221 



(5) C. ANGUSTIFOLIUM. (DeC.) 



Idmt. Dec. prod. VIII. p. 526. 



St/n. Cynanchum angustifolium, Wight's Conirib. p. 57- 

 Spec. Char. Twining : leaves linear-lanceolate, cuspidate, more 

 or less cordate at the base : petioles puberulous, glanduliferous 

 above: peduncles many-flowered: staminal corona 10-lobed at the 

 mouth : lobes opposite the anthers, equalling the corolla, broadly 

 Mnear-oval, alternate ones very short, inconspicuous, all truncated 

 and emarginate : stigma apiculate, subemarginate. 



Coromandel Coast. 



GENUS XII. HOLOSTBMMA. 

 Pentaiiilfia Uigjrnia. Sex^ Syst = 



Deriv. IVom Holos, entire, and Stemma, a crown. 



Gen. Char. Corolla subrotate, 5-cleft : staminal corona insert- 

 ted at the bottom of the gynostegium, simple, annular, obsoletely 

 5-lobed : anthers terminated by a membrane : pollen-masses pen- 

 dulous, compressed, affixed to the attenuated apex : stigma mutic : 

 follicles ventricose, smooth. 



(1) H. RiiEEDir. (^Spr.J 



tdent. Wight's Contrib. p. 55. — Dec. prod. VIII. p. 532.— 

 Spr. Syst. I. p. 851. 



Syn. H. Ada Kodien, Roem. ^ ScJiuU. — Asclepias annularia, 

 Roxb.fior. Ind. II. y- 37. — Sarcostemma annulare. Roth, 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 597. / 



Spec. Char. Glabrous, twining : leaves opposite, broad-ovate, 

 cordate : umbels interpetiolar, short-peduncled : flowers showy, 

 darkish red, green and white-mixed. 



f Malabar. Mysore. Travancore. N. Circars. Foot of the 

 Himalyah, Flowering in the rainy season. 



GElSrUS XIII. CALOTEOPIS. 



Pentandria monogynia. Sex ,■ Spst .- 



Deriv. From Kalos, beautiful, and Tropis, a keel ; alluding ta 

 the keel of the flower. 



Gen. Char. Erect milky shi-ubs : leayes opposite : umbels in- 

 terpetiolar : corolla subcampanulate, tube angled, angles saccate 

 within, limb 5-parted : staminal corona 5-leaved, leaflets keel- 



