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Leaves 2 to 4 in. long, nearly glabrous ; cymes umbellate, 



pedunclecl . . . . . . . . . . 2. G. lacliferum var. 



niten«. 



Leaves 1 to 2 in. long, tawny-pubescent ; cymes subsessile . . 3. G. Maingayi. 

 Corolla-tube elongate, with corona-processes consisting of villous 

 ridges in the lower part of the tube, but no free points in the 

 sinuses; leaves '2-5 to 6 in. long .. .. ..4. G. tin (j ens. 



1. GymxXema acuminatum, WaU. Tent. Fl. Nap. 50 (1826) ; Cat. 8187. 

 A lai'ge twining shrub with corky bark ; branchlets softly tawny-pubes- 

 cent. Leaves coriaceous ; ovate or ovate-elliptic, acuminate at apex, 

 rounded at base ; upper surface glabrous, lower tawny-pubescent ; 

 margin shghtly recurved ; 3 to 6 in. long, 1-75 to 2-25 in. broad ; midrib 

 stout ; main nerves 4 to 6 pairs, cm'ved upwards to anastomose near 

 the margin ; reticxilations in a prominent network ; petiole -5 in. long. 

 Cymes in pairs, many-flowered, subcapitate, tawny-pubescent ; peduncle 

 as long as or shorter than the petiole, pedicels very short. Calyx-\ohe?, 

 ovate-acute, '05 in. long, pubescent without ; scales xery small. 

 6'oro//a-lobes rounded, the tips incmwed, -075 to -1 in. long, glabrous. 

 Corona of rounded, incui'\'ed processes alternate with the corolla-lobes, 

 with bearded short ridges below them half-way down the tube. Anthers 

 short ; appendages erect, rounded, membranous ; pollen-masses oblong, 

 attached to the pollen-carriers by very short or almost no caudicles. 

 Style-apex fleshy, globose-conical. Follicles 3 in. long, ovoid, turgid, 

 beaked, woody, cordate at base ; pericarp glabrous. Seeds large, "7 in. 

 long, flat, elliptic, broadly winged, the wing membranous. Wight 

 Contrib. 45 ; Dene, in DC. Prodi'. VIII. 622 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 499 ; 

 Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. IV. 30 ; Prain Beng. Plants 694. Cynanchum 

 acuminatum, Herb. Ham. Asclepias acuminata, Eoxb. Hor'c. Beng. 

 21, and Fl. Ind. II. 55. 



Kedah : Langkawi Island, Curtis 2811. ^Malacca : Griffith ; 

 Maingay (K.D.) 1109. — Disteib. India (Eastern Bengal and Chitta- 

 gong), Burma, Java. 



2. Gymnema lactipeeum, Br. in Mem. Wern. Soc. Edinb. I. 33 

 (1808) ; Wight Contrib. 44 ; Dene, in DC. Prodi-. VIII. 622 ; Hook. f. 

 Fl. Br. Ind. IV. 30 ; Trimen Fl. Ceyl. III. 154. G. zeylanicum, Dene, 

 in DC. I. c. Asclepiccs lactifera, Linn. Sp. PL 216. 



Vae. nitens, Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. IV. 31. A twining shrub ; branch- 

 lets smooth, dark brown, glabrous, the uppermost pubescent. Leaves 

 membranous when dry and reddish brown ; ovate-lanceolate, acuminate 

 at apex, acute at base ; glabrous on both surfaces or the midrib and 

 nerves beneath pubescent ; margins recmwed; 2 to 4 in. long, -75 to 1-5 

 in. broad ; midrib slender ; main nei-ves about 6 pairs, curving acutelv 

 upwards to an irregular intramarginal nerve, not prominent : reticula- 



