3i^ 



^tot, Sillcated dwn the middk, arid jiroduced beloW into t^b 

 Blendesr processes (in Asolepiadese vei^), or contracted below intd 

 a slender neck and dilated into a membranaceous expansion 

 above (as in Peri^bee*) : fruit folKculaih, follicles 2 or 1 by 

 abortion ; placentae attached to the stitiire, separa^ng. in de^ 

 hiscence : seeds numerous, imbricated, pendiilous, almoat always 

 lomose at theMlum : albumen wanting or thin : emta-yo straight : 

 cotyledans foliaceous t radicle superior : plutoule incon^ifircuous. 

 — Ifwimng or erect shrubs with milky juice, or herbaceous, or 

 Very suecuknt perennials with watery juice: leaves, entirej 

 oppesitfe, ifarely whorled : often furnished at the insertion with 

 glands or hairs in lieu of stipilles : inflorescence extra axillary, 

 taceniose, corymbbsfe Or more geAerally umbelled i flowers pre^ 

 fienting various shades of red, yclloiv or white but rarely blue : 

 sometimes fragrant, occasionally, as in nearly the whole tribe 

 X)J Staplese, exceeduigly fetid. 



, GENUS t. CfeT]?T0^T^(5lA. 



Pentandrla Dlgyula. Sex: Sygt: 



Beriv.' Pi-oiii Ktfptlfs, hidden, and Sieffi, a Covering ; alluding 

 to the corona being' concealed within the tube Of the coi'olla. 



Gkit- Gear. Calyx S-partite : segments Ibzigj laneediatei tmdu. 

 islted at the margin : corolla campanulately funnel-shaped : tube 

 fumiih^d %T*hiii Mth five included narrow bipartite scales (seg^ 

 me'itts subulate) covering the anthers and opposite to them ; sta- 

 laens included : fflaments distinct,, very shtXEt, .inserted at the bot- 

 tom of the tulie ; anthers included, adhering at the base to thei 

 ihaErgin of the stiglna : poUen-tnaSSBs solidary, a^ached to the 

 JipatEulate (at lebgtii free appendage)^ of each eorpnscule Which ia 

 agglutinated tfli the lowest margin of the nearest anthers : stigma 

 globose-fccinicial, obscurely biapiculate at the apex : follicles- much 

 divaricated, agutely triquetrous, obtusely attentiated at the apex, 

 incurved : seeds comose, 



(1) C. GRAJiTDIl'LORA. flj. Br.) 



iient. Dec. pi-bd. VIII. p. 402. — Wight's Contrib. p. 66, 



iSyn. Nerium gnlndiflbrtim, Roxb. fl. tnd.H, p. 10. 



Efigrm. Bot. Reg. V, t. 45.— Wight's Icon. t. 832. 



V Spec. Chah. Climbing shrub, milky; leaves opposite, short-" 

 jpetioled, elliptic, obtusely acuminate, shining on both sides : corymbs 



