542 ASCLEPIACE^.. 



Sarcostemma, R. Br. (Mem. Wern. soc. 1, p. 50; — W. and A. contrib. 

 ind. bot. p. 59 ; — G. Dons Mill. diet. 4, p. 156.) 

 1. acidum, (S. brevistigma, W. and A. I. c. ; — G. Don. I. c. ; — J. Grah. 

 Cat. B. pi. p. 122, No. 259, excl. syn. R. Br. — Asclepias acida, Roxb. 

 H. B. p. 20; /. ind. 2, p. 31; excl. syn.) CH]^ o?^ Shorn- 

 luta. 3 /~N Coromandel. Bombay Presidency. Rocky Hills about Loo- 

 nee. The barren parts of the plain between Dowlatabad and the Go- 

 davery. The Kamatkee and Katruj Ghauts ; throughout the Deccan. 

 Isle of Perim. Bengal, (Serampore, but very rarely. The late Dr. 

 Carey had only seen it once here.) Fl. small, white, R. S, ; fr. 0. Dr. 

 Gibson mentions, that it is often brought from a distance by farmers, 

 to extirpate white ants from their Sugar-cane fields. A bundle of the 

 twigs is put in the trough of the well from which the field is watered, 

 along with a bag of common salt hard packed, so that it may dissolve 

 gradually. The water so impregnated, destroys the ants without in- 

 juring the crop. {J. Grah.) " This plant yields a larger portion of 

 very pure milky juice than any other I know, and what is rare, it is of 

 a mild nature, and acid taste. The native travellers often suck the 

 tender shoots to allay their thirst." (Roxb.) 

 Pentasacme, Wall. (W. and A. contrib. ind. bot. p. 60 ; — G. Don's Mill, 

 diet. A, p. 159.) 

 1. caudata. Wall. (W. and A. I. c. ; — G. Don. I. c.) %. Khassya Moun- 

 tains. Lahore. Fl. small, white, C. S. ; fr. 0. 

 Physianthus, Mart. (Nov. gen. and sp. I, p. 53.) 



1. albens. Mart. (a. c. t. 32 i—Sprenff. c. p. p. 112 ;— fi. M. 59, t. 3201 ; 



B. Reg. 21, t. 1759 Araujia albens, G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 149.) 



'b '^ Buenos Ayres. Mexico. Has been introduced into the garden 

 here twice, but both times died during the R. S., though sheltered. 

 Secamone, R. Br. (Mem. Wern. soc. I, p. 53; — 0. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 

 159 ; — W. and A. contrib. ind. bot. p. 60.) 

 1. emetica, R. Br. (I. c; — Schult. syst. 6, p. 124; — G. Don. I. c; — 

 W. and Ale. ; — Periploca emetica, Retz. ; — Willd. phyt. \, p.6, t. 

 5, /. 2. — Asclepias Pseudasarsa, p. angustifolia, Roxb fl. ind. 2, p. 

 39.) *rtWl ^fS Shada-boori. 'S ^-^ Peninsula of India. Bengal. Fl. 0; 

 fr. 0. 

 ToxocARPUs, W. and A. (Contrib. ind. bot. p. 61 ; — G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, 

 p. 160.) 

 1. laurifoHus, Wight. (Contrib. I. c. ; — G. Don. /. c. — Asclepias laurifo- 

 ha, Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 49.— A. micrantha, Roxb. o. e. p. 50.) L. B w 

 Chittagong. Tippera. Cawnpore. Fl. very small, yellow R. S. ; fr. 0. 



* Ceropegia acuminata, Roxb. Corom. 1, t. 8. ^. ^ Samulcottah. Dluir- 



war C. Arnottiana, Wight. %. ^ Hills about Prome. — Hitehcnia 



indica, W. and A. ; Wight, icon. 2, t. 355. 5 Peninsula of India.— 

 Leptadenia reticulata, W, and A. ; Wight, icon. 2, t. 350. 5 r^ Both 



