235 



•;l; (1) G, SAGITTATUM. (Dec.} 



ident. Dec. prod. VIII. p. 624. 



Syn. Gymnema sagittatum> Wall. tent. flor. Nep. p. 50.—* 

 Wight's Contrib. p. 46. 



Spec. Char. Leaves oval or Oblong-ovate, acuminate, acute, 

 Subcordate at the base, glabrous oti both sides, white glaucous 

 beneath and with the veins of the same colour : peduncles thin, 

 shorter than the leaf or nearly . equal : cymes composite: flowers 

 small, often caducous : younger follicles thin, glabrous. 



Silhet. 



(2) G. ? ATIENliATUSt. (Z)i3C.) 



ident. JDec. prod. VIII. p. C25. 



Syn. Gymneraa attenuatum, Wall, tent, flor. Nep. p. SO. 



Spec. Char. Leaves lanceolate, long attenuated : (corymbs 

 slender, flexuose, slightly longer than the leaf: pollen* masses diva-» 

 licate, ovate, nearly horizontal. 



Silfaet. 



GENUS XXVI. SARCOLOBtrS. 



Pcntandria Uigyiila. Sex -. Sysi .- 



Deriv. From Sarx, flesh, and Lohos, a pod ; the seed ia ves^ 

 Bels are fleshy. 



Gen. Char. Twining shrubS;^: leaves opposite, firm : limb^Ia 

 or corymbs interpetiolar : corolla rotate, 5-parted : gynostegium 

 sub-globose : staminal crown wanting : anthers terminated by a 

 merribrane : pollen-masses erect, attached by the base : stigma 

 mutic : follicles ventricose, fleshy or coriaceous, stib-solitary b^ 

 abortion : seeds margined, scabrous. 



(1) S. GLOBOS0S. (Walt.) 



Ident. Wight's Contrib. p. 47.— Dec. prod. Vlll. p. 625.-J 

 Wall, in As. Res. 12. p. 577. 

 Engrav. Wall. 1, c. t. 4.— Wight's Icon. t. 1273. 



Spec. Char. Leaves ovate-oblong: cymes bifid : cordlla with 

 a very short tube, villous within : follicles large, fleshy, globosej 

 retuse on both sides, muricated. 



Banks of the Hooghly, ,? 



