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GEXUS XXIV. BIDARIA, 



P<Mitaiitlria Ui^ynia. Sfa. : Syst : 



Gen. Char. Corolla campannlate, 5-cleft : throat destitute of 

 ■Bcales, tube furnished within with twin hairy lines, the sinuses 

 opposite : anthers terminated by an ovate membrane : pollen- 

 masses oblongs -clavate : stigma conoid, fleshy, apex entire o.r ob- 

 scurely emarginate. 



(1) B. ElEGANS. (Dec.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. VIII. p. 623. 



Syn. Gymnema elegans, Wight's Conirib. p. 46. 



Evgrav. Wight's Icon. t. 830. 



Spec. Char. Branches glabrous, twining: leaves opposite, 

 cordate, ovate or oval, acuminated, acute, somewhat undulated at 

 the margin, quite glabrous, glanduliferous above the petiole : peti- 

 oles slender, furrowed, puberulous : umbels short-peduncled, after- 

 wards spirally elongated : stigma obtuse, exceeding the stamens : 

 follicles often solitary : flowers small. 



Dindigul hills. Salem. Columala. 



(2) B,. iNODORA. (Dec.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. VIII. p. 624. 



Siyn. Cynanchum inodorum, Lour. Cach. p. 166. 



Spec. Char. Twining : branches fistular, glabrous : leaves 

 opposite, roundish or lanceolate-ovate, acuminated, glandiferous 

 above the petiole, glabrous on both sides : petioles slender, furrowed 

 above : umbels short-peduncled : pedicels longer : flowers largish, 

 pill^erulous : tube hairy within : stigma conical, emargii^ate at th^ 

 ^pex, exceeding the anthers : follicles twin, oblong. 



Jn sandy peaces near Pondicherry. 



GENUS XXV. GONGRONEMA, 



Pentandria Digyiiia. Sej: .- Si/sl : 



Deriv. IVom Gongro?, an eel, and Nema, a thread ; in allu. 

 Bion to the stamens. 



Gen. Chak. Twining shrubs : leaves opposite, glanduliferous 

 above the pptiole : cymes solitary, many-flowered in brachiate 

 branchlets : calyx S-parted : corolla rotate, 5-cleft, throat and 

 tube naked : staminal crown none : gynostegium furnished at 

 the bottom of the base with small fleshy glands : anthers termi- 

 nated by a membrane : pollen-masses erect, aflixed by the base, 

 pvoid : follicles smooth : seeds comose. 



