234 



(2) S. 1\-TERMEDIUM. (DeO.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. VIII. p. 538. 



Syu. S. viminale, R. Br. Wight's Contrib. p. 59. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1281. 



Spec. Char. Twining, leafless ^ branches round: pedundes. 

 terminal or axillary : umbels many-flowered, subglobose : segments 

 of the corolla oblong-lanceolate^ waved : follicles linear or (/blong, 

 obtuse : flowers white. 



Deccan. South Coromandel. Flowering in the rainy season. 



(S) S. Brunonianum. (JV. ^ A.) 



Ident. Wight's Contrib. p. 59.— Dec. prod. VIIL p. 538. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1282. 



Spec. Char. Twining: umbels lateral, sessile: pedicels and. 

 calyx caneseent : segments of the corolla ovate-lanceolate : exterior 

 staminal corona subplicate, 10-crenated, the alternate toothiet&. 

 somewhat obsolete : stigma apiculate, subentire. 



Coimbatore, flowering in the hot season. 



GEXUS X^'I. OXYSTELMA. 

 Pentaiidrla. Mii^s^yiiia. Sea;: Syst: 



Deriv. From Oxys, ahai-p, and Stelma, a crown ; the leaflets 

 of the corona are acute. 



Gen. Chab. Corolla subrotate, spreading with a short tube : 

 gynostegium exserted : staminal corona 5-leaved, leaflets acute, 

 compressed, undivided : anthers terminated by a membrane : 

 pollen-masses compressed, afirxed to the attenuated apex, pendu- 

 lous : stigma mutic : follicles smooth : seeds comose. 



(1) O. ESCULENTUM. (R, Br.) 



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



Syn. Periploca esculenta, Linn. — Asclepias rosea, Roxb.fi. Ind. 

 II. p. 40. 



Engrav. Roxb. Cor. I. t. 11. — Pluk. t. 359. fig. 6. 



Spec. Char. Twining undershrub : leaves opposite, linear- 

 lanceolate : corolla ciliated at the margin : racemes interpetiolar ; 

 follicles oblong, acuminated. 



All over India. 



