138 59. ASCLEPiADEyE. [Dcemia. 



to the right. Corona of an outer 5-10-crenate membrane and 5, 

 compressed scales, adnate to the anthers and spurred behind with 

 long subulate tips. Pollen masses in pairs, pendulous, •waxy. 

 Follicles echinate. 



D. extensa, Br. in Mera. Warn. Soc. 1. 50 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 20 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 150. Utaran, M. Throughout the dry districts of the 

 Decean, also in hedges in the Konkan, common in the Dh4rwar district* 

 Fl. apparently throughout the year. Follicles softly echinate. 



HOLOSTEMMA, Br. 



Twining shrubs. Leaves membranous, cordate. Cymes axillary, 

 of large purple flowers. Corolla-lobes thick, overlapping to the 

 right. Corona 10-lobedj fleshy. Anthers large, horny, shining, 

 cohering in a 10-winged column. Pollen- masses linear, falcate, com- 

 pressed, pendulous ; pedicels long, black. Stigma 5-winged. Follicles 

 short, thick, smooth. 



H. Rheedei, Wall. PI. As. Bar. II. 51 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 21 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 148. Tultuli, shidori, dudu7-li, M. In the moist forests 

 of the Konkan and North K«nara, often in hedges. Fl. July, Aug. 

 Fr. C. S. Flowers edible. 



CYNANCHUM, Linn. 



Shrubs or herbs, erect or climbing. Leaves usually broad, cor- 

 date. Flowers small, green, in axillary cymes. Corolla rotate, 

 lobes valvate or overlapping to the right. Corona adnate to the 

 base of the column, cupular, with scales or tubercles on the inner 

 face. Pollen-masses not compressed, pendulous, waxy. Follicles 

 t3rete or 2-winged. 



Leaves not glaucous beneath. Follicles terete C. pauciflorum. 



Leaves glaucous beneath. Follicles winged ... 6'. Callialata. 



C. pauciflorum. Br. in Mem. "Wern. Soc. 1. 45; Fl. Br. I. 4. 23; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 148. From the Konkan southwards, also in the 

 Poona district. Fl. C. S. 



C. Callialata, Ham. in Wgt. Contrib. 56 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 24. From the 

 Konkan southwards common in the evergreen forests near the Nilkund 

 ghat of North Kanara. Fl. Oct., Dec. Fr. Jan., Feb. 



SARCOSTEMMA, Br. 



Leafless, jointed shrubs with pendulous branches. Cymes in 



terminal umbels. Corolla rotate, lobes overlapping to the right. 



Corona cup-shaped, lobed, alternate lobes with lai'ge fleshy processes, 



adnate to the back of the anthers. Pollen-masses pendulous, waxy. 



Follicles smooth. 



Follicles thinly coriaceous, f^eeds J inch, ovate ... S. brevistigma. 



Follicles thickly coriaceous. Seeds ^ inch, linear ... S, StocksU. 



