544 ASCLEPIACE.'E. 



P. grandiflora, Hook. ; B. M.64, t. 3618. ^ ^n Buenos Ayies. — Tweedia 

 versicolor. Hook. ; B. M. 65, t. 3630. "S r^ Tucuman ? — Toxocarpus 

 Roxburghii, W. andJA. Wight, icon. 2, t. 475. B ^^ Circars. — T. Kleinii, 

 W. and A. B ^-^ Negapatam. Salsette. — T. crassifolius, Wight 3 r^ 

 Silhet. — Goniostemma acuminatum, Wight. B /^ Silhet. 

 B. Periploce^, Bartl, 

 Hemidesmus, R. Br. {Mem. Wern. soc. 1, p. 56; — W. and A, contrib. 

 ind. bat. p. 62; — G. Don's Mill. diet. A, p. 161.) 

 1. indicus, R. Br. (Hort. Kew. ed. 2, vol. 2, p. 75 ; — W. and A. o. c. p. 

 63 ; — G. Don. I. c. ; — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 122. — Periploca indica. 

 Willd. — Asclepias Pseudasarsa, a. latifolia, Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 39, 

 excl. syn. L. and Retz. — Rheed. 10, t. 34.) ^-T^ ^«T Ununto-mool. 

 B r\ Ceylon. Coromandel. Malabar Hill. Bombay. Mazagaum. Abun- 

 dant on the Hills at Wurgaum. Bengal, (Serampore) &c. Fl. 2^ 

 line, on the outside pale green, on the inside, dark blood-coloured, R. 

 S. ; fr. rare. The roots are used as an excellent substitute for Sar- 

 saparilla. The natives employ them particularly for the thrush in 

 children, giving about a dram every morning and evening of the pow- 

 der fried in butter, {Roxb) 

 GuRUA, Buch. (Finlaysonia, Wall. ; — Wight's contrib. ind. bot. p. 65 ; — G. 

 Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 162.) 

 1. obovata, Buch. {Wall. pi. as. rar. 2, t. 162. — Wight. I. c; — G. Don. o. c. 

 p. 163.) L. B ''"N Soonderbuns. ^Estuaries of the Irawaddi, &c. Fl. 

 small, yellowish-brownish, smelling like those of Stapelise. Has not 

 fl, here. Introduced in 1838. 

 Peeiploca, L. {R. Br. in Mem. Wern. soc. \,p. 57; — G. Don's Mill. diet. 

 A, p. 163.) 

 l.grceca, L. {Spec. p. 309 ; — G. Don. I. c. ; — Jacq. misc. 1, p. 11, t. I, 

 /. 2 ■,—Sibth. and Sm. fl. gr. t. 249 ,—B. M. 49, t. 2289 -,—3. Reg. 

 10, t. 803. — P. maculata, Mdnch.) B ^-\ S. France. Hedges about 

 Bursa. Bithynia. Mount Athos. Has been introduced into H. C. G. Fl. ? 

 Crtptostegia, R. Br. {B. Reg. 5, t. 435 ; — W. and A. contrib. ind. bot. p. 

 QQ ;'_G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 164.) 

 1. grandiflora, R. Br. {B. Reg. I. c. ; — W\ and A. I. c. ; — G. Don. I. c. ; 

 — I. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 122. — Nerium grandiflorura, Roxb. fl. ind. 2, 

 p. 10.) L. B /^ Peninsula of India. Fl. 2 inches, internally white, 

 externally pale rose white lilac, throughout the year ; fr. seldom. 

 ViCARYA, Wall. {MSS. 1841.— Jenkinsia, Wall. MSS. 1840,) 



l.cristata. Wall. {MSS. 1841.— Jenkinsia cristata. Wall. MSS. 1840, 

 not Griffith.*) B -^ Assam. Introduced in 1840. 

 Cryptolepis, R. Br, {Mem. Wern. soc. 1, p. 69 ; — G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, 

 p. 82.) 

 I. reticulata, Wall. {Cat C. Buchanani, G. Don. I. e.;—J. Grah. Cat. 



* Myriopteron paniculatum. Griff. 



