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(i) S. iNDiCtTs. (R. Br.) 

 Ident. Dec. prod. VIII. p. 494.— Wight's Contrib. p. 68. 

 Syn. Periploca Indicai ^iWd.— ^Asclepias pseudosarsa, Roxb-. 



Jor. Ind.Il.p. Z9. 



Engrav. Kheede Mai. 9. t. S4.— Bul:m. Zeyl. t. S3, f. 1.^^ 



Wight's Icon. t. 594. "^ 



Spec. Char. 'Twining: leaves opposite, from cordate-ovate 

 cuspidate to narrow-linear, acute, often oblong-lanceolate : cymes 

 often subsessile, somewhat peduncled : scales of the corolla obtuse, 

 sobering to the tube from the base to ■ the apex : follicles slenderj 

 straight : flowers on the outside pale-green, on the inside dark 

 blood-coloured. 



Peninsula everywhere, flowering in the rainy season^ 



(2) H. PUBESCENS. (W. Sf A.) 



ident. Wight's Contrib. p. 63. — Dec. prod. Vllt. p. 495i 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1320. 



Spec. Char. Twining : leaves Opposite, lanceolate, and with 

 the branchlets, peduncles and calyx pubescent : cymies sessile : 

 scales of the corolla affixed to the tube : flowers dark purple. 



Kulhutty, Neilgherries. Vendalore. 



GENUS IV. BEACHYLEPISl 

 Pentandria DIgynia. Sex -. ISj/ii > 



iJeriv. Erom Brachys, short, and Lepis, a scale. 



Gen. Chab. Corolla snbrdtate, 5-partite : segments spreading : 

 throat crowned with 5 short truncated mntic scales alternatmg 

 With the segments : tube short, clothed within with a broad fleshy 

 adnate ring : filaments very short, broad, distinct, inserted with 

 the scales at the top of the throat : anthers agglutinated at the 

 base to the margin of the stigma, simple and cohering at the 

 apex, but otherwise distinct, beardless : pollen-masses 20, granu- 

 lar, attached to the free dilated appendage of each corpusoule : 

 stigma mutic : follicles much divaricated, cylindric, smooth. 



(1) B. NERVOSA. (W. ^ A.) 



Ident. Wight's. Contrib. p. 64. — Dec. prod. VIII. p. 495. 



Engrav. "Wight's Icon. t. 1284. 



Spec Char. Twining shrub : branchlets pubescent : leaves 

 opposite, oval, abruptly acuminate, younger ones somewhat pubes» 



