ASCLEPIADACEAE 



Gymnema alternifloriim (Lour.) Merr. Trans. Am. Philos. Soc. II. 24(2): 318. 

 1935, cumsyn. ^/ic^/»^. 'p. CtO. J S l /f/ , /f ff-^ 



Apocynum alterniflorum Lour. FI. Cochinch. 168. 1790. 



Gymnema affine Decaisne in DC. Prodr. 8: 622. 1844; Tsiang, Sunyatsenia 2: 196. 

 1934. 



Indo-China, Tonkin, Bac Giang Province, near Bo Ha, Pételot 2435, Nov. 6, 1938; 

 Thoi Nguyen Province, route from Hanoi to Thoi Nguyen, Pételot 2421, Nov. 12, 1939, 

 in thickets and hedges. Chekiang and Fokien to Formosa, Kwangtung, and Hainan. 



ymnema formosanum Warb. Repert. Sp. Nov. 3: 307. 1907, type from 

 nosa, should be compared with this species. 



