ASCLEPIACK*.. 541 



p. 50.) C^W ^6|t<p<H Chhoto-akundo. "b Interior of Bengal. Fl. largish, 

 like those of Calotropis gigantea, a. Fl. C. S. ; fr. 0. 

 Rhaphi&temma, Wall. {W. and A. contrib. ind. bot. p. 54 ; — G. Don's Mill, 

 diet. A, p. 145.) 

 l.pulchellum. Wall. (pi. as. rar. 2, t. 163 ;— IF. and A. I. c. ; — G. Don. 

 I. c. — Asclepias pulchella, Roxb.fi. ind. 2, j>. 54.) S /-^ Tavoy. Pegu. 

 Khassya Mountains. Assam. Fl. 1 inch, pure white, inodorous, R. S, ; 

 fr. 0. 

 OxYSTELMA, R. Br. {Mem. Wern. sac. 1, p. 40 ; pr. p. 462; — G. Don's 

 Mill. diet. 4, p. 144 ; — Wight, contrib. ind. bot. p. 54.) 

 1. esculentum, R. Br. (/. c. ; — O. Don. I. c. ; — Wight. I. c. ; — J. Grah. 

 Cat. B. pi. — Periploca esculenta, Kon. ; — h. fil. suppl. 168; — Roxb. 

 Coram, 1. t. 11. — Asclepias rosea, Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 40.) ^^ 5f^ 

 Doodh-luta. 'b ^-^ Coromandel. Bombay. Bengal, (Serampore.) Assam, 

 &c. Fl. 7^ lines, externally white, internally rose-coloured and purple- 

 veined, with a green tube, inodorous, R. S. ; fr. C. S. Cattle eat it, 

 but not the natives. (Roxb.) 

 HoLOSTEMMA, R.Br. (Mem. Wern. soc. 1, p. 42 ; — Wight, contrib. ind. 

 bot. p. 55 ; — Q. Don's Mill. diet. A, p. 149.) 



1. Rheedianum, Spreng. (syst. 1, p. 851. — H. Rheedii, G. Don. I. c. ; 



Wight. I. c.;—J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 121.— H. Ada-Kodien, Rom. 

 and Sell. — Sarcostemma annulare. Roth. ; — Rom. and Sch. — Asclepias 

 annularia, Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 37 ; — Rheed. 9, t. 7.) B r\ Mysore. 

 Samulcottah. Bombay ; Malabar Hill, Salsette. Assam. Kanour, Fl. 

 large, the colour a beautiful mixture of red, green and white, ' inodo- 

 rous,' (Rheed.) ' agreeably fragrant, edible and sweet.' (Nimmo.) In 

 H. C. G. fl. R. S.;fr. 0. (Roxb.) 

 Cynanchum, L. (R Br. in Mem. Wern. soc. \,p. 43 ; — W. and A. con- 

 trib. ind. bot. p. 55 ; — G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 150.) 

 I . paueiflorum, R. Br. (o. c. p. 45 ; — W. and A. I. c. ; — O. Don. o. c. p. 

 151 ,—J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 121 .—Wight, icon. 2, t. 354.— Veriplo- 

 ca tunicata, Retz. ; — Willd. phyt. I, p. 7, No. 23, t. 5,/. 3. — Asclepias 

 tumcata., Roxb. fi. ind. 2, p. 35.) ^t^^f ^M Chhagul-patee. L. B ^-^ 

 Peninsula of India. Bengal, (Serampore). Fl. small, rust-coloured. R. 

 S. ; fr. C. S. 

 DiEMiA, R. Br. (Wern. soc. Mem. 1, p. 50; — Wight, contrib. ind. bot. p. 

 59 ;— G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 156.) 

 1. extensa, R. Br. (I. c. j — Wight. I. c; — G. Don. I. c. ; — J. Grah. Cat. 

 B. pi. p. 122. — Cynanchum extensum, Jacq. icon. rar. 1, t. 54; — 

 Ait. hort. Kew. vol. 1, p. 303. — C. cordifolium. Rets. — C. bicolor, 

 Andr. B. Repos. t. 562. — Asclepias echinata, Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 44.) 

 ^t^3f ^t^t Chhagul-bantee. ^ r^ Peninsula of India. Bengal, (Se- 

 rampore). Himalayas. Fl. 6 lines, pale green, internally tinged with 

 purple, not unpleasantly smelling, (very foetid, Roxb.) R. and C. S. ; 

 fr. C. and H. S. 



