534 ASCLEriACK*.. 



3 ; for Asia Minor 2 ; for the Canaries 2 ; for Madagascar 1 ; for the Mas- 

 carenhas Islands 1 ; for Senegal 1 ; and for Japan 1. In S. Africa have 

 been discovered 240 species; (Harvey) — and in the E. Indies, chiefly- 

 according to Wight 221, viz. 22 of Ceropegia ; 2 of Caralluma ; 2 of 

 Boucerosia ; 1 of Hitchenia ; 3 of Eriopetatum ; 30 of Hoya; 1 of 

 Pterostelma ; 1 of Physostelma ; 8 of Marsdenia ; 1 of Cosmostigma ; 



3 of Heterostemma ; 5 of Pergularia; 11 of Dischidia ; 14 of Gymnema ; 



4 of Sarcolobus ; 4 of Leptadenia ; 1 of Orthanthera ; 19 of Tylo- 

 phora ; 1 of Belostemma ; 2 of Iphisia ; 6 of Calotropis ; 5 of Oxystel- 

 ma ; 1 of Rhaphistemma ; 6 of Holostemma ; 1 8 of Cynanchum ; 1 of Damia ; 

 3 of Sarcostemma ; 2 of Pentasacme ; 8 of Secamone ; 4 of Toxicarpus ; I 

 of Goniostemma ; 3 of Hemidesmus ; I of Brachylepis ; 1 of Decalepis ; 

 9 of Streptocaulon ; 1 of Gurua (Finlaysonia, Wall.) ; I of Cryptostegia ; 

 2 of Cryptolepis ; 1 of Vicarya ; 7 oi Leptostemma ; 1 of Triplospermum ; 1 

 oi Conchophyltum ; 1 oi Phyleanthera; 1 of Le/josma ,- and 1 oi Pentatropis . — 

 About 50 of these belong to the Himalayas, the Khassya Mountains, the 

 Mountains of Assam, &c. ; the rest are natives of the two Peninsulas of India, 

 Ceylon, the Sunda Islands, the Moluccas, Bengal and the North-Western 

 Provinces. 



The roots of Asclepiadacese are generally acrid and stimulating, whence 

 some of them act as emetics ; others as diaphoretic. Their milk is usually- 

 acrid and bitter, and is always to be suspected, although it probably par- 

 ticipates in a slight degree only, in the poisonous qualities of that of Apo- 

 cynacese, if we can judge from the use of some species of food. But very 

 little is known about the real qualities of such plants. ( Lindl.) 



A. Genuinje, Bartl. 

 Ceropegia, L. {R. Br. in mem. Wern. soc. 1, p. 21 ; — W. and A. contrib. 

 to ind. hot. p. 29 ,—G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 109.) 

 I. lucida, Wall. (pi. as. rar. 2, t. 139;— W'. and A. I. c.;—G. Don. o. 

 c. p. 110.) "& /^ Prome. Khassya Mountains. Fl. 2 inches, green, 

 purple-dotted, C. S. ; fr. 0, 

 'l.juncea, Roxb. {Coram. 1, t. 10; — H. B. p. 21 ; — W. and A. I. c. ; — 

 G. Don. I. c. ;—J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 117.) % ^ Circars. Hedges 

 near Samulcottah. Negapatam. Columala. Tanjore. Kaseraya Jungle. 

 Fl. large, greenish-yellow, and elegantly variegated with purple, 

 C. S. ; fr. 0. 

 S.Lushii, Grah. (B. M. 61, t. 3300;— G. Don. I. c. ;—./. Grah. Cat. 

 B. pi. p. 117') ^- '^ Kaseraya Jungle. Fl. middle-sized, yellowish- 

 green, tinged with purple, C. S. ; fr. 0. 



4. eleyans. Wall. (B. M. 57, t. 3015 ;—B. Reg. 20, t. 1706;— W. and 

 A. I. c; — G. Don. I. c.) ^ ^^ Dindygul, Neelghcrries. Fl. 1^ inch, 

 purple, dotted with greenish, inodorous, C. S. ; fr. 0. 



5. sphenantha, W. and A. {Contrib. ind. hot. p. 31 ; — G. Don. o. c. p. 

 111.) %. r-. Ncelgherries. In H. C. G. Fl. ? 



ff.bulbosu, Roxb. {Coram. 1, t. 7; fl. ind. 2, p. 27 ; — Wight, in 



