696 BENGAL PLANTS. (Marsdenia. 
*Corolla urceolate, ee nag both without and within; coronal scales 
minute or absent [p. 695] thyrsiflora. 
1258. a TENACISSIMA W. & A.; iF. B. I. iv. 85; E. D. 
. Asclepias tenacissima F. Lit 
yee Chittagon 
A stout, twining s bral Hind. Tongus; soe Jitti. 
1259. MArspENIA TINCTORIA R. Br. ; F.B. I. iv. 84; E. D. M. 302. 
Asclepias tinctoria F. I. i 43. 
Chittagong. 
A tall ¢ 
1260. MarspENIA THYRSIFLORA Hook. f.; F. B. I. iv. 87. 
. Bengal. 
An extensive, twining shrub. 
585. Pergularia Linn. 
Twining, nearly glabrous undershrubs; leaves opposite, mem- 
branous, ovate-cordate. Flowers yellow or greenish, rather 
large, in subumbellate cymes. Sepals connate in a 5-partite 
calyx, minutely 5-glandular within; lobes lanceolate. Petals 5, 
connate in a salver-shaped corolla; tube swollen at the base; 
lobes oblong or linear, overlapping to the right: corona of 5 large, 
membranous scales, adnate to the back of the stamens, erect, 
flattened dorsally or laterally, acute, entire or transversely 
2-lamellate a the middle. Stamens 5, adnate to base of 
corolla-tube ; ments connate in a column; a with 
inflexed, ae tips; pollen-masses in each cell solitary, 
subcylindric, clavate or RG obovoid, erect, waxy. Carpels 2, 
distinct; stigma umbonate or capitate, rather longer than the 
anther-cells. Fruits of 2 — terete, rather turgid follicles. 
Seeds ovate, concave, comose 
Corolla pale yellow, almost Sinaithaela lobes linear, longer than tube ; 
corolla-tube glabrous within ; coronal scales with broad points, simple 
allida. 
Corolla dark greenish-yellow, very fragrant; lobes oblong, not exceeding 
tube; corolla-tube pubescent within; coronal scales double, inner with 
sharp points minors 
1261. Percunarta paLtipa W. & A.; F. B. 1. iv. 38. Asclepias 
pallida F, I. ii. 48. 
Behar. 
An alntion€ glabrous, twining undershrub. 
