■ 334 LV. ASCLEPIADE^. [Marsdenia. 



ona 10, in a double series, the outer inserted at the hase of the staminal 

 tube, thick, fleshy, the inner half-way up, obtuse, membranous, both shorter 

 than anthers. Style prolonged into a filiform beak as long as corolla. 

 ToUicles lanceolate, smooth, 5 in. long. 



East Bengal, Baraich forests of Oudh, Kamaon (in shady valleys), ascending 

 to 7500 ft. Fl. Oct.-Nov. 



5. PERGTJLAEIA, Linn. 



Mowers in interpetiolar cymes. Corolla hypocrateriform, limb spread- 

 ing, lobes contorted in bud. Corona of 5 flat, membranous appendages, I 

 adnate to the base of the staminal column, with a small ligula inside below 

 the apex. Anthers connate, terminating in a membrane. PoUen-masses 

 10, stipitate, erect, in pairs. Style not rostrate. 



Leaves ovate ; corolla- tube glabrous inside . . . . 1. P. pallida. 

 Leaves cordate ; corolla-tube hairy inside to the throat . 2. P. odoratissima. 



1. P. pallida, "W. et A. ; "Wight Ic. t. 585. — Syn. Asclepias pallida, 

 Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 48. Vern. SurkUa, Kamaon. 



A large twining shrub ; young leaves and young shoots pubescent with 

 soft, curved hairs. Leaves ovate from a cordate base, acuminate, 2-4 in. 

 long, petiole about 1 in. Flowers pale yeUow, inodorous, J in. long to 

 tip of coroUa-lobes, on pedicels as long as flowers or longer, in many- 

 flowered, short pedunculate, umbelliform cymes ; peduncles shorter than 

 pedicels, both hairy. Calyx almost glabrous, the segments ciliate at the 

 edges, nearly as long as the coroUa-tube. CoroUa-lobes linear, twice the 

 length of tube ; throat and inside of tube glabrous, except near its base. 

 Follicles lanceolate, glabrous, 3 in. long. 



Bengal, Behar, Burma, plains of N.W. India and the Panjab. .Fl. June-Oct. 



2. P. odoratissima, Linn. ; Wight Ic. t. 414; Bot. Eeg. t. 412.— The 

 "West Coast or Primrose-Creeper, Kanja-lwta, Beng. 



A large twining shrub ; bark deeply cracked and spongy, young shooft 

 and inflorescence pubescent. Leaves deep-cordate, acuminate, about 4 in. 

 long and nearly as broad, pubescent along the nerves on both sides, and 

 with a few scattered hairs between the nerves, petiole 1 in. long. Inflor- 

 escence similar to that of P. pallida. Flowers f in. long, greenish yellow 

 or orange, exceedingly fragrant. Calyx pubescent and ciliate, shorter 

 than corolla-tube. CoroUa-tube hairy inside to the throat, broad, nearly 

 as long as the oblong lobes. FolHcles ovate-lanceolate. 



Cultivated generally in gardens in India and China. Indigenous in Bengal, 

 Burma, and the N.W. Himalaya, where it ascends to 4000 ft. Has been found 

 as far west as Jaunsar Bawar. Fl. May- July. 



6. ORTHANTHERA, Wight. 

 A glabrous leafless shrub, with minute subulate scales in the place of 

 the leaves. Flowers ^ in. long, green, on short pedicels, in short pedun- 



