468 LXXIV. ASCLEPIADACE.E [Streptocaulon 



Western Peninsula. L. densely white-tomentose beneath, corolla £ in- across, hairy 

 outside. 



Braehylepis nervosa, Wight & Arn. : Wight Ic. t. 1284. Nilgiris. A twining 

 shrub, pubescent or tomentose. L. coriaceous, elliptic or ovate, acuminate, blade 2—3, 

 pet. J in. long, sec. n. 8-10 pair, reticulate veins prominent. Cymes villous, bracts 

 persistent, corolla ^ in. across, green outside, purple within, corona-scales short, broad. 



trtleria salicifolia, Bedd. Anamalais 3^,000 ft. A small tree, 1. more or less crowded 

 near the ends of branches, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, margin thickened, waved or 

 crenulate, blade 5-7, narrowed into pet. 1-1J in. long. Fl. minute, at the ends of long 

 bracteate branches of axillary dichotomous panicles. Follicles divaricate, 2 in. long, 

 gradually narrowed from a thick base. 



Hemid'esmus indicus, R. Br. ; Wight Ic. t. 594. Indian SarsapariUa. Oudh. Behar. 

 Bundelkhand. Central Provinces. Peninsula, common in hedges. Ceylon, low 

 country very common. A semiherbaceous twiner, 1. glabrous or densely pubescent 

 beneath, very variable, from broad-elliptic to linear, 2-4 in. long, petioles short. 

 PI. small, In short sessile compact axillary clusters, supported by numerous ovate 

 acute bracts. Corolla rotate, J in. across, green without, purple within, lobes thick, 

 valvate. Follicles slender, divaricate, 4-8 in. long. 



Decalepis Hamiltonii, Wight & Arn. ; Wight Ic. t. 1285, 111. t. 182 fig. 6. Anamalais 

 and hills on the east side of the Peninsula. A glabrous twining shrub, 1. thinly coria- 

 ceous, broad-elliptic, finely reticulate. Cymes axillary, peduncles J in. long, branches 

 few spreading, bracts persistent, corolla rotate, lobes valvate, with a dense white beard 

 within. 



Holostemma Rheedei, Wall. ; Wight Ic. t. 597 (H. Brunonianum, Boyle 111. t. 66). 

 Subhimalayan tract and outer hills from Kumaon eastwards, ascending to 6,000 ft. 

 Moist forests of the Western Ghats and hills of the Deccan and Mysore. A glabrous 

 climbing shrub, 1. membranous, ovate, acuminate from a deeply cordate base, blade 

 3-6, pet. 1-3 in. long. Fl. purple, on pedicels 1-2 in. long, corolla rotate, 1-1J in. across, 

 lobes thick, ovate, overlapping to the right. Corona a fleshy ring, adnate to the 

 staminal-tube. 



Treutlera insignis, Hook. f. Sikkim 3-8,000 ft. A glabrous climbing shrub, 1. 

 coriaceous, elliptic or elongate-elliptic, blade 3-5, pet. J-li in. Fl. large, in axillary 

 simple pedunculate umbels, peduncle 1-2, pedicels 1-li in. Corolla rotate, coriaceous, 

 glabrous, purple, 1-li in. across. 



Sarcostemma brevistigma, W. & A. Deccan, in dry stony places. A trailing jointed 

 leafless shrub with thick rough bark and green pendulous branches. Fl. pale greenish, in 

 corymbiform cymes at the nodes or at the ends of branches, pedicels 4 in. long. Corolla 

 rotate, J in. diam., lobes broad, overlapping to the right. Follicles thinly coriaceous, 

 4-5 in., seeds ovate, J-£ in. long. 2. S. Brunonianum, W. & A. ; Wight Ic. t. 1282. 

 Deccan, Ceylon, dry region of the Irawadi valley, fl. bright yellow. 3. S. intermedium. 

 Dene. ; Wight Ic. t. 1281. Singbhum. Deccan, fl. white. 4. S. Stocksii, Hook. f. Sind. 

 Deccan, follicles thickly coriaceous, 2J-3J in., seeds linear J in. long. 



Dregea volubilis, Benth. — Syn. Hoya viridiflora, B. Br. ; Wight Ic. t. 586 ; Kanjilal 

 F. Fl. 244. Subhimalayan tract and outer valleys, ascending to 5,000 ft. from the Sutlej 

 eastwards. Gangetic Plain, Lower Bengal. Todgarh, Merwara (Mora Bel, D. B. Dec. 

 1869). Central Provinces. Western Peninsula, common in hedges. Ceylon, low 

 country. Java. China. A twining shrub, stem woody, branchlets and 1. minutely 

 pubescent, sometimes almost glabrous, 1. thick, ovate, pale beneath, blade 3-6, pet. 1-3 

 in. long. Fl. bright green in many-fid. usually interpetiolar umbelliform cymes, 

 peduncle 1-3, pedicels slender, J-l in. long. Corolla almost rotate, i in. across, lobes 

 triangular. Corona of 5 fleshy radiating scales, inner angle cuspidate, adnate to the 

 base of the short staminal column, pollen-masses erect. Follicles turgid, 3—4 in. long, 

 seeds shining, broad-elliptic J in., coma fine white silky li in. long. D. anguslifolia is 

 a narrow leaved variety, annual stems from a woody perennial rootstock. West side of 

 the .Peninsula. N. E. Brown in Fl. Trop. Africa iv. 417, unites Dregea with Ma rsdenia . 



Cosmostigma racemosum, Wight Ic. t. 591. — Syn. C. acuminatum, Wight Ic. t. 1270. 

 Silhet, Chittagong. Western Ghats, often in hedges. Ceylon low country. A stout 

 climber, nearly glabrous. L. chartaceous, ovate, blade 3-5, pet. 1-lf in. long. Fl. 

 greenish-yellow, speckled with red dots, in pedunculate corymbose racemes, corolla 

 fleshy, rotate, J in. across, lobes overlapping to the right, corona-lobes short, mem- 

 branous, truncate or bifid. 



Secamone emetica, B. Br. ; Wight Ic. t. 1283, hills of the southern Deccan. Ceyloni 

 A twining shrub with slender branches, the stems with corky excrescences, 1. glabrous, 

 lanceolate, or linear-lanceolate, 1-2 in. long, fl. light yellow, in small axillary cymes, 

 corolla J-J in. across, lobes oblong, obtuse, bracts and calyx pubescent, follicles tapering, 

 3 in. long. 



