686 BENGAL PLANTS. [Hemidesmus, 
1235. Hemrpesmus rnvicus R. Br.; F. B. I. iv. 5; E. D. H. 119. 
Asclepias pseudo-sarsa F. I. ii. 39. | 
Orissa; Chota Nagpur ; Behar; C. Bengal: Sundribuns. 
A twining shrub. epg Ananta-mal. 
1235/2. St PUBESCENS F, B. 
Behar 
A ewlitite shrub. 
567. Finlaysonia Wall. 
A large, glabrous climber; leaves opposite. Flowers in 
chotomous, axillary init yellow and purple. Sepals connate in 
scales 5, close to the stamens, filiform. Stamens 5, adnate eT 
throat of corolla; filaments slender, free; anthers ate to the - 
middle of the atin: tips membranous, inflexed, acute ; pollen- 4 
of 2 divaricate, turgid 
follicles, narrowed at both ends, 1-3- Atel with a revolute beak. 
Seeds with a few long, ns retrorse hairs at the tip. 
1236. FINLAYSONIA OBOVATA Wall.; F. B. I. iv. 7. 
Sundribuns. 
A large climber. Beng. Dudhi-lata. 
568. Streptocaulon W. & A. 
wining or prostrate, spettiaares herbs or shrubs ; leaves oppo 
site. Flowers small or very small, in lax, sessile or peduncled, 
trichotomous, panicled cymes. Sepals connate in a minute, 
5-partite calyx, glandular within. Petals 5, connate in a rotate 
corolla; lobes ovate, overlapping to the right; 
conical; coronal scales 5, filiform, adnate to the back of 
filaments. Stamens 5, adnate to base of corolla; filaments very 
short, with alternating, minute teeth; anthers connivent above 
and adnate to stigma, tips triangular, membranous, obtuse; 
pollen-masses in pairs in each cell, granular; appendages of 
minute corpuscles dilated. Carpels 2, many-ovuled, and styles 
distinct ; stigma convex, — Fruit of 2 divaricate, terete, 
smooth follicles. Seeds ¢ 
37. 5 
A proeieste, herbaceous species. 
