536 ASCLEPIACK.fi. 



versely purple -streaked, underneath yellow ; — upper part purple, 



uppermost margin fringed behind with hairs, R. S. ; fr, 0. 

 BoucERosiA, W. and A. {Contrib. ind. hot. p. 34; — G. Don's Mill. diet, 

 p. 123.) 



1. umbellata, W. and A. {I. c. ; — G. Don. I. c. ; — Wight icon. 2, t. 495, 

 — Caralluma umbellata, Haiv. — Stapelia umbellata, Roxb. Corom. 3, t. 

 241 ; — H. B. p. 21.) "fe Southern parts of the Peninsula of India. Fl. 

 9 lines, foetid, externally whitish, with dark-purple confluent spots, 

 internally yellowish, with dark-purple circles. May ; fr. 0. 



2. crenulata, W. and A. (/. c. ,- — Q. Don. I. c. — Caralluma crenulata, 

 Wall.pl. as. rar. 1, p. 7.) "fe Banks of the Irawaddi, opposite Ava. 

 Fl. largish, pale greenish-white below, yellow above, and ornamented 

 with broadish transverse stripes. R. S. ; fr. 0. 



HoYA, R. Br. {Mem. Wern. soc. 1, p. 26 ;— G. Dons Mill. diet. 4, p. 125.) 



l.pendula, W. and A. {Contrih. ind. hot. p. 36 ; — O. Don. I. c. ; — J. 

 Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 119.— Wight, icon. 2, i. 474.) 

 a. Rheedii, W. and A. (Asclepias pendula, Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 36. — 

 Rheed. 9, t. 13.) L. B /->> Circars. Fl. middle-sized, white, fra- 

 grant. Has been introduced into H. C. G. Fl. ? 



2. linearis. Wall. {W. and A. I. c. ; — G. Don. I. e.) "fe ^^ Nepal. Has 

 been introduced into H. C. G. Fl. ? 



S.fusca, Wall. (pi. as. rar. 1, t. 75 ; — W. and A. a. c. p. 37 ;— G. Don. 

 0. c. p. 126.) 5 '^ Khassya Mountains. Nepal. Fl. smallish, brown- 

 ish. Has not fl. here. 



4. pallida, Lindl. {B. Reg. 11, t. 951. — H. acuta, Haw. rev. p. 4. — H. 

 lanceolata, Lindl. in Donn. hart. Cantab, ed. 11, p. 92, not Wall. — 

 H. albens. Mill, brist. cat. 1826; — H. parasitica, Wall. Cat.; — W. 

 and A. I. c. ; — G. Don. I. c. ; — J. Grah, Cat. B. pi. p. 119. — Ascle- 

 pias parasitica, Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 42.) % Paras, k^ Mahableshwur. 

 Lanowlee, near Kandalla. Nagotna Jungles. Soonderbuns. Fl. 6 

 lines in diameter, white, fragrant, with the crown paler than the rest 

 of the flower, purple in the centre, June ; fr. 0. 



Ci.carnosa, R. Br. (Mem. Wern. soc. 1, p. 27 ; — G. Don. I. c. ; — J. 

 Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 118 ; — PF. and A. o. c. p. 3S. — Asclepias car- 

 nosa. L.fll. suppl. 1, p. 170 ;—B. M. 21, t. 788 ;— 5m. exot. bot. 2, 

 t. 70. — Stapelia chinensis. Lour. — SchoUia crassifolia, Jacq. eel. No. 

 2. — SchoUia carnosa, Schrank.) B /^ China, about Canton, as well as 

 various parts of Tropical Asia. Fl. middle-sized, wax-like, whitish, 

 with a crimson dark-purple centre, R. and C. S. ; fr. 0. 



G. lanceolata, Wall. {W. and A. I. c. ; G. Don. I. e.) B '~s Nepal. Khas- 

 sya Mountains. Has been introduced into H. C. G. Fl. .^ 



7. Pottsii, Traill.? (Hart, trans. 7, p. 251—Lodd. B. Cab. t. 1609;— B. 

 M. 62, t. 3425 ; — G. Don. I. e.) B o Macao, Fl. middle-sized, pale 

 yellow, with a white orange centred crown, smelling strongly of bad 

 lioney. In H. C. G. Fl. ? 



