Gymnema.'] xcv. ASCLEPUDEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) 31 



3-4 pairs, very oblique ; petiole slender, i-| in. Cymes few or many-fld., peduncle 

 shorter than the petiole, flowers subglobose, J in. diam. Follicles not seen. 



Vak. 1. lactiferum proper ; branches pubescent, leaves glabrous on both surfaces, 

 sepals nearly glabrous. G. lactiferum, Br. I. c, G. zeylanicum, Done, in DC. Prodr. 

 Tiii. 622. Asclepias lactifera, Linn. — Ceylon. 



Var. 2. nitens; branches glabrous, leaves glabrous or the midrib and nerves 

 beneath pubescent, sepals glabrous or sparsely hairy. Gr. nitens, Bhime Mus. Bot. i. 

 149, t. 29 ; Miq%uil Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 498. G. malayanum, Griff. Notid. iv. 56, and Ic. 

 PL Asiat. t. 394. — Malay Peninsula from Merpui to Malacca, Sumatra, Borneo. 



Tah. 3. khasiana ; branches and nerves of leaf beneath pubescent, leaves often 

 lanceolate.— Khasia Mts. at Churra, J. J). H. # T. T. 



Vab. 4. Thwaitesii ; leaves softly pubescent beneath, sepals membranous pubes- 

 cent. — Ceylon, 2'hwaites (N. 2549). This resembles G. syivestre and acuminatv/m,, 

 but the flowers are larger and the calyx is very different. 



Vae. 4 ? Walheri ; branches and leaves quite glabrous, cymes sessile puberulous,. 

 sepals puberulous membranous. — Ceylon, Walker. 



9. €r. nXaing'ayi, Hook. f. ; branches slender petioles leaves beneath 

 cymes and sepals softly finely pubescent, leaves small ovate or ovate-cordate 

 acuminate few-nerved, cymes sub-sessile, flowers few minute, corolla-lobes not 

 Giliate. 



Malacca, Maivgay (Kew. Distrib. 1111). 



Leaves 1-2 in. and branches bright yellow-brown whfn dry, nerves 2-3 pairs ; 

 petiole ^J in. Pedicels slender, i-^ in., bracts most minute. Sepals oblong. 

 Corolla glabrous, J in. diam., lobes rather narrow. — This resembles a good deal G. 

 affine of China and G. syivestre, but the cymes are sessile and leaves much smaller. 



** OoroUa-tube with double villous (rarely glabrous) ridges below the 

 sinuses, not produced into fleshy points (see also G. rotundatum). Bidaria, 

 Dene. 



t Corolla-tuhe short, broad, hardly exceeding the linear-ohlong sepals ; 

 eoronal-processes large. 



10. G. ting'ens, Wight Sf Am. Contrib. 45 ; glabrous or nearly so, leaves 

 membranous broadly ovate usually cordate acute acuminate or caudate, petiole 

 1-lj in., cymes 4-6 in. corymbose at length racemose, peduncle shorter than 

 the petioles, sepals glabrate, corolla-lobes glabrous broadly ovate or oblong. 

 Wall. Cat. 8190. G. tingens var. cordifolia, Wight Ic. t. 583. Bidaria tingens, 

 Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 62.3, partly. Asclepias tingens, Moxb. Sort. Seng. 

 21, and Fl. Ind. ii. 53. 



Tropicai. Himalaya, from Kumaon to Sikkim ; Assam ; ^ilhet ; Lower Bengal 

 at Monghyr ; Pegu and Travancoee ; Annamallay hills, alt. 4000 ft. Beddome. 



An extensive climber; branches soft, not woody. Leaves 4-6 by 2-3 in., bright 

 green ; nerves 4-6 pairs. Cymes many-fld., elongating into a spiral raceme ; bracts 

 oblong ; pedicels rather exceeding the peduncles ; flowers | in. diam., pale yellow. 

 "Follicles 4 by 1 in. ovate-lanceolate, spreading, smooth fleshy " (Eoxb.). — The western 

 localities for this plant are doubtful, a specimen from Eoyle's Herb, is labelled by 

 Falconer "Kharia Pass," another from Vicary " Gomulepore." The Annamallay speci- 

 men is indistinguishable and suggests the probability of this and G. montamim being 

 forms of one species, 



11. Cr. montanum, Hook. f. ; glabrous or nearly so. Leaves 4-5 in. 

 large coriaceous oblong or ovate-oblong or oblong-lanceolate obtuse acute or 

 acuminate, petiole ^-J in., cymes corymbose at length racemose, peduncle 

 shorter than the petiole, sepals ciliate glabrate, corolla-lobes oblong. — G. 

 tingens var. ovalifolia, Wight Ic. t. 592. Bidaria tingens. Dene, in DC. Prodr: 



