ifs 
896. C. ODORATA. N.. 
Flowers yellow, fragrant; so unusual in this. genus.. 
897. C. MICANS. N. 
898.- .C. ARcTA. N. : 
Three new species, discovered by Mr. Nimmo, in the Concans. 
There isa plant at Kandalla, leaves opposite, between oval and heart-shap- 
ed, on pretty long, channelled petioles.— Flowers solitary or in pairs, the pe- 
dunele not axillary, but arising from the stem between the insertion of the 
leaves, hairy.—Tube of the corolla swelled towards the base, ‘of a dingy white; 
inside of the crown, rose colored. 
It seems distinct from C. tuberosa, and may perhaps be referred to Linnaeus 
€. biflora. No. 110. Fl: Zey. 
443. CARALLUMA. R. Br. Pentandria Digynia. 
Said by Loudon to be the Indian name, but this. seems doubtful. 
899. C. ApscENDENS? Don’s. syst. 4. p. 123. Wights Con. Ind. Bot. p. 33. 
Stapelia, adscendens. Rox, Cor. |. ¢. 30. : 
Makur Singee—Monkey’s horn; erect fleshy plant, with angular stems, and 
something ofthe habit of a diminutive Cactus, Country about Dharwar. (Mr. 
Law. : 
ue common on arange of hills east of Ahmednuggur, and sparingly in 
the open parts of the Deccan.—It is eaten as a vegetable by the natives. 
(Dr. Gibson.) 
444. LEPTADENIA. R. Br. Pentandria Digynia. 
Leptos—slender—Aden—a gland; in allusion to the slender pollen masses. 
Brown in Wern. Trans. |. p. 34. 
900. L. ReticuLata. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 125. Wights Con. Ind. Bot. p. 47. 
Asclepias suberosa. Rox, Flora. 2. p. 38. Cynanchum reticulatum, Willd. 
1, p. 1258. 
A large twining plant, with corky, much cracked bark; leaves opposite ob- 
long, cordate, downy when young;—flowers greenish yellow, scentless:—com- 
mou in hedges about Surat and in S, M. Country. Itis easily recognized 
by the valvate aestivation. (Mr. Law.) 
445. STAPELIA. Pentandria Digynia. 
Named by Lianzus in memory of Stapel,an Amsterdam Physician. Lam, 
é. 178. 
901. S. Buronta. Sprengel. 1. p. 838, S. bufonis. Bot. Mag. ¢. 1676. Orbea 
bufonia. Don’s, syst. 4. p. 120. 
A strange looking stemless plant, with foetid flowers resembling a toad’s 
hack; the corollas flat with no tube. 
Gardens Bombay, rare, intd. from the Cape. 
\ 
902. S. Lentictnosa. Curt. Bot. Mag. ¢. 506. Heurnia lentiginosa. Don’s. 
syst. 4. p. 1135. 
Dapooree, intd. from the Cape. (Dr. Lush.) 
TRIBE 2. HoOyAcE&. 
446. HOYA. R. Br. Pentandria Digynia. 
Named after Mr. Hoy, formerly Gardener to the Duke of Northumber- 
and. 
903. H. Carnosa. Don’s. syst. 4. p, 126. Wight’s Con. Ind. Bot. p. 38, Sta- 
pelia chinensis, Lour. p. 163. Bot. Mag. ¢. 788. Smith’s Ex. Bot. ¢. 70. 
