S2S 



the gy'nostegium : pollen-TOasses transverse, small, globose : stigtns( 

 obtuse : follicles divaricating, attenuated, glabrous : flowers larg- 

 ish, long-pedicelled, externally pale greenish, with a faint tinge of 

 purple, interndly light purple, 



A very abundant and widely diffused plant to be met with in 

 nearly all situations and in flower at all seasons. The roots par- 

 take in an eminent degree of the properties of Ipecacuanha. 



(?) f . LONGIFOLIA. (R. W.) 



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



Spec. Char. Twining : leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, sub- 

 cordate at the base : panicles shorter than the leaf, many -flowered : 

 branches flexuose, bearing a small umbel at the flexures : leaflets 

 of the staminal crown nearly a half shorter than the gynostegium, 

 l>road-elliptic, obtuse : pollen-masses transverse : stigma convex. 



SUhet. 



(9) T. ExiLis. (Colehr.) 



Ident. Wight'^ Contrib. p. 50. — Oolebr. in Linn. Soc. trans, p.. 

 l2.— Dec. prod. VIII. p. 60S. 



Syn, Pergularia e:filis, Spr, 



Spec Char< Twining: leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate: 

 panicles 2-3 times longer than the leaf, many-flowered : branches 

 ^exuose, bearing umbellate pedicels at the flexures : segments of 

 the corolla acutish : leaflets of the staminal crown broad-elliptic, 

 very obtuse, shorter than the gynostegium: pollen-masses trans- 

 verse : stigma apiculate. 



Silhet. 



(10) T, CAPPARIDIFOLIA, (W. ^. A.) 



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

 Syn. Asclepias tenuis, Wall. 



Spec. Char. Twining: leaves elliptic-oblong, mucronately 

 acuminate, doriaceous : racemes umbellifbrm, subsessile : flowers 

 few and small : segments of tbe corolla obtuse : leaflets of the 

 staminal crown rounded, fleshy, increased at the apex within by a 

 short, sharp toothlet : pollen-masses subascendent : stigma obtuse. 



Mysore. (?) _ 



GENUS XIX. OOSMOSTIGMA. 



Pentaiidria Pigynia. Sexi Systi 



Deriv. JProm iSToimoi.'beautiftil, and Stigma, from the beautillii 

 appearance of that organ. 



