ASCLEPIADACEAE. 



PHILIBERTIA A. Qr. (emend. K. Schum.) 



Phiiibertia clausa (Jacq.) K Schum. Natiirl. Pflanzenfam IV. 2 p. 229. 

 « Cynanchnvi clausitm Jacq. Americ. I. p. 9j t. 60. 



Lower Marowyne River: Kappler ed. Hohenacker 1662 (fl. Aprl.) 



named by Miquel : Sarcostemma clausum Rom. et Schult ; Kappler 



(coll. 1861) H.L. B. 903, 322—438. 

 Paramaribo: Kegel 813 (fl. March); Went 571 (fl. Jan.). 

 Lower Saramacca River, near plant. Catharina Sophia : .Splitgerber 



842 H. L. B. 898, 169—163 (H. Apr.). 

 Surinam: Hostmann 962; Weigelt ; Focke 1040. 

 Northern South-America. 



FISCHERIA D C. 



Fischeria multiflora Desv. Prodr. VIII p. 600. 

 Lower Saramacca River: Pulle 85 (fl. Nov.). 

 Brazil 



ASCLEPIAS Linn. 



Asclepias curassavica Linn. Spec, plant. 314. 



Paramaribo: Splitgerber 19 H. L. B. 898, 166— 49 (fl. Nov.); Tulleken 



H. L. B. 903, 322—1292 (fl. July); Went 3 (fl. July); Versteeg 472 



(fl. June). 

 Surinam: Weigelt. 

 Tropical America. 



CALOTROPIS R.Br 



Calotropis gigantea (Willd.) R. Br. Wern. Soc p. 28. 

 Asclepias gigantea Wtlld. Spec. I. p. 1264. 



Lower Saramacca River, near Groningen : Went 252 (fl. Aug.) 



Cultivated. 



East-India. 



