eriploca.] 59. ASCLEPIADEyE. 137 



tlian tlio tube. Corona of five thick scales, coDuate into a lO-lobcd 

 riug-^ often produced ia a long filiform arista. Filaments short, 

 free ; anther:^ with a tuft of hairs at the back. Pollen grains in Is ; 

 appendages dilated. Follicles cylindric, smooth. 



P. aphylla. Dene, in Jacq. Voy. T?ot. 109, t. IIG; Fl. Br. I. 4. 12 ; 

 Orandis For. Fl. 380. Barrara, ranslicr, burai, Vern. Common in Sind, 

 Fl. Mch.-Apl. 



TOXOCARPUS, W. & A. 

 Woody climbers. Leaves opposite. Flowers small, in axillary 

 cymes. Corolla-lobes overlapping- to the left, tube short. Coronal- 

 scales minute, adnate to the column. Anthers small, often inap- 

 pendiculate ; pollen-masses minute, waxy. Stigma produced in a 

 long beak. Follicles spreading, smooth. Seeds comose. 



T. Kleinii, Wgt. & Arn. Contrib. 61 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 14. From the 

 Konkan, so ath wards. Fl. Br. I, 



GENIANTHUS, Hook. f. 



Climbers. Leaves opposite. Flowers small, in axillary cymes. 

 Corolla-lobes valvate, spreading and recurved, villous on the inner 

 face. Corona of five scales, adnate to the column. Pollen-masses 

 minute, waxy. Follicles terete, slender. 



G. laurifolius, Hook. f. Fl. Er. I. 4. 16; Toxocarpus crassifolius, 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 148. On the Konkan and North Kanara ghats, 

 in evergreen forests, common in the forests near the Nilkuud and 

 Gairsoppah ghats. Fl. Oct., Dec. Fr. H. S. 



CALOTROPIS, Br. 



Erect shrubs. Leaves broad, subsessile. Flowers medium- 

 sized, cymose. Corolla-tube bi-oad, lobes ovate, valvate. Corona 

 of five, compressed, fleshy appendages. Anther-tips membranous, 

 inflexed. Pollen-masses in pairs, waxy, pendulous. Follicles 

 broad, ovoid. 



Coronal-scales truncate, hairy ... ... Q^ giqantea. 



Coronal-scales acute, glabrous or pubescent. ... ... C. procera. 



C. gigantea, Br. in Hort. Kew Ed. 2, II. 78 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 17 : Dalz 

 & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 149 ; Brandis For. Fl, 331, Madar, mudar, M. ; arka, 

 iiJcari, 7owi, Vern. Throughout the presidency in dry, waste places • 

 very common. Fl. throughout the year. FuU of acrid, white juice. 



C. procera, R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew Ed. 2. II, 78 ; Fl. Br, I, 4. 18 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 149 ; Brandis For. Fl. 331. Lalmandar, tarrihara, 

 (d; M. In tbe dry Deccan districts and Sind. Fl. Feb., May. Fr. C. s! 

 Yields a valuable fibre. 



DJEMIA, Br. 



Climbers. Leaves cordate. Flowers in axillary cymes, pedicels 

 filiform. Corolla green, tube short, lobes large, broad, overlappino- 

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