229 



GrEN. Ch4B. Corolla rotate^ Snpai'ted : staminal corona S-leav- 

 ed, leaflets compressed, 2-cleft : anthers ventricose, terminated 

 by a membrane : pollen-masses erect, affixed at the base to the 

 corpuscule of the stigma by the assistance of a long pendulous 

 appendage : stigma mutic, crowned by a repand flexuose narrow 

 ^ing : follicles large, linear-oblong, obtuse, smooth : seeds co- 

 mose. 



(.1) C. R4CEM0SUM. {R. W.) 



Menu Wight's Contrib. p. 42.— Dec. prod. VIII. p. 613, 



Syn. Asclepias racemosa, Roxh. flor. Ind. II. p. 32. 



Engrav, Wight's Icon. t. 591. — Deless. Ic. Sel. "V. t. 84. 



Spec. Char. Shrubby, clirtibing : leaves broadly ovate, or 

 pundly acuminate, obtuse Or cordate at the base : peduncles inter"- 

 petiolar, corymbosely racemose at the apex : flowerfe small, yellow, 

 ^narked with rusty dots. 



Silhet. Chittagong. North Concans, common in hedges, flow- 

 ering in the rainy season. 



(2) C. ACUMINATUM. (R. Jf^.) 



Ident. Wight's Icon. vol. IV. t. 1270. 



Spec Char. ■ -Twiilirig :' leaves brOad-ovate or cordate at the 

 base, aeuminate. Sparingly hairy on both sides: peduncles rigid, 

 hairy: pedicels sh,ort, coriaceous, stout : corolla marked with pur- ■ 

 pie spots. 



Balaghaut hills, near Madras. 



GENUS XX. MARSDENIA. 

 Pentandria Disynla. Sex: Sysi: 



Deriv. In honor of William Marsden, late Secretary to the 

 Admiralty, Author of a History of Sumatra. 



Gen. Char, Shrubs often twining .- leaves opposite, membra- 

 naceous, broadish : cymes or thyrses interpetiolar : corolla urceo- 

 late, 5-cleft, occasionally subrotate : staminal corona 5-leaved, 

 leaflets cpm,pressed, simple within : anthers terminated by a mem- 

 brane : pollen-masses erect, affixed by the base : stigma mutic or 

 beaked : follicles smooth : seeds oomose. 



(1) M. Brunoniana. (W. %■ A.) 



Ident. Wight's CoHtrib. p. 40.— Dec. prod. VIII. p. 614. 



Engrav, Wight's Icon. t. 356. 



Spec. Char. Twining, glabrous : leaves broadly cordate-ovate. 



