198 ASCLEPIADER. [Streptocaulon. 
in Seeds comose.—Usually woody twiners, glabrous to 
tomentose, Flowers minute, in short interpetiolar cymes. 
Tomentose ; follicles smooth . ‘ > x i ‘ . . S. tomentosum. 
Glabrous or pubescent; follicles with numerous longitudinal 
membranous wings Z = : : ; : . &. extensum. 
Haz.—Not unfrequent in the open forests, especially the ing ote all 
over the Tharrawadee zone of Pegu up to Ava; Tenasserim from Moulmein as 
south as Tavoy.—Fl. March-Sept.; Fr. C.S.—l—SS.—Dil. 
rous or puberulous petiole 4-2 in. long, acuminate, 3-5 in. long, 
membranous, entire, short] pubescent, especially beneath, or glab- 
rous or nearly so 3 flowers minute, whitish, on slender, glabrous 
cae about 3-4 lin. long, forming glabrous or almost glabrous, 
at the end of the branchlets 3 sepals minute; corolla rotate, the 
' lobes linear-oblong, twisted, about 24 lin. long, glabrous; follicles 
ovate, very spreading, about 1} in. long, bluntish and strongly 
acuminate, with numerous (about 16), rather broad, membranous, 
longitudinal wings, quite glabrous, | 
Var. 1, extensum pro r: lea lous Bee 
eislly hence prope ves more or less puberulous, espe- sy 
Var. 2, paniculatum (Myri dt ; iff.) : Jeaves 
cia 3 — _ (Myriopteron paniculatum, Griff.) 
Has.—Frequent in the lower mixed forests, entering th hs, all over 
g the savannahs, 
H a Senora to Tenasserim ; var. 2: in Ava,—Fl. Sept. ; Fr. Jan- 2 
CRYPTOLEPIS, R. Br. | 
Calyx turbinate, 5-cleft, with 5 crenulate clands within. Corolla 
‘unnel-shaped or rotate, the throat nude, the tube inflated at the be 
