220 ON THE ASCLEPIADE^. 



Anthera membrana terminatse. 



Massa pollinis ventricosse, juxta apicem affixse, pendulae. 



Stigma rostro elongate indiviso. 



Folliculi 



Habitus. \^Frutex decunibeiis, glaber. Folia oblonga, 

 mucronulata, coriacea. CyuxB congestge, extraalares et ter- 

 minales.J 



Patria. America Australis. 



Obs. Only one certain species is known, which was dis- 

 covered by my friend Mr. Archibald Meiizies, in Chili, 

 near Valparaizo. 



Asclepias vomitoria of Kcenig's MSS., of which I have 

 examined specimens in the Banksian Herbarium, agrees 

 with this genus in many respects, especially in the form 

 and insertion of its masses of pollen, but differs consi- 

 derably in appearance, and in having a blunt stigma. 



HOLOSTEMMA. 



Chae. Corolla snbrotata, 5fida. 



Corona imo tubo stamineo inserta, simplex, annularis, 

 Integra. 



Antherce membrana terminata3. 



MassfB pollinis pendulae, compressfe, apice attenuate 

 affixse. 



Stiff ma muticum. 



Folliculi ventricosi, laeves. Semina comosa. 



Habitus. Frutex volubilis, glaber. Folia opposita, lata. 

 TJmhellcB interpetiolares, subsessiles. Flores speciosi. 

 43] Patria. India OrientaHs. 



Obs. This is Ada-Kodien, Bheed. Mai. 9, p. 9, t. 7, in 

 which the leaves are represented alternate, an error that 

 is corrected in the description, which is excellent, and well 

 accords with a specimen in the Banksian Herbarium col- 

 lected by Dr. Patrick Russell, 



' Added in MS. by the aul lior. 



