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sKapetT, vertically adnate to the g-ynostegium, recurved at tlie' 

 base ; anthers terminated by a membrane : pollen-masses com- 

 pressed, affixed to tbe attenuated apex, pendulous : stigma mutic : 

 follifles ventricose, smooth : seeds comose. 



(1) C. iGIGANTEA. (R. Br.) 



Ident. R. Br. in Hort. Kew. II. p. 78.— Wight's Contrib, p. 

 53.— Dec. prod. VIII. p. 535. 



Si/n. Asclepias gigantea, WiUd.-^Roxb. fior. liid. II. p. 30. 



Engrdv. Rheede Mai. II. t. 31. — Rumph. Amb. 7. t. 14. f. 

 1.— Wight's III. t. 155.— Bot. Reg. XVII. t. 53. 



Spec. Ckar. Leaves oblong-ovate, downy beneath : segments 

 of the corolla spreading, withering, reflexed, revolute at the margin : 

 leaflets of the staminal corona shorter than the gynostegiuni, base 

 obtuse, acuminately recurved, apex incurved, somewhat 3-toothed : 

 flowers pale-purple. 



Common in southern part of the Peninsula, especially in sandy 

 and barren soils), flowering at all seasons. This is the Madai* plant j 

 from which is obtained Mudarine, wbich possesses the property of 

 Coagulating by heat, and becoming again fluid by exposure to cold. 



(2) C. tROCERAi {R. Br.) 



Ident. R. Br. 1. c— Dec. prod. VIII. p. 535. 



Syn. C. Wallichiij Wight's Contrib. p. 53. — C Hamiltoniij 

 fright. I. c. — C. hetercphylla, Wall. — Wight. I. c. — C. procera^ 



fTilld. 



Engrav. Lindl. Bot, Reg. t. 1792. — ^Wight's Icon. t. 1278. 



Spec. Char. Leaves ovate or oval, cordate at the base : seg- 

 ments of the corolla spreading, revolute at the margin : leaflets of 

 the staminal corona equalling the gynostegium : umbels peduncled : 

 follicles obovoid, downy : flowers pale purple. 



Deccan and Guzerat. Flowering in March and April. 

 (3) C. herbacea. {Wall.) 



Ident. Wight's Contrib. p. 54.— Dec. prod. VIII. p. 536. 



Syn. Asclepias herbacea, Roxh, flor. Ind. II. p. 50. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 492. 



Spec. Char. Segments of the corolla somewhat erect : leaflets 

 of the staminal corona equalling the gynostegium, base obtuse, 

 recurved : apex incumbent on the margin of the stigma, 2-Iobed, 

 lobes thick, somewhat diverging : flowers largish, pale purple. 



Intgrior of Bengal, flowering in the cold season. 



