Pergularia. | ASCLEPIADER, 203 
1. P. odoratissima, L.; Brand. For. Fl. 334.—A large twin- 
ing shrub, the young shoots more or less pubescent; bark s 
2. P. pallida, WA.; Brand. For. Fl. 334.—A large twining 
shrub, the shoots pubescent ; leaves ovate, cordate at the base, on 
a slender pubescent petiole 3-1 in. long, acuminate, 2-4 in. 
long, pubescent while young, glabrescent, membranous; flowers 
uncled, many-flowered, inter- 
petiolar or axillary cymes; corolla-tube half the length of the 
linear, bluntish, 3 lin. long lobes, quite glabrous within except near 
its base; follicles lanceolate, glabrous, 3 in. long. 
Has.—Ava, apparently frequent.—FI. R.S.; Fr. C.S. 
GENTIANEA. 
cells parallel, opening longitudinally or in terminal pores. Ovary 
1-celled, but: with the 2 parietal placentas projecting into the cavity 
noe FAGRAA, Thbg. 
Calyx 5-parted or 5-cleft, the lobes blunt, imbricate. Corolla 
_ fumnel- or salver-shaped, the tube cylindrical or widened upwards, - 
