32 xcv. AscLEPTADEa;. (J. D. Hooker.) [Gymnema. 



yiii. 623, partly. B. elegans, Valz. St Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 161. ? Aeclepias mon- 

 tana, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 45. 



Deocan Peninsula, from the Conoan Southwards, on the Ghats. 



This may, as Wight suggests, be a variety of (?. tingens, but I find no intermediate 

 forms ; it differs in the shape and coriaceous nature of the leaves, their short petioles, 

 and in the shorter peduncles. I have seen no fruit. There appear to be three forms 

 of it. 



Var. 1. Leaves usually ovate, petiole short, cymes many-fld., corolla glabrous. — 

 The Concan. 



Var. 2. Beddomei ; leaves more oblong or oblong-lanceolate, petiole \-^ in., 

 cymes few-fld., flowers larger, corolla glabrous. — Annamallay hills, alt. 5000 ft. 

 Beddomc: 



Var. 3. fuhifiora; leaves of var 2., cymes few-fld., corolla pubescent externally.^ 

 Nilgherry hills at Nedawullum, alt. 7000 ft., Wight, Clarke. Clarke's specimens have 

 longer peduncles and petioles and densely pubescent cymes. 



12. C eleg'ans, Wight Sr Am. Contrib. 46 ; glabrous or shoots and 

 cymes puberulous, leaves 2-4 in. membranous ovate-cordate acute or acuminate, 

 cymes few-fld., peduncles slender shorter than the petioles, sepals ciliate, gla- 

 brate, corolla-lobea obovate-oblong. Wight Ic. t. 830; Wall. Cat. 8191. 

 Bidaria elegans, Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 623. 



Deccan Peninsula ; hills of the South Camaticfrom the Kilgherries to Travancore, 

 Wight, &c. 



Much smaller and more delicate than G. tingens, with smaller leaves, more slender 

 petioles and pedicels. Follicles 2J-3 by J in., narrowly lanceolate, glabrous, straight. 

 Seeds ^ in. long, ovate, with a broad border. — As Wight well remarks, it is difficult 

 to distinguish this from G. Unpens except by habit, size, and the few-fld. cymes. 



tt Corolla-tube much exceeding the sepals ; coronal-processes elongate, nearer 

 to the base than to the lobes, often faint and glabrous. 



13. G. per^ularioides, Wight Sr Qardner mss. ; branches very slender 

 and petioles and cymes puberulous, leaves fliembranous elliptic- or oblong- 

 lanceolate caudate-acuminate base rounded or acute, peduncles equalling the 

 petioles, pedicels very short, corolla-lobes ovate-lanceolate. Bidaria pergula- 

 rioides, Thwaites Enum. 198 ? Cynanchum cuspidatum, Thwnh. Obs. in 

 Cynanch. 5 ; Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 548. 



Ceylon, Walker, Gardner, &c. 



Leaves very variable, 1-6 by ^-2 in., nerves arching or very oblique ; petiole i-| 

 in., slender. Cymes deuse-fld. ; flowers almost capitate. Sepals broadly oblong, not 

 half as long as the corolla-tube, which is ^ in. and as long as the lobes. Corolla-tube 

 yellow, tinged with red, ^ in. long. " Follicles 5-6 in. long, J in. broad, linear-lau- 

 ceolate, much attenuate, puberulous, at length glabrate," Thwaites. 



Var. Gardneri, Thwaites l.o.; leaves smaller l-li in. elliptic-lanceolate more 

 coriaceous, follicles shorter. 



14. G. stenoloba, Hook. f. ; glabrous or nearly so, leaves membranous 

 lanceolate acuminate, cymes few-fld., peduncles equalling the petioles, pedicels 

 short, corolla-lobes linear, stigma bifid. 



Ceylon, Walker. 



Closely allied to G. pergularioides, but the cymes are few-fld., the flowers much 

 larger, the corolla-tube ^ in. long, the lobes narrowly linear, the column much longer 

 and more slender and the stigma 2-fid. The follicles answer to the description of 

 those of G. pergularioides, but are quite glabrous. 



15. G. J Thomsoni, Book. f. ; quite glabrous, leaves linear-lanceolate 

 coriaceous, cymes simple or branched long-peduncled, pedicels long, corolla-- 



