■2m 



of the corolla short, ohtuse: tube twice the length of the gynoste- 

 gium : external leaflets of the staminal crown obtuse, increased with 

 an internal concave arched ligula : flowers whitish outside, inside 

 greenish fellow orange, verjr fragrant. 



Fatna. Peninsula. ? Flowering nearly all the year. 



j(3) P. CoROMANilEtlANA. (/)eC.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. Vlll. p. 619i 



Spec Char. Branches softly puberulous : leaves cordate acu- 

 minate : cymes suBsessile, many-flowered : calycine leaflets oblongj 

 lanceolate: segments of the corolla linear-oblong or ligulate : tube 

 glabrous within : leaflets of the staminal corona dilated, somewhat 

 3-lobed : internal I'igulee dilated and continuous with the lowef 

 pbint. 



Coromandei. 



GENUS XXIII. GYMNEMA 

 Feiitaiidria Digrynla. Seji 



i 



Leriv. From Gi/rhnos, naked, and J^ema, a thread ; in refer- 

 "ence to the stamens. 



Gen. Char. Shrubs or undershrubs ofien twining : leaves op" 

 posite, flat : umbels interpetiolar, cyniiform : corolla sub-urceo- 

 late, 6-cleft, throat sometimes crowned with five small scales or 

 toothlets inserted on sinuses. 



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(i) G. SYLVESTRE. (R. Br.) 



Ident. R. Br. in Wern. Soc. Mem. I. p. 33. — Wight's Contrib. 

 ,,p. 44.— Dec. prod. VIII. p. 621. 



Syn. G. parviflorumj TTall. tent. Jlor. Nep. p.-50;— Periploca 

 i^ylvestris, WiUd. — Asclepias geminata, Roxb. Jlor. Ind. II. p. 45. 

 Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 349. 



Spec. Char. Climbing: all, except the upper side of the 

 leaves, softly pubescent : leaves ovate, or ovate-lanceolate, attenu- 

 ated at both ends, or obscurely cordate at the base : peduncles as 

 long, as^'the petioles : umbels twin, many-flowered : follicles slen- 

 ider, attenuated : .flowers crowded, small, yellow. 



South Mahratta country. Coromandei. Silhet. Assam. Flow- 

 Bering nearly all the year. 



