Holostemma.} ASCLEPIADACE. 689 
A large, shrub or small tree. Hind. Maite. Ak, akond ; 
Beng. Akanda, euntskenas Santal. Ahaun 
1242. CaLorropis procera R, Br.; F. B. I. iv. 18; i. D. c. 191. 
In the western ier ee occasion 
A shrub, 6-15 feet high. pe Safed-ak, akada, 
madar 
1243. Gxvorioem Acta Ham. ; = B.. I. iv. 18; E. D. Cc. 169. 
eek herbacea F. I. i 
Tirhut; N. Bengal, ane E. Bengal, Mymensingh. 
A hark, with erect stems. 
573. Asclepias Linn. 
Erect, perennial sak ; leaves ce sible or whorled. 
Flowers medium or small, in umbella Sepals connate 
below in a 5-partite a “ms 5-1 Pi a “within. Petals 
connate in a rotate corolla; lobes often reflexed, naked, valvate : 
coronal seales 5, erect, adnate to staminal column, spoon-shaped. 
Stam 5, adnate near base of corolla; filaments connate in a 
eae ee ; anthers with membranous, inflexed tips; pollen- 
masses in each cell solitary, rang ie bgp ays axy.. Car- 
pels 2, distinct; stigma depressed, 5-angled. Fruit of 2 turgid, 
beaked, smooth follicles. Seeds comose 
1244. Pee curassavica  Linn.; F. B. I. iv. 18; EK. D. 
A. 1558. 
In waste places near villages in all the provinces. 
An erect, perennial herb; native of America. 
574. Holostemma RB. Br. 
Glabrous, twining shrubs ; leaves uses membranous, cor- 
date. Flowers large, purple, in axillar Seg flowered cymes. 
Sosa connate in a 5-partite sekys mre vate. Petals 5, 
connate in a subrotate corolla; lobes thick, poi ‘Slieand to 
the right: corona adnate to the base of the staminal tube, annular, 
10-lobed, fleshy. Stamens adnate to base of corolla-tube ; fila- 
ments connate in a 10-winged column ; anthers very large, oblong, 
horny, shining ; tips small, membranous, inflexed ; pollen-masses 
in each cell sobibery, elongate, falcate, compressed, pendulous from 
long black pedicels, waxy. Carpels 2, distinct ; stigma 5-winged, 
included. Fruit of 2 short, thick, smooth, acute follicles. Seeds 
comose, 
