Oxystebna.] ASCLEPIADACE. 687 
569. Myriopteron Griff. 
A glabrous or pubescent, slender, twining shrub ; leaves oppo- 
site, long-petioled. Flowers small, in lax, paniculate cymes from 
opposite axils. Sepals connate in a 5-partite calyx; base minutely 
glandular within. Petals 5, connate in a rotate corolla; lobes 
narrow, ov erlapping to the right, twisted to the left, wide-conic in 
bud: coronal scales 5, on the back of the filaments, filiform from 
a wide base. Stamens adnate to base of corolla-tube ; filaments 
connate in a ring below, above free, with alternating teeth ; 
anthers connivent above and adnate to stigma, tips membranous ; 
pollen-masses in pairs in each cell; appendages of the he 
ee Carpels 2, many-ovuled, and styles distinct ; 
2-fid. Fruit of 2 short, turgid, nrg nee with ine 
longitadina, membranous wings. Seeds 
Chittagong. 
A slender, twining shrub. 
570. Genianthus Hook. f. 
Twining shrubs; leaves opposite. sities small, in axillary, 
subsimple, or dichotomously branched cymes. Sepals connate in 
a small, 5-partite calyx, minutely thesia within ; lobes oblong, 
coronal scales 5, adnate to staminal column. Stamens 5; fila- 
ments connate in a minute column ; anthers small, retuse ; pollen- 
masses in each cell 2, minute, waxy, attached in fours to the 
corpuscle. Carpels 2, distinct ; eds sessile, capitate. Fruit of 
2 slender, terete follicles. Seeds c 
1239. GENIANTHUS LAURIFOLIUS ° Hook. eS ee ee 
Aselepias laurifolia F. I. ii. 49. 
Chittagong. 
A glabrous twiner, with pustular stems. 
571. Oxystelma RK. Br. 
Glabrous, Sine herbs: or undershrubs; leaves opposite, 
narrow. arge, in loose, racemose or umbellate cymes, 
or solitary ; idle filiform. Sepals connate in a small, 5-fid 
calyx, with 5 or more glands at the base within; lobes acute. — 
Petals connate in a wide, urceolate or campanulate or rotate, 
