242 



(7) H. LANCEOLATA. (Wall.) 



Ident Wight's Contrib. p. 38.— Dec. prod. VIII. p. 637.- 

 Pon. prod. flor. Nep. p. 130. 



Spec. Char. Twining : stems thin, leafy : leaves fleshy, ki 

 ceolate, acuminated : peduncles shorter than the leaf, few-flowerec 

 coroUa pubescent within, segments obtuse : leaflets of the stamin 

 crown convex above, recurved at the margin, the inner angle eloi 

 gated, obtuse, erect, exce,eding the apiculate stigma, 



Khasia Hills. 



(8) K. FARASIIICA. (Wfdl.) 



Ident. Wight's Contrib. p. 37.— Dec. prod. VIII. p. 637. 



Syn. Ascl^pias paralitica, Roxb.flor. Ind. 11. p. 42. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 587. 



Spec. Char. Parasitic, climbing, rooting : leaves fleshy, git 

 brous, shining, 3-nerved at the base, ohlong-lanceolate, attenuated 

 peduncles shorter than tl^e leaf, many-flowered : corolla glabroui 

 deeply 5-cleft : leaflets of the staminal crown ovate-acute, inns 

 angle incumbent on the stigma : flowers white, fragrant. 



[Woods on the Banks of the Ganges, 



C9) H. ovAtiFotiA. (W. ^ A.) 



Ident Wight's Contrib. p. 37. — Dec. prod. VIII. p. 638. 



_, Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 847. 



Spec Char. Twining, rooting : leaves flesl^y, oval, acuminate] 

 ^t both ends : peduncles shorter than the leaf, many-flowered : co 

 tolla puberulous within, segments ovate, acute : leaflets of th 

 staminal crown oval, obtuse, inner angle short : stigma mutic. 



Neilgberjies, 



(10) H. ru^CA. (Wall.) 



Jdent. Wall. PI. As. Rar. II. p, 78.— Dec. prod. VIII. p. 639 



Engrav. Wall. 1. c, t. 175. 



Spec Char. Twining : leaves coriaceous, scarcely fleshy 

 linear-oblong, acuminate, transversely veined : peduncles short 

 many-flowered : corolla glabrous with obtuse segments : leaflets o 

 the staminal crown ovate, obtuse, inner angle attenuated, erect 

 exceeding the apiculated stigma ; flowers small, brownish. 



gilhet. 



