Cryptolepis] LXXIV. ASCLEPIADACE.E 467 



connate by their broad base, anthers short, adhering to the broadly conical 

 stigma. Species about 20, tropical Asia and Africa. 



1. C. Buchanani, Roem. & Sch. ; Wight Ic. t. 494, 111. t. 182, f. 8. 

 Vera. Dudhi, Karanta, Hind. 



L. elliptic-oblong, shining above, white beneath, sec. n. numerous, slender, 

 nearly at right angles to midrib, blade 3-<i, pet. 4_ in. Cymes axillary, many- 

 fid., corolla greenish- or yellowish-white, J-| in. long. Follicles 3-4 in. long, 

 straight, rigid, divaricate, £-| in. diam. 



Subhimalayan tract and outer hills, from Kashmir eastwards, ascending to 4,900 ft. 

 Ondh. Belmr. Central Provinces. Singbhum. Western Peninsula, common in hedges. 

 Prome. Upper Burma. Fl. April-Aug. Ropes and fishing nets made of the fibre. — 

 Ceylon. China. 2. C. gTandiflora, "Wight. Nilgiris, Anamalais, Gingee hills. Avery 

 ■ large climber, 1. elliptic, blade 3-J, pet. 4 in. long, nerves impressed above, dark and 

 prominent beneath, corolla § in. long. 3. C. elegans, Wall. (C. pauciflora, Wight Ic. t. 

 193). Sikkim Terai, ascending to 3,000 ft. Assam, Khasi hills. Lower Bengal. Orissa. 

 Java. China. Corolla J in. long. Follicles 5-8 in., slender, nearly straight. 



2. PERIPLOCA, Linn. ; PL Brit. Ind. iv. 11. 



Glabrous shrubs, erect or twining, sometimes leafless. PL in lax terminal 

 or axillary C3'mes. Corolla rotate, lobes generally hairy above. Corona a 10- 

 lobed ring, the lobes often produced behind the stamens into filiform or branched 

 appendages. Filaments free, broad, short, anthers bearded on the back, pollen- 

 grains cohering in fours. Species 12, South Europe, Asia, Africa. 



1. P. aphylla, Decaisne ; Brandis F. Fl. 330. Vera. Shabbi, Batah, 

 Barrar, Bal. ; liata, Pb. 



An erect shrub, stems green, surface covered with gum, usually leafless, at 

 times with a few minute thick ovate leaves. Fl. i-jj in. across, scented, dark 

 purple, in short lateral rounded cymes. Follicles on short thick peduncles, 

 divaricate, rigid, 3 in. long. 



Baluchistan to 3,500 ft. Sind. Trans-Indus. Salt range. Outer H imalaya, east- 

 wards to the Chenab. Merwara. Fl. March, April. — Afghanistan, Persia. Arabia, 

 Egypt. Fcdder for camels and goats, I lie flowers are sweet and are eaten. 2. P. hydas- 

 pidis, Falc, Kuram valley. Punjab Himalaya. A large more or less twining shrub, 

 brandies often fascicled, leafless or nearly so, fl. \ in. across, bright yellow. 



3. P. calophylla, Falconer. Park, Janns. Outer Himalaya from the Jumna east- 

 wards, ascending to 7,000 ft. Khasi hills, china. A small shrub, 1. shining, lanceo- 

 late, I' I in. Fl.red,! in. acres-;. 'olla-segments ciliate, appendages of corona hairy. 



Follicles erect, 3-8 in. long. 



Pentanura khasiana, Ktirz. Khasi hills. Yunnan. I., elongate-elliptic, blade 3-1. 

 pet. '. ( in., sec. n. arching, prominent beneath, as well as the finely reticulate veins. 

 Fl. in short axillary bracteate cymes, corolla bel ween campanulate and rotate, fleshy, 



pink, | in- across, lobes papillos • hairy above. Follicles short, elongate-ovoid. 



Myriopteron paniculatum, Griff, [Streptocaulon externum, Wight III. f. 182 f. 8). 

 As9am. Chittagong, Burma, Upper and Lower. Yunnan. A woody twiner. I. 



membri as, broadly elliptic or ovate, blade I 8,pel ! l 1 in. long. PI. whitish J-J in. 



across on slender pedicels in large bracteate panioles with slender ramifications, axil- 

 lary and at tl mis of branches. Follich c-nvnid 3 in. long with many longi- 



t mI 1 1 1 1 membranous wings. 



Finlaysonia obovata, Wall. PI, As. Ion. t. L62; Wight III. i. 182 f. ■">. Tidal forests of 



Bengal and Burma. A large glabrous ti Ij climber, 1. thioklj coriai us, blade 8 i. 



pet. I in. long. PI. palebro^ aish-yellow, fetid, in trichotomous axillary cymes, corolla 

 rotate, ' in. across, corona-lobes filiform. Follicles turgid, 8 by 2 in. i I I ivitb 



I 8 longil mlinal wings. 



Streptocaulon tomentosum, Wight iv. Am.; Wight III. t. 182 f. 2, trawadi vallev, 

 qften in Fug forest. Tenasserim. Yunnan, A woody climber, branohlets, underside 



of I. and uafiorescei aoftlj tomentose, 1. from obovate to broadly elliptic, blade I 8, 



pet. ! | in. long, sec. n. i"> 18 pair, <'\ a many-fid., branches divaricate, bracts 



persistent, corolla glabrous, rotate, ,',, in. across, corona-scales long, filiform, 'J. s. 

 Orimthii, Hook. f. Tenasserim, densely rustj tomentose, 8. s. Kicinit. Wighl l v Ltd 



