(2) G. HIRSUTUM. (jr. ^' A.J 



Ident:. Wight's Icon. vol. IV. 

 Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1272. 



Spec. Char. Twining : leaves ovate or subcordate, hirsaio 

 above, tomentose beneath : umbels short-peduncled, many-flower- 

 ed, : tube of the corolla furnished with leafy scales : filaments with, 

 2. black ftesby glands at the base: stigma depressed, scarcely ex;- 

 ceeding the anthers. 



Southern Peninsula, in subalpine jungles. 



(3) G. Decaisneianum. {R. W.) 

 Ident. Wight's Icon. voL IV. 



Syn. G. hirsutum, Dec. prod. YIII. p. 622. — 'Wight's Cajitrih. 

 P: 44.. 



Engrav, Wight's I«on. t. 12Yi. 



Spec. Char. Young branches and' under surface of the leaves 

 shortly-toraentose, upper surface, calyx and petioles hirsute : leaves- 

 ovate, subacuminate : peduncles axillary, about the length of the 

 petioles : umbels compact, many-flowered : throat of the corolla, 

 furnished with fleshy prominences : filaments without glands at tlje 

 base : stigma conical, prolonged beyond the anthers. 



Neilgherries, about Conoor and Kaity, flowering nearly all the 

 year. 



(4) Gr. ACUMINATUM. (Wall.) 



Ident. WalL tent. flor. Nep, p. 50.— Wight's Contrib. p. 45.-T' 

 Dec. prod. VIII. p. 622. 



Syn. Asclepias acuminata, Roxb. flar. Ind. II. p. 55. 



Spec. Char. Bark corky • young«r branchlets subtomentose :- 

 leaves oval-oblong, acuminated, tomentose beneath : peduncles 

 shorter than the petiole : umbels subcapitate, few-flowered : scales 

 of the throat of the corolla exserted, a half shorter than the seg- 

 ments: follicles conical from a thick base, short, woody-coriaceous: 

 seeds large, margined with a membranaceous wing : flowers sinall, 

 white. 



Chittagong. Silhet. Flowering from May to July. 



(5) G. lATIFOLIUM. (Wall.) 



Ident. Wight's Contrib. p. 45. — Dec. prod. VIII. p. 623. 



Spec. Char. Younger branchlets densely pubescent : leavps; 

 broad-oval, acuminate, sparingly hairy on both sides, parallel- 

 veined: umbels shorter than the petiole, cymiform, many or fevvn 

 flowered : scales of the corolla included : follicles slendeirj^ warty, 



Silhet. 



