S2f 



(Jicels filiform ;■ segments of the corolla ovate, olituse/ undulated R 

 leaflets of the staminal crown trunqated or rounded at the apex :. 

 gollen- masses transverse: sjiigma o.btuse : follicles pubescent. 



Neilgherries. Dindigul mountains. Flowering nearly all the 



(5) T. i:ascicui,ata. (Ham,) 



Ident. Wight's Contrib, p. 50.— Dec. prod. YIII. p. 608, 



Engrav. Wjght|s Icon. t. 848. 



Spec. Char. Root fascicled, sterns woody, erect, fascicles ap- 

 pToximate : leaves ovate, somewhat fleshy, decreasing towards the 

 tops of the branches : peduncles erect, flexuose bearings 2-3 few- 

 flowered fascicles at the flexures : leaflets of the staminal crown 

 oijlong-ovate : pollen-masses transverse : stigma apiculate ; flowers, 

 largish : segments of the corolla ligulate, 



Neilgherries.. 



(6) T. Iphisia. (Dec.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. VIII. p. 610. 



TSyn. Iphisia raultiflora, Wight's Contrib. p. 52. 



Evgrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1276. 



Sppc. Char. Twining : leaves ovate, or ovate-lanceolate at; 

 subgordate at the base, acute at tbe^apex, succulent : petioles with 

 glands at the origin of the limb : peduncles about the length of the 

 smaller leaves, subflexuose, usually with short secondary pedupcles, 

 bearing two or three flowers : pedicels short, stout : ppllea-masse* 

 globose : stigma mutic : follicles swollen at the base : flowers small, 

 dark dull purple. ' 



Common in clamps of, jungle , abojit Ootaeamun^,, flowering in, 

 August and September. 



C7) T. ASTHMATICA, (JV. ^ 4.) 



Ident. Wight's Contrib. p. 51.— Dec. prod. VIII, p. 611; 



Syif. Cyuanchum vomitorium, Lam. — C' viridiflorum, Sims. — '. 

 Asclepias vomitoria, Kgen. — A. asthmatica, Roxb. fl. Ind. II. p., 

 33. — pynanchum' Ipecacuanha, Willd. 



Engrav. Bot. Mag. t. 1929.— Wight's Icon. t. 1277. 



Spec. /Char. Twining, glabrous or pubescent : leaves ovate or 

 roundish, abruptly acuminate, often cordate at the base, glabrous 

 above : petioles without glands : peduncles shorter than the leaves 

 with 2-3 sessile, few-flowered umbels towards the extremity : leaf- 

 lets of the staminal crown fleshy, depressed, embracing the base of 

 ij}» c^ynostegium and proloiiged at the apex into a too^ equaling 



