 

 See GOMPHOCARPUS. 



33. Sibirica. Siberia. Pcrcn. 



34. Davurtca. Dauria. Pcrcn. 



35. Setosa. Arabia Felix. Shrub. , See GCM- 



PHOCARPUS. 



36. Filiformis. Cape of Good Hope. 



37. Ferticillaia. Virginia. Peren. 



38. Mexicnna. Mexico. Bien. 



39. Linaria. Peren. 



40. Rubra. Virginia. 



41. Tuberosa. North America. Peren. 



* 42. Obtttsifolia. From Virginia to Ca- ~) 



rolina. 



* 43. Hybrids. Carolina. See Mi- 



* 44. Amplexicaulis. Dry pastures of chaux, 



Georgia. Flor. 



* 45. Humistrata. Carolina. Amer. 



* "i. Debilis. Wet parts of Carolina. i. p. 11 5. 



* 47. Lauri folia. 



* 48. Pauperciila. 



*49. Grani/nea. India. (Lamarck.) 



* 50. Longifolia. Woods of West Georgia. (A/j- 



ehaux. ) 



