Toxocarjms] LXXIV. ASCLEPIAD.ACE.E 469 



3. TOXOCARPUS, Wight & Am. : Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 13. 

 (Included under Secamonc in Engler u. Prantl iv. 2. 261.) 



Twining shrubs. Fl. small, in axillary dichotoinous cymes. Corolla salver- 

 shaped, tube short, lobes narrow, spreading, overlapping to the left. Stigma 

 cylindrical or filiform, produced far beyond the staminal column. Species 

 about 15, tropical Asia and Africa. 



A. Corolla-lobes hairy at the base on the inside. 



1. T. liimaleiiais, Falc.MSS. Garhwal (doubtful), Assam. Khasi hills. L. pubescent 

 when young, from broad-elliptic, almost orbicular to lanceolate, blade 4-6, pet. A in. 

 long. Inflorescence, bracts and calyx rusty hirsute, corolla glabrous outside, tube .'.. 

 lobes linear. A, in. long. 2. T. villosus, Dene. Tenasserim. Java. 3. T. GriffitMi, 

 Tenasserim, Malay Penins. 



B. Corolla-lobes entirety glabrous. 



4. T. Kleinii, Wight iv. Arn. : Wight Ic. t. 886. Western Peninsula. Ceylon low 

 country, chiefly in the dry region. L. thinly coriaceous, elliptic, blade 2—4, pet. J in. 

 Cymes, bracts and calyx hairy. Corolla J in. long, tube extremely short, lobes lanceo- 

 late. 5. T. Roxburghii, W, >Sc A. Northern Circars. 6. T. concanensis, Hook. f. Baba- 

 budan hills, Mysore. 7. T. Kurzii, Hook. f. Andaman*. 8. T. acuminatus, Beuth. 

 Silbet. 



Daemia extensa, B. Br. : Wight Ic. t. 596. Kuram valley. Northern India. Bengal. 

 Western Peninsula. Ceylon. A slender climber, fetid when bruised, branchlets 

 hispid, 1. membranous, cordate, pubescent beneath, blade 1-3. pet. 2-4 in. long. Fl. 

 greenish-yellow on slender pedicels A-2 in. long, in pedunculate axillary generally 

 coryuibiform cymes. Corolla-tube short, limb spreading, lobes eiliate, overlapping to 

 the right. Follicles A-2 in. long, densely clothed with long soft spines. 



Raphistemma pulchellum, Wall. PI. As. Ear. t. 103. Sikkiin, hot valleys at 2,000 ft. 

 Assam. Cachar. Singbhum. Pegu. Tenasserim. Yunnan. A glabrous twining 

 shrub, I. membranous, ovate from a cordate base, blade 5-7, pet. 2-5 in. Fl. white, on 

 slender pedicels 1A-2 in. long, corolla eampanulate. lobes spreading, in bud overlapping 

 to the right. Corona-scales membranous, produced into long linear ligules. 



4. GYMNEMA, E. Br. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 28. 



Twining shrubs and undershrubs. Fl. iu axillary or Lnterpetiolar umbelli- 

 form cymes. Corolla usually eampanulate, lobes thick, more or less over- 

 lapping to the right, corona of 5 fleshy villous double ridges on the inside of 

 tube, alternating with the lobes. Seeds comose. Species about "JU, Africa. 

 Asia and Australia. 



A. The ridges of the corona more or less protrudiug from the mouth of the 

 corolla. 



1. G. sylvestre, It. Br.; Wighl [c. t. 349. Bands district. Western Peninsula, 

 common in hedges, also in forests covering high trees.- Ceylon. A. stout woody climber, 

 branchlets, petioles and inflorescence softly pubescent, 1. ovate, shortly acuminate, 

 hairy along the nerves, chiefly beneath, blade 1 2^. (»■!. }-A, in. Fl. pale yellow, 

 corolla ,',. in. across, follicles 2 3 in. long. 2. G. hirautum, Wighl el Arn. Wighl h . 

 t. 1272 — Syn. '.'. Decaimtanum, Wight Ic. t. 1271. Behar. Nilgiris. Similar to 1. 

 but more densely pubescent, cymes sessile, corolla | in. across. 8. G. moUe, Wall. 

 Meiktila, Upper Burma, similar to 2, corolla \ in. across, follicles broad, turgid, 

 woody, seeds ovate. .\ in. long. 1. g. acuminatum, Wall. Silhet. Eastern lien, 

 shan hills, 1,000 ft. Tenasserim. Malay Penina A large climbing shrub, bark 

 j \ . deeply cracked. Branchlets, petioles, underside of I. and inflorescence densely 



tot itose, I. ovate acuminate, blade 8 6, pet. J-J in. long, fl. white, in shortly ] eduncled 



compact cymes, corolla 1 in. across, lobes nol eiliate, follicles ovoid beaked, woo ly, I~ 



broadly winged j in. long. 5. G. lactiferum, It. Br. Khasi hills, Mergui. Ceylon. 

 Malaj Penins. and Archip, Branchlets slightly pubescent, I. nearly glabrous, elon* 

 gate-elliptic, blade 2-4, )»'t. slender ; 



B. The ridges of the coroua in the tube ool extending to the mouth of 

 corolla. 



6. G. tingens. Wight el Arn.: Wight b . t. 598. SubhimaJayan tract from the 

 Jumna eastwards. Assam, Tenasserim. Anamnlai hills and possibly elsewhere in 



