226 



len-masses transverse or sub-ascendent, minute, ventricose : stig'- 

 ma mutic : follicles smooth, attenuated at tlie apex, compressed, 

 Bomeiiimes slightly angled : Seeds comose. , 



(1) T. CARNOSA. (Wall.) 



Ident. Wight's Contrib. p. 4«.-J-Dec. prod. VIII. p; 607. 



Engrav, Wight's Icon. t. 351, 



SpBC. Char. Twining: leaves fleshy, ovate or siabfcol-date, friu- 

 cronate, shining, pale beneath : peduncles flexuose bearing at the 

 flexures many filiform pedicels :, leaflets of the stamina! crown sub- - 

 orbicular : pollen-maSses ascending : stigma convex : follicles ofteii 

 solitary by abortion : flowers small, purplish inside. 



In sandy localities in the Tanjore district. 



(2) T. TENuissiMA. (^. ^ k.) 



ident. Wight's Contrib. p. 49.— liec. prod. "VIII. p. 60T. 



Syn. Asclepias tenuissima, Roxb.fior. Ind. TL. p. 41. 



Mngrav. Wight's Icon. t. 588. 



Spec Chau. Twining : leaves oblong-lanceolate, siibcordatfe aTt 

 the base, cuspidate, veinless, subrevolute at the margin : leaflets of 

 the staminal crown ovate-oblong : pollen-ina^ses ascending : stigmai 

 convex : flowers small, dull purple, 



Peninsula. Bengal. Flowering in the rainy season. Probably 

 ^u inere variety of the last species. ' 



(3) T. PAUCtPLORA. {W. ^ A.) 



Ident. Wight's Contrib. p. 49.-^Dec. prod. VIII. p. 607. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1274. 



Spec. Chak. Twining: leaves largish p'etioled, broad from the 

 .base, ovate or subcordate, gradually . attenuated, somewhat undu- 

 lated at the margin ; peduncles shorter than the leaf, flexuose, bear- 

 ing 2-3 filiform pedicels at the flexures : leaflets of the statnltlil 

 crown broad- elliptic, obtuse : pollen-masses ascending : stigma con- 

 vex. ' ^ ^ ' 



Courtallum. Malabar. Northern Provinces of Bengal. Flow- 

 ering in August and September. ^ 



(4) T. MOLLISSIMA. (Wall.) 



Idcnf. Wight's Contrib. p. 49.— Dec. prod. VIII. p. 667. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1275. 



Spec. Char. Twining: whole plant pubescent : leaves oval or 



^prdate-ovate, acuminate, mucronate, peduncles 2-3 times longer 



than the leaf, flexubse, bearing a sessile umbel at the fissures : pet 



