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 LVL— ASCLEPIADE^, Don's Syst. 4, p 106. 



STEPHANOTIS, Ceropegia stephanotis, Don, Poir. Encycl. 

 3, p 185. From Stephanos, a crown. 



1. S Floribunda. — ^ Native of Madagascar; an extensive 

 climber with marginated acuminate subcordate coriaceous leaves, 

 and long flowers, greenish-white, very ornamental; gardens Parell 

 and Sewree. 



STAPELIA, Pentandria Digynia. Named by Linnaeus in me- 

 mory of Stqpel, a Dutch Physician. 



2. S BuFONiA, Spr. 1, p 838; Bot. Mag. t. 1676; Orbea 

 bufonia, Don's sz/s<. 4, p 120.— A strange-looking, stemless, plant, 

 with foetid flowers, spotted like a toad's back ; corolla flat, with no 

 tube ; flowers in the rains. Native of the Cape ; garden Dapoorie. 



3. S Lentiginosa. — This second species, also a native of the 

 Cape, is not at present traceable at Dapoorie. Is it foujid else- 

 where ? 



HOYA, Pentandria Digynia. Named after Mr. Hoy, formerly 

 Gardener to the Duke of Northumberland. 



4. H Carnosa, Don's syst. 4, p 126; Wight's Com. Ind. Bot. 

 p 38 ; Lour, p 165; Bot. Mag. t. 788; Smith Ex. Bot. 4.— Wax 

 Plant, common in gardens and on trellises about bungalows. The 

 appearance of the full umbels of flowers is very beautiful. 



PERGULARIA, Pentandria Digynia. Pergula, said to be 

 used by Phny for trellis-work, the plant being suitable for cover- 

 ing trellises. Lam. 1, t. 176. 



5. P Odokatissima, Don's syst. 4, p 132; Wight Cont, Ind. 

 Bot. p 43 ; Asclepias odoratissima, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2, p 46 ; Bot. 

 Rep. t. 185; Bot. Mag. t. 755; Rumph. Amb. 7, t. 26, f. 1.— A 

 climber, with membraneous leaves; flowers yellow, very fragrant. 



ASCLEPIAS, R. Br., Pentandria Digynia. 



6. A CuRASsAvicA, Don's syst. 4, p 139; Bot. Cab. ^. 349 ; 

 Bot. Reg. ^. 81 ; Dill. Elth. t. 30, f. 33.— Herbaceous, erect, with 

 linear-lanceolated leaves, and terminal, reddish orange flowers. The 

 juice and pounded plant are said to be an excellent styptic. The 

 root is much used by the Negroes in the West Indies as a substi- 

 tute for Ipecacuanha. The plant is a native of the West India 

 Islands. We have seen it growing wild below the Neelcoond Ghaut, 

 in Canara, but here it may have been as a relic of some former 

 garden, though now in the jungle. 



CRYPTOSTEGIA, R. Br., Pentandria Digynia. From cryptos, 

 hidden ; and stege, covering ; in allusion to the corona being con- 

 cealed within the tube of the corolla. 



7. C Grandiflora, Don's syst. 4, p 164; Wight's Cont. 

 Ind. Bot. p 66; Nerium grandiflorum, Roxb. p 10; Bot. Reg. 



