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ne, 
122 
458. DCEMIA. R. Br. Pentandria Digynia. 
“Ss Said to be derived from the Arabic.—Pergularia. Lam. ¢, 176, 
oO 
» : : 
-~~ “<< Asclepias echinata, Rox. Flora. In. 2. p. 44. Cynanchum extensum. H. K 
—p , Facq. Lc. I. t. 64. —C. bicolor. Bot. Rep. t. 562. 
ahr 
Se 
= 
dias 78 
922. D. Exrensa. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 156. Wight’s Con. Ind. Bot. p. 59. 
A perennial, twining, hairy plant, with rather an unpleasant smell; flowers 
©. in the rains; dull white, on long peduncles. Follicles covered with soft bristles. 
Common on the bushes among the rockson Malabar hill. In hedges about 
Ahmeduuggur &c.—and almost every where; next to the Calotropis gigan- 
tea, it is the commonest of the Asclepiadee (Mr. Law.) The roots are used 
in infantile diseases. N, 
459. SARCOSTEMMA. R. Br. Pentandria Digynia. 
Sara—thick, fleshy—stemma—a crown; in allusion to the coronal processes. 
924. S. Viminace, Don’s. syst. 4. p- 156. Wight Con. Ind. Bot. p. 59. S. 
brevistigma, Wight, Alp. Aegypt ¢. 190. Asclepias acida. Rox. Flora. Ind. 
2.p.3l. 
A. apbylla. Rox. in E. I. C, Mus. Tab, 607. 
A curious, voluble, leafless plant, somewhat resembling Euphorbia tiru- 
ealli:—flowers white ; in terminal umbels; appear during the rains. 
On the rocky hills about Loonee;---the barren parts of the plain be- 
tween Dowlatabad and the Godavery; the Kamatkee and Katruj Ghauts, 
and throughout the Deccan.—Isle of Perim. (Dr. Lush.) 
It is probably the Phoke plant, noticed by the Hou’ble Mr. Elphinstone 
in the deserts of Rajpootana, on his journey to Cabul. 
Dr. Gibson mentions, that it is often brought from a distance by Far- 
mers, to extirpate white auts 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 gra- 
dually; the water so impregnated, destroys the ants without injuring the 
crop. 
TRIBE 4. SECAMONEE. 
460. TOXOCARPUS. w. &. A. Pentandria Digynia. 
923. T. Kveinit. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 160. 
A scandent shrub, with smooth leaves; stems elliptic, shortly acuminate; 
flewers in corymbs, longer than the leaves.—Salsette, N. 
Tripe 5° PERIPLOCEZ. 
461. HEMIDESMUS R. Kr. Pentandria Digynia. 
Hemisus,—half—desmos—a band; in allusion to the incomplete coherence 
of the anthers and the stigmas. 
925. H. {npicus. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 161. Wight Con. Ind. Bot. p. 63- As- 
elepias pseudosarsa. Rox. Flora. In. 2. p. 39. Rheed. Mal. 10. ¢. 34. Burm. 
Zey. t. 83. f. 1: Pluk. ¢. 359. f. 2. 
A shrubby, twining plant; with leaves varying a good deal in shape, and 
frequently striated with white.—Flowers in the rains.—The roots are used 
as a substitute for Sarsaparilla. This genus, like the next one, and Gymnema, 
and Leptadenia, has no staminal crown. N. 
Malabar Hill, Mazagaum &c. very common. Abundant on the hills at 
Wurgaum. 
462. CRYPTOSTEGIA. R. Br. Pentandria Digynia. 
Cryptos—hidden, stege—a covering; in allusion to the corona being con- 
cealed within the tube of the corolla. 
926. C. GRANDIFLORA. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 164. Wights Con. Ind, Bot. p. 
66. Nerium grandiflorum Rox. Flora: 2. p. 10, Bot. Reg. ¢. 430, 
