23a 



acuminate : peduncles shorter than the petiole : flowers cymose, 

 largish : segments of the corolla obtuse : leaflets of the staminal: 

 crown equalling the gynostegium : stigma obtusely apiculated. 



Columala. 



(2) M. TINCTOKIA. (R. Br. J 



Merit. Wight's Contrib. p. 40. — Dec. prod. VIII. p. 615. 



Syn. Pergularia tinctoria, Spr.enff.-T-A.sc]epia,s tinctoria, JSox^ 

 §. Ind. II. p. 43. 



Engr.av- Wight's Icoi). t. 589.— Rh^ede Mai. IX. t. 8. 



Spec. Chas. Twining : leaves ovate or oblong, acumjnat^d^ 

 cordate at the base, furnished above with a small gland towards the' 

 b^se : thyrses lateral : flowers sinall, yeUqw, throats bearded : leaf- 

 lets of the staminal crown aiearly equalling the gynpstegium, sub- 

 ulate ; stigma mutic. 



Silhet. Malabar. Goalpara. Flowering nearly all the year. 



(3) M. TENACISSIMA. (W. ^ A.) 



Ment. Wight's Contrib. p. 41.T7-Pec. prod. VIII. p. 616, 



Syn, Asclepias tenacissima, Roxh.flor. liid. II. p. 31. — Gym- 

 nema tenacissima, Spreng. < 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 590. — Roxb. Cor. III. t. 240. 



Spec. Char. Twining : leaves cordate, acuminate; tomentose. 

 on both sides : cymes large : segments of the corolla broad, obtuse :. 

 leaflets of the staminal crown broad, truncated a^ the apex, suben- 

 tire or two-forked : stigma obtusely apiculate : flowers small, green-^ 

 ish-yellow. 



Kajmahal Hills. Chittagong. Mysore. Flowering in AprU. 



GENUS XXI. DISOHIDIA. 



Pentaiidria Dlgynia. Sexi Systi 



Beriv. From Lis, double, and Schizo, to sjplit ; alluding to the, 

 leaflets of the staminal crown. 



Gen. Chak. Corolla urceolate, 6-cleft : staminal corona 5-leav- 

 ed, leaflets 2-cleft, lobes spreading, recurved at the apex : anthers 

 terminated by a, membrane :' poUen-masses erect, aflSxed by the 

 fease : stigma mutic : follicjes smooth : seeds comose. 



