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8. viridiflora, R. Br, {Mem. Wern. soc. p. 26 ;— Wight, in. Hook. bat. 

 misc. 2, p. 98, suppl. t. 1 ; — G. Don. o. c. p. 127 ;— /. Grah. Cat. B. 

 pi. p. 119. excl. syn. Ruraph. — Asclepias volubilis, L. ; Roxb. fl. 

 ind. 2, p. 36. — A. viridiflora, Roxb. herb. — Apocynum tilisefolium. Lam. 

 — Rheed. 9, t. 15.) fS^ ^^1 Tit-Kunga. L. B /"n Coromandel. Bom- 

 bay, Elephanta. The Ghauts. Mahableshwur. Bengal. (Serampore.) 

 Silhet. Morung. Assam. Fl. smallish, green, inodorous, March, April, 

 and May ; fr. R. S. 

 Mahsdenia, R. Br. {Mem. Wern. soc. I, p. 28;— pr. p. 460; — G. Don's 

 Mill. diet. p. 130.) 



1. tinctoria, R. Br. (o. c. p. 29;— G. Don. o. c. p. 131 ;— Pergularia 

 tinctoria, Spreng. — Asclepias tinctoria, Roxb. jl. ind. 2, p. 43.) o '^s 

 Sumatra. Coromandel. Pegu. Silhet. Assam. Fl. small, yellow, H. and 

 R. S. ; fr. 0. The leaves yield Indigo, and the plant was therefore 

 re-commended by Roxb. for extensive cultivation. 



2. tenacissima, W. and A. (Contrib. ind. bot. p. A\ ; — G. Don. I. c; — /. 

 Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 119? — Gymnema tenacissimum, Spreng. — As- 

 clepias tenacissima, Roxb. Coram. Z, t. 240 ; fl. ind. 2, jO. 51.) L. B ^"n 

 Rajemahl. Chittagong. Fl. small, greenish-yellow, April; fr. Feb. 

 The milk exuding from wounds in this shrub, thickens into an elastic 

 substance, acting like Caoutchouc on black-lead marks. The bark of 

 the young luxuriant shoots yields a large portion of beautiful, fine sil- 

 ky fibres, with which the mountaineers of Rajemahl make their bow- 

 strings, on account of their great strength and durabiUty. Roxb. 



3. Genevii, Wall. B ^-> Mauritius. Introduced in 1840. 

 CosMOSTiGMA, Wight. {Contrib. ind. bot. p. 41 ; — G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, 



p. 132.) 

 1. race?nosum, Wight, {p. c. p. 42; — G. Don. I. c. ; — /. Grah. Cat. B. 



pi. p. 119 ? — Asclepias racemosa, Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 32.) L. 3 '^ 



Chittagong. Silhet. Fl. small, yellow, ferruginously speckled. In H. 



C. G. fl. May and June ; fr. August to Oct. (Roxb.) 

 Pergularia, L. {R. Br. in Mem. Wern. soc. 1, p. 31 ; — G. Dons Mill. 



diet. 4, p. 132.) 

 1. odoratissima, Sm. {Icon. pict. p. 16 ; — B. Reg. 5, t. 412 ; — B. Repos. 



t. 185 i—Roxb. H. B. p. 20; — 6. Don. I. c. excl. syn. Sims.;—/. 



Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 120, excl. syn. Sims. ; — W. and A. contrib. ind. 



bot. p. 43; — Wight, icon. 2, t. 414. — P. tomentosa, L. Ma7it.? — 



Cynanchum odoratissimum. Lour. — Asclepias odoratissima, Roxb. H. 



B.p. 20 ; fl. ind. 2, p. 46. excl. syn. Sims. — Rumph. auct. t. 26,/. 1.) 



^?f 3f^1 Kunja-luta. West-coast creeper. L^ B /^ Prome. Pagamew. 



Moluccas. Cochin-China. Bengal, (Serampore.) Patna, &c. Fl. 8 lines, 



outside whitish, inside greenish, yellow- orange, delightfully fragrant, 



R. and C. S. ; fr. C. S. 

 2.minor, Andr. (B. Repos. t. 184 ;—B. M. 20, t. 755;— G. Don. 



0. c. p. 133. — Pergularise odoratissimae var. Sm. icon. pict. /asc. 3, 



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