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15. LEPTADENIA, R. Br. 



1. Reticulata, Wight Contr. p 47. — Shrubby, bark corky, 

 twining, younger branches ash-coloured, pubescent; leaves ovate or 

 lanceolate-acute, glabrous or pubescent; umbels lateral, many- 

 flowered, as long as the petiole ; segments of the corolla revolute on 

 the margin, bearded within ; flowers greenish-yellow ; follicles 

 cylindrical oblong-obtuse. Very common, particularly near the 

 sea. Syn. Cynanchum reticulatum, Retz. Obs. ii, p 15; Asclepias 

 suberosa, Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, 38; Secamone canescens, Smith in 

 Ree's Cycl ; Wight Ic. 350. 



2. Jacquemontiana, DeCaisne Etud. Asclep. — An erect, 

 much-branched, broom-like shrub; branches twiggy, slender; 

 leaves narrow-linear (on the younger branches only) ; umbels few- 

 flowered, very shortly-peduncled ; flowers very small, yellow ; 

 follicles 4 inches long, slender, smooth. On the sea-shore south of 

 Gogo, plentiful. DeCaisne describes this as leafless, but this is a 

 mistake. Very common in Sind, where it is called " Kip." Ropes 

 are made from it. 



16. HETEROSTEMMA, W. and A. 



1. Wallichii, Wight. Contr. p 42. — Twining ; branches with 

 two opposite lines of hairs ; leaves ovate-acuminate glabrous, 4 to H 

 inches long ; peduncles very short, few-flowered ; flowers fuscous 

 within ; follicles 4 inches long, smooth, purple, blunt-pointed ; seeds 

 few. Near Malwan ; flowers in September. 



2. Urceolatum, Dalz. in Hook. Jour. Bot. iv, p 295. — Stem 

 twining, purple, puberulous ; leaves petioled, herbaceous, glabrous, 

 broadly ovate, acute-cordate at the base, and furnished with a 

 gland ; umbels very shortly-peduncled, few-flowered ; corolla deeply 

 urceolate, reddish-purple, 8 to 10 lines long. On hills near Belgaum, 

 also at Rewadunda ; flowers in July. 



17. HOYA, R. Br. 



1. Pallida, Lind. Bot. Reg. 951. — Parasitic, climbing ; leaves 

 ovate lanceolate-acuminate, fleshy, veined ; umbel of flowers com- 

 pact, hemispherical. Very like H carnosa, but much paler, and 

 the divisions of the corolla more acute. Very common on trees. 



2. Pendula, Wight. Contr. p 36. — Twining ; leaves oval oblong- 

 acute or broadly ovate-acuminate ; peduncles longer than the 

 petiole, pendulous, many-flowered ; corolla pubescent within ; 

 flowers in the rains. Hills near Nagotna ; Southern Concan, 

 Nimmo. Syn, Asclepias pendula, Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, p 36; Rheed. 

 Mai. ix, t. 13; Wight Ic. 474. 



