218 ON THE ASCLEPIADE^. 



Antherce membrana terminatse. 



Masses pollinis compressse, apice attenuate affixsc, pen- 

 dulse. 



Stigma muticum. 



FoUiculi ventricosi, Iseves. Semina comosa. 



Habitus. Frutices erecti, glabri. Folia opposita, lata. 

 Vmhellce interpetiolares. Flores speciosi. 



Patria. India Orientalis, et Persia. 



p Species. Asclepias gigantea et procera.J 



KANAHIA. 



Char. Corolla campanulata, limbo 5partito. 



Colmmia semi-inclusa. 



Corona staminea apice tubi filamentorum imposita, 

 5phylla, foliolis e basi incrassata subulatis, indivisis. 



Anthercs membrana terminatge. 

 *o] Massa pollinis ventricosge, apice aifixse, pendulse. 



Stigma muticum. 



FoUiculi graciles, striati. Setnina comosa ? 



Habitus. Frutex ? erectus. Folia opposita, plana. 

 Pedunculi interpetiolares, apice fasciculatim multifiori, pe- 

 dicellis imbricatis, basi unibracteatis. 



Patria. Arabia^ ^[et Abyssinia.] 



Obs. Asclepias laniflora, Forsh. jFggpt. Arab. p. 51, 

 Kanahh of the Arabs, is the only species of the genus. I 

 have examined the flowers of an original specimen. The 

 account of the fruit is taken from Porskael's description, 

 and Vahl's figure. 



OXYSTELMA. 



Char. Corolla rotata, patens. 



Columna exserta. 



Corona staminea 5phylla, foliolis acutis, indivisis. 



Antliera membrana terminatse. 



1 Added in MS, by tlic author. 



