ASCLEPIACKiE. 535 



Hook. bot. misc. 2, p. 99, suppl. t. 2 ;— 7. Grah. Cat. B. pi p. 117 ; 

 — G. Don. I. c.) "21. /^ Samulcottah. Negapatam. Malabar Hill. Bom- 

 bay. Throughout the Concans. Allahabad. Fl. large, erect, with a 

 greenish tube and a purple limb, H. S. ; fr. 0. Every part of this plant 

 is eaten by the natives, either raw, or stewed in their curries. The 

 fresh roots, which are as large as a small apple, taste like a raw turnip. 

 (Roxb.) 



7. Stephanotis, Rom. and Sch. {Syst. 6, p. 4 ; — G. Don. I. c. — Stepha- 

 notis, Pet. Th. — Isaura alliacea, Commers. in Poir. encycl. 3, p. 185.) 

 B /""N Madagascar. Has been but two years in the garden here, and 

 not fl. 



8. tuberosa, Roxb. {Coram. 1,^6 ; — Wight, icon. 2, t. 353 ; — Roxb. H. 



B. 21 ;— G. Don. I. c.;—J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 117.— C. Candela- 

 brum, Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 27, and J. Grah. I. c. ; not L. and excl. 

 all syn.) 2|.. r\ Coromandel. Negapatam. Has been introduced in H. 



C. G. In Roxb.'s time it did not fl. there. 



9. stapeliceformis, Haw. (G. Do7i. o. c. p. 112;— B. M. 64, t. 3.567.) S 

 C. G. H. Introduced in 1840. 



10. Vicaryi, Wall. Hazarebaugh. R. S. 1841. 

 Stapklia, L. {R. Br. in mem. Wern. soc. 1, p. 23; — G. Don's Mill. diet. 

 4. p. 114.) 



1. Asterias, Mass. {Stop. 14, t. 14 ,—B. M. 15, t. 536 ;—G. Don. o. c. 

 p. 115 ; — Jacq. stop. t. 58.) B C. G. H. Fl. very large, dark-violet. 

 The segments variegated with transverse yellowish stripes, the bottom 

 dark-purple, H. S. ; but rarely. 



2. revoluta, Mass. {Stap. p. 12, t. 10; — B. M. 19, t. 724.— Tromotriche 

 revoluta. Haw.; — G. Don. o. c. p. 119.) B C. G. H. Has not fl. 

 here. 



S.variegata, Thunb. {Jacq. stap. t. 24 ; misc. 1, t. 4; — DC. pi. gr. t. 

 149. — Orbea variegata. Haw.; — G. Don. o. c. p. 120.) B C. G. H. 

 Has not fl. here. 

 The same has been the case with more than 60 species of Stapelia intro- 

 duced into the garden from C, G. H. by the late Dr. Carey. Indeed most 

 of them perished during the R. S. succeeding their arrival. 

 Brachystelma, R. Br. {G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 124.) 



1. tuberosum, R. Br. (G. Don. o. c. p. 125 ;— B. Reg. 9, t. 722;— 5. 

 M. 49, t. 2343.— Stapelia tuberosa, Meerb. t. 54, /. 1.) % C. G, H. 

 Has not fl. here. 

 Caralluma, R. Br. {Mem. Wern. soc. 1, p. 2b ; — G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, 

 p. 122.) 

 1. adscendens, R. Br. (/. c. ; — G. Don. o. c. p. 123; — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. 

 p. 118. — Stapelia adscendens, Roxb. Corom. 1, t. 30.) "b Peninsula of 

 India. Has been introduced jnto H. C. G. Fl. } 

 2./imbriata, Wall. {pi. as. rar. 1, t, 8; — G. Don. I. c.) D Yenangheun, 

 on the banks of the Irawaddi, &c. Fl. 1 inch, above yellowish, trans- 



