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(1) D. Benghalensis. (Colebr.) 



, tdent Wight's Contrib. ij, 43.— Dec. prod. VlII. p. 631.— 

 Colebr. in Linn. Soc. trans. XII. p. 357. 



Syn. D. lanceolata, Wall, asclep. No. 62. 



E'ngrav. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 2916. 



Spec. Char'. Parasitical on trees; milky : stem rooting at tHe 

 lower joints : leaves opposite, fleshy, lanceolate, glabrous : cymes 

 somewhat capituliform'j short-pedunoled : flowers small, gfeeHish- 

 yellowish-white. 



Silhet, South Concan. 



GENUS iXlI. PERGULAtllA. 



Pentaildria Dig^yiiia. Sex -. Sysi ■■ 



Deriv. IVom Pergula, trellis-work ; twining plants fit fo? 

 "arbours. 



Gen. Char. Tfwihing plants : leaves opposite : cymes iiitferpe* 

 tiolar : flowers yellowish, fragrant : corolla hypocrateriform, tubal 

 urceolate : staminal corona 5-leaved, leaflets compressed, nndi- 

 vi|ded at the apex, increased by an incision inside :. anthers ter- 

 minated by a memfcraiie : poUbn-masses erect : stigma ndutio : 

 follicles smooth, ventricose : seeds comose. 



(1) P. PALLIDA. (JF. f i.) 



Ident. Wight's Contrib. p. 42.— Dec. prod. VIII. p. 619. 



Syn. P. limbata, Wall. — Asclepias pallida, Roxb. flor. Ind^ 

 II. p. 48. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 585. 



Si-EC. Char. Branches softly pubescent: leaves cordate acu'' ^ 

 minate : cymes subsessiie, many-flowered : segments of the corolla 

 subulate, tube glabrdus within : leaflets of the staminal crown 

 dilated, somewhat 3-lobed, internal ligulae flat : flowers smallish^ 

 pale yellow, inodorous. 



Bengal. Monghyr. Flowering in the rainy season, 



(2) P. ODORATISSIMA. ( Sm.) 



tdeni. Wight's Contrib. p. 43. — Dee. prod. VIII. p, 618. 



Syn, Cynanchum odoratissimum. Lour. Cock. I. p. 206. — ^As* 

 ciepias odoratissima, Roxb. flor. Jnd. II. p. 47. 



Engrav. Smith. Ic. pict. t. 16. — Aiidr. Bot. Rep. t. 185.— • 

 Wight's Icon. t. 414.— Rumph. Amb. VII. t. 26. fig. 1. 



Spec. Char. Branches softly pubescent : leates cordate aeu« 

 minate, pubescent at the veins : cymes short-peduncled : segment* 



