44 xcv. ASCLEPiADEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) [TylopJwra. 



nearly so, cymes sessile or ■ peduncle short, rachis flexuous with umljels or 

 racemes at the flexures, pedicels long capillary, sepals ovate hispid, corolla- 

 lobes short, coronal processes gibbous. — T. camosa, Dalz. Sr Oibs. Bomb. FL 

 150. Tylophora n. 23 and T. pauciflora ? Sei-b. Ind. Or. H.f. ^ T. 



CoNCAN and Maiabab, Stocks, Law, &e. 



Leaves very rariable, 2-4 in., quite glabrous or puberulous on the petiole margins 

 and nerves beneath ; petiole J-^ in. Peduncles nearly half as long as the leaves ; 

 rachis often zigzag, sometimes clavate, hispid at the insertion of the pedicels ; flowers 

 always numerous, sometimes in a glpbose mass 1^ in. diam., usually laxer ; pedicels 

 ^1 in. Corolla J-^ in. diam. Follicles 3-4 in. poniard-shaped, glabrous. Seeds 

 ^ in., broadly ovate. — This is the T. camosa of Dalzell and Gibson, but not of Wight, 

 from whose plant it differs in the pubescence, larger leaves, shorter peduncles, and 

 many-flowered umbels. It differs from T. rotundifolia in the much smaller flowers 

 and longer petioles ; it also closely resembles T. asthmatica, but has shorter sepals and 

 wholly adnate processes. 



19. T. ezilis, Coleh. in Trans. Linn. Soe. xii. 358, 1. 16 ; stem slender and 

 cymes finely sparsely villous, leaves ovate-oblong or -lanceolate acuminate 

 nearly glabrous, peduncles long slender flexuous simple or branched bearing 

 fev?-fld. sessile umbels, pedicels very short, sepals ovate hispid, corolla-lobes 

 short, coronal processes gibbous. Wight Contrib. 50 ; Wall. Cat. 8206 ; Done. 

 in DC. Prodr. viii. 608. Pergularia exilis, Spreng. Syst. i. 844. 



Assam, Masters. Silhet, Wallich. Chittagonq, Colebrooke. Malacca, ( 



Very similar to T. tenuis, but with larger leaves, hairy branchlets cymes petioles 



and midrib of the leaf above, and veiy short pedicels rarely J in. long. Follicles 



3J in. long, very membranous. Seeds J in. long, ovate. 



tt Coronal processes adnate below to the column; tips free, reaching as high 

 as the stigma. 



20. T. cordifolia, Thwaites Enum. 196 ; nearly glabrous, leaves small 

 coriaceous ovate-cordate apiculate, peduncles very short 1-2-fld., sepals ovate 

 glabrous, coroUa-lobes short, coronal processes strongly laterally compressed, 

 dUated upwards. 



Cetlon ; common in the central provinces. Walker, Thwaites. 



Stem slender and petioles puberulous. Leaves J-1 in., thin, firm, shining ; petiole- 

 ^J in. Peduncle ^-^ in., capillary. Corolla ^ in. diam., dark purple, lobes obtuse. 

 •'Follicles usually solitary, 2 in. long, slender, glabrous" {Thwaites). — The columtt 

 with its processes is obconic (as in some non-Indian species) from the upward dilata- 

 tion of the processes which radiate from it. 



21. T. te&errima, Wight Contrib. 50 ; nearly glabrous, leaves ligulate 

 or linear-lanceolate obtuse apiculate or acuminate, cymes pedunoled 2-4-fld., 

 sepals ovate-lanceolate hispid, coroUa-lobes linear-oblong puberulous within, 

 coronal processes gibboxis or globose with free incurved cuspidate tips. Wall. 

 Cat. 8207 ; Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 610. Homostyles tenerrima. Wall. mss. 



SuBTBOPicAi, Himalaya ; alt. 3-6000 ft., from Kumaon, iJoj-ie, to Sikkim, J. D. ff. 



Stem very slender and mnch branched. Leaves 1-2 by i-| in., nerveless ; petiole 

 very short. Peduncles capillary, usually shorter than the leaves ; pedicels \-h in.- 

 Corolla ^ in. diam. Follicles not seen, 



22. T. asthmatica, Wight 8f Am. Contrib. 51 ; glabrous pubescent or 

 tomentose, leaves ovate rounded or oblong apiculate acute or acuminate, base 

 usually cordate, peduncles shorter than the leaves bearing 2-3 sessile few- or 

 many-fld. umbels, pedicels long capillary, sepals long lanceolate hispid, corolla 

 large lobes short acute, coronal processes gibbous or globose with free cuspidate 



