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Arka, Aharee, Rowee.—The reot reduced to powder, is given to horses. 
Captain Twemlow mentions that the hill people about Mahableshwur ob- 
tain an intoxicating liquor called Bar from the plant. It furnishes the subs- 
tance called Wudarine, by Dr. Duncan of Edinburgh, 
Common every where, and in flower all the year; —charcoal for gunpowder 
is made from it in Kattywar. (Captaiu Jacob.) 
The leaves warmed and moistened with oil, are applied as a dry fomenta- 
tion in pains of the stomach; they form a valuable rubefacient. (Dr. Gibson.) 
916, C. Hamittoni, Don’s. syst. 4. p. 147, Wight in Madras Jour. of 
science. No.6. Wight Cou. Ind. Bot. p. 53. Bot. Rep. t. 271. Linn. Trans, 14. 
p. 246. 
A shrub much resembling the former; but differs in the segments of the 
corolla not being reflexed. 
Common in the Deccan. 
455. OXYSTELMA. R. Br. Pentandria Digynia. 
Oxus—sharp—stelma—a crown; in allusion te the corona being pointed.— 
Brown in Wern. Mem. 1, p. 40. 
917.. O. Escutenrum. Don's. syst. 4. p. 144. Wight’s Con. Ind. Bot. p. 
54. Periploca. Linn. Asclepias rosea. Rox. Flora. Ind. 2. p. 40. Rox. Cor. 
~ 1. t. 1, Plak. ¢. 359 f. 6. Dhudiga. Asiat. Res. 4, p. 268. 
A twining perennial, with linear leaves, deciduous in the cold season:— 
flowers in the rains; large, white, with a slight tinge of rose colour, and 
elegantly streaked with purple veins; texture, thin and delicate. This is 
by far the most beautiful of the tribe, and deserving of Sir William Jones’ 
epithet—‘‘ lovely twiniag Asclepias.”—\Roxburgh’s name is much more ap- 
propriate than Linnaeus’ or Brown’s. Flowers in the rains, —Generally to be 
met with on milk bash (Huphorbia tirucalli) hedges, aud on the Tamarisk: 
—almost leafless shrubs, where it shows off its truly elegant blossoms to the 
best advantage. By 
456. HOLOSTEMMA. R. Br. Pentandria Digynia. 
Holos—entire—stemma—a crown; in allusion to the almost entire corona. 
918. H. Ruseper. Don’s. syst. 4. p, 149. Wight’s Cen. Ind. Bot. p. 55. 
Asclepias anuularia. Rox. Flora, Ind. 2, p. 37. Sarcostemma. Roth. Rheed,. 
~ Mal, 9 ¢. 7. 
Stems twining, perennial; leaves broad cordate; flowers pretty large, thick 
and fleshy: colour, a mixture of red, green and white; agreeably fragrant. 
Running up trees, and in hedges on Malabar hill; Salsette &. common in 
the rains; towards the close of which the flowers < appear. They are edible and 
sweet. N. 
457. CYNANCHUM. L. Pentandria Digynia. 
From kuon—a dog, and agcho—to strangle; perhaps in allusion to the poi- 
sonous effects of some of ihe species. 
919. ©. CALLIALATA. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 151. Wight’s Con. Ind. Bot. p. 56. 
A twining glabrous plant, with winged follicles, ‘from which it derives its 
barbarous trivial name, callialata. LS jaloss@reclke alae Latin. 
920. C. ALatum. Wight’s Con, Ind. Bot, p. 57. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 151. 
S.Concan. N. the follicles of this species are also winged. 
921. C. PauctrLorum. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 151. Asclepias tunicata, Rox. 
Flora. 2. 35. Periploca tunicata. Willd. I. p. 128. 
A twining shrub; leaves cordate, smooth; flowers small, of a rusty colour; 
appear during the rains.—Country ‘about Dharwar, (Mr. Law. ) 
The leayes of C, argel are usedin Egypt for adulterating Serna, (Dr, Lind- 
ley.) 
