241 



(3) H. PALLIDA, {Lindl.y 



Ident. Litidl. Bot. Reg. vol. XL— Dec. prod. VIII. p. 6S6. 

 »— Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 152. 



Engrail. Lindl. 1, c. t. 951. 



Spec. Char. Parasitic, climbing : leaves ovate-lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, fleshy : umbels compact, hemJspberLcal : flowers whitish, 

 fragrant. 



Common on trees on the Western Coast. Vwy like H. carnosa, 

 but much paler^ and the segments of the corolla morCiacute. 



(3) H. pETUSA. (Dalz.) 



Ident. Dalz. Bomb, flor, p, 153. — Hook. Journ. Bot. IV, p. 

 294. 



Spec. Char, Parasitic^ pendulous : branqhes long, filiform : 

 leaves short-petioled, linear, S^sided, fleshy, glabrous, retuse at 

 the apex : flowers on a. very short axillary peduncle, solitary or 

 twin, fascicled, long-pedicelled,:white, shining. 



Dandelly jungles (Bombay Presidency),, flowering in the rainy 

 season. 



(5) H. VIRIDIFLORA. (R, Br.) 



Ident. R. Br. in Wern. Soci Mem. I. p. 26.— Wight's Contrib. 

 p.. 39.— Dec. prod. VIII. p. 639. 



Sy)i. Asclepias volubilis, Linn, suppl. — Roxh, fi. Ind, II. p. 

 36. — Apocynum tiliaefolium, liam. 



.E.ngrav. Wight's Icon. t. 586.— Rheede Mali IX, t, 15.— i. 

 Hook. Bot. Misc. II. suppl. t. 1. 



Spec. Ghar. Twining : leaves ovate or cordate, acuminate", 

 membranaceous,^ glabrous on both sides : corolla glabrous,. segments 

 ovate,, acutish: leaflets of the staminal crown flat above, bbova,', 

 very obtuse, inner angle short, obtuse : follicles divaricate, thick^ 

 obtuse, rusty farinaceous: flowers smallish, green, inodorous. 



All over India, flowering from March till, May,. 



(6) H. HOOKERIANA. ( R. W.) 



ijdent. Wight's Contrib. p.. 37.— Dec. prod. VIII. p. 636; 



Spec. Char. Twining: leaves fleshy, oblong-lanceolate, S^.. 

 Berved : peduncles short, many flowered : corolla glabrous, seg- 

 ments obtuse : leaflets of the staminal crown ovate, acute, inner 

 angle short : stigma obtuse. 



Chittagong. Silhet. 



