Sarcostemma.'] 59. asclepiade^. 139 



S. brevistigma, Wight and Aniott's Contrib. o9 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 26; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. liO. Somucl, M. Throughout the Dcccan 

 in stonj places. Fl. June. 



S. Stocksii, Hook. f. Fl. Br. I. 4. 27. Sind. S. intermedium, Dene. 

 Fl. Br. I. 4. 27 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 27. Phok M. Common in 

 the dry districts of the Deccan. Abundant in the Gadag taluka of the 

 Dharvvclr district. Fl. July, Sept, 



GYMNEMA, R. Br. 



Twiuing shrubs. Leaves opposite. Flowers small, umbellate. 

 Corolla rotate or urceolate, throat with 5 scales, alternating with the 

 lobes. Anthers terminating with a membrane. Pollen-masses in 

 pairs, erect. Stigma exserted. Follicles slender or turgid, glabrous. 



Pubescent. Leaves small, obovate, acute ... ... G.sylvestre. 



Glabrous or nearly so. Leaves large, coriaceous, ovate- 

 oblong ... ... ... ... ... G. montanum, 



G. sylvestre, Br. in Mem. Wern. Soc. 1. 33 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 29 ; Dalz. 



& Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 151. Kawali, kdli-hardoin, vak]iande,M.. Throughout 

 the presidency, common in hedges in the Dharwar district, and near the 

 coast at Karwar. Fl. June, Aug. Fr. Oct., Nov. 



G. montanum. Hook. f. Fl. Br. I. 4.31. Bidaria eler/ans, Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bom. Fl. 151. Higher ghfits of the Konkan. 



MARSDENIA, R. Brown. 



Twining shrubs. Leaves often cordate. Flowers in umbelliform 

 cymes. Corolla campannlate, limb spreading, lobes overlapping to 

 the right. Coronal-scales 5, sometimes auriculate, adnate to the 

 anthers dorsally, erect. Pollen-masses in stipitate pairs, erect. 

 Stigma obtuse or beaked. Follicles lanceolate or poniard-shaped. 



M. tinctoria, Br. in ]\rem. Wern. Soc. 1. 30 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 34 ; Brandis 

 For. Fl. 332. Cultivated in the Deccan. Fl. hot and rainy seasons. 



PERGULARIA, Linn. 



"Woody climbers. Leaves membranous. Flowers greenish, in 

 interpetiolar cymes. Corolla salver-shaped, lobes oblong, overlap- 

 ping to the right. Coronal-scales large, membranous, adnate to the 

 back of the anthers, ei'ect, simple or transversely bifid. Pollen- 

 masses erect, clavate. Follicles ventricose-lanceolate, smooth. 

 Seeds ovate, concave. 



P. palUda, Wight & Am. Contrib. 42 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 38 ; Brandis For 

 Fl. 334. In the plains of the Deccan, in the scrub jungles, on the stony 

 hills near Dharwar. Fl. July, Aug. 



p. odoratissima, L. West Coast or Primrose-Creeper is cultivated in 

 gardens. 



