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(1) C. pAuciFtoRCM. CDee.") 



Ident. Dec. prod. VIII. p. 528. 



Stfn. Cynanchum pauciflorum, R. Br. — Wight's Conirib. p. 56. 

 — Asclepias tunicate, Roxh.fi. Ind. II. p. 35. — Periploca tunicata, 

 Retz. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 354. 



Spec. Char. Twining : . leaves ovate, reniform-cordate at the 

 base, with diverging auricles : petioles with reniform leaflets stalked 

 at the base: peduncles few- flowered, shorter than the petioles 

 flowers short-pedicelled : staminal corona plicate, 1 0-lobed at the 

 mouth: lobes Opposite the anthers lanceolate-acuminate, 2-e1eft, 

 the alternate ones very short, truncated and emarginate : pollen- 

 masses aflixed below the apex : stigma apiculate, obtuse : follicles 

 attenuated, smooth : flowers rust-coloured. 



Poohah. Peninsula. Flowering in the rainy season. 



(3) C. CAtLtALATUM. (DeC.J 



Ident. Dec. prod. VIII. p. 528. 



Syn. Cynanchum callialatum, Ham. in Wight's Contrib. p 56. 



Engrav, Wight's Icon. t. 1279. 



. Spec. Char. Twining: leaves ovate or oval, cordate at the 

 liase, with a narrow sinus, glaucous below, glanduliferous above at 

 the petiole : axils diphyllous : peduncles many-flowered : flowers 

 subuinbellate : staminal corona 10-lobed at the mouth : lobes oppo- 

 site the anthers, 2-cleft at the apex, alternate ones very short : 

 Stigma suhapiculate, entire : follicles winged. 



Columala. Bengal. 



(4) C. ALATUM. (W. 4- A.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. VIII. p. 529. 



Syn. Cynanchum alatum, Wight's Contrib. p. 57. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1280. 



Spec Char. Twining : leaves of the older branches cordate- 

 auriculate, of the younger floriferous branchlets oval, cuspidate, 

 cordate or emarginate at the base, glaucous beneath : umbels nearly 

 equalling the petiole : pedicels longer than the peduncle : staminal 

 corona with a truncated mouth, 10-crenated : toothlets alternate, a 

 little shorter: stigma apiculate, 2-cleft: follicles flattish on one 

 side, winged at the margins. 



Neilgherries, Courtallum. Flowering in the rainy season. 



