136 59. ASCLEPIADE^. [Hemidesmus. 



Corona staminal with five, horny processes behind the 



anthers HolosTkmma. 



Corona annular, staminal. 



Leafy twining shrubs _ CynakCHUM. 



Leafless, jointed shrubs with pendulous branches... ... SarcCstemma. 



Pollen-masses solitary in each cell, in pairs on the 



corpuscle, erect. 

 Corolla-lobes imbricate. 

 Corona coralline ... ... ... ... ... ... Gymnema. 



Corona staminal. Corolla urceolate, campanulate or 



salver-shaped. 

 Coronal-scales simple on the backs of the anthers ... Marsdehia. 



Coronal-scales notched on the hacks of the anthers ... Pkroulaeia* 



Corolla rotate. 

 Cymes racemose. Coronal-processes 2-fid... ... ... CosMOSTiOMA. 



Cymes in umbels Coronal -scales spreading, cuspidate... Dregea. 

 Corolla-lobes valvate. 



Corolla smal 1 , rotate HETEROsTtAiMA, 



Corolla urceolate or disciform. Corona cupular ... ... Oianthttb. 



Corolla rotate. Corona large, stellate ... ... ... HoYA. 



Anthers without a membranous inflexed tip. Follen- 



masses 1 in each cell, in pairs on the corpuscle, erect. 



Corolla-lobes valvate, 



Twining shrubs Corona double Lbptadenia. 



Erect fleshy shrub. Corona staminal, simple FrkkeA. 



HEMIDESMUS, Br. 



Twiners. Leaves elliptic-linear. Flowers in axillary, subsessile 

 cymes, small. Sepals glandular within. Corolla rotate, reddish. 

 Coronal-scales 5, on the corolla-throat, thick. Stamens with the 

 filaments distinct ; tips of the anthers connate, inflexed, membranous. 

 Appendages of the corpuscles dilated. Follicles slender, divaricate, 

 smooth. Seeds tufted. 



H. indicus, Br. in Mem. Warn. Soc. 1. 57 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. .5 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 147. Nannan, Vern.; uparsal, sariva, anantamul, M. 

 Indian sarsaparilla. Throughout the presidency, common in hedges. 

 Fl. Throughout the year. 



CRYPTOLEPIS. Br. 



Twiners. Leaves pale beneath. Corolla-lobes linear, throat 

 naked, tube inflated at the middle, lobes twisted to the left. Corona 

 of Ave, fleshy scales, included within the tube. Stamens included, 

 sac>-ittate, with a tuft of hairs at the back. Pollen granular ; 

 appendages oblong. Follicles lancelolate divaricate, smooth. Seeds 

 comose. 



C. Bachanani, Roem. & Sch. Syst. IV. 409 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 5 ; Brandia 

 For. Fl. 830 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 148. Karanta, Vern. Common, 

 in hedges throughout the presidency. Fl. June, Aug. Fr. 0. S. Bracts 

 small, persistent. Milky -jaice abundant. 



PERIPLOCA, Linn. 



Erect or twining shrubs. Leaves lanceolate, minute or wanting. 

 Flowers in lax cymes. Corolla rotate ; lobes bearded within, longer 



