213 ON THE ASCLEPIADE^. 



^1] ff Stigma rontratum. 



7. M. erecta, caule erecto, foliis corclatis ovatis acutis, 

 cymis umbelliformibus, limbi laciniis imberbibus tubo 

 4-5ie3 longioribus. 



Cynanclium erectum, Linn. 



8. M. rosfrata, caule volubili, foliis ovatis subcordatis 

 acuminatis glabris, rimbellis multifloris, limbo barbato. 



Hab. In Nova Hollandia extra tropicum, (ubi v. v.) 



PERGULARIA. [Pergularise species, Linn. 



Char. Corolla hypocrateriformis, tubo urceolato. 



Corona staminea Splnlla, foliolis compressis apice indi- 

 visis, intus lacinula auctis. 



Anther (B membrana terminatse. 



MasscB pollinis erectae, basi affixse. 



Stigma muticum. 



Folliculi ventricosi, Igeves. Semina comosa. 



Habitus. Plantce volubiles. Folia latiiiscula, mem- 

 branacea. Cymes interpetiolares. Flares flavescentes, odo- 

 ratissimi. 



Patria ignota: in China et India Orientali ob flores 

 suaveolentes culta. 



Obs. Of this genus the only certain species are Pergula- 

 ria odoratissima, Roxb. et Smith, and P. minor, A^id. Bepos. 

 160. Pergularia purpurea, Vahl. and Japonica, Thunb. 

 may belong to it. P. edulis of Thunberg, prod. cap. is pro- 

 32] bably very diflFerent. When Linnaeus established this 

 genus in his Mantissa, he certainly meant his character to 

 apply to Pergularia glabra, of which he had a specimen 

 in his herbarium, and vs^hich is the Flos Pergulanus of 

 Rumphius; but unfortunately this plant does not belong 

 to the order of Asclepiadese, but to that section of Apo- 

 cinese of which I shall hereafter treat. The character 

 of Linnaeus was no doubt chiefly taken from a plant of 



