60 xcv. ASCLEPiiDEa;. (J. D. Hooker.) [IJischidm. 



often recurved margins, nerves 2-3 pairs horizontal reticulating. Seeds ys ii- longi 

 slender. 



2. 3>. birsuta, Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 632; papillose and. more or less 

 putescent, leaves f-l in. sessile broadly ovate acute lacunose above between 

 the horizontal nerves, corolla red, throat with 2 rows of hairs. D. fasciculata. 

 Dene. I. c. D. Brunoniana, Gtiff. Notvl. iv. 44, and Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 410, A. f. 1. 

 Leptostemma hirsutum and fasciculatum, Blwme Bijd. 1058. 



Tenasseeim, Helfefr; at Mergui, Griffith. Singapoee, Hb. Wight. Malacca, 

 Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1120). Distkib. Java. 



Stem very slender and leaves on both surfaces papillose and sometimes sparsely 

 hairy. Leaves pale when dry, the 2 or 3 pairs of nerves very prominent above. 

 Corolla J in, long " blood red, with a row of ascending shining hairs in the middle 

 of the tube, and a similar row on the throat inserted below a row of 5 adnate fleshy 

 convex scales. Pollen-Amasses linear, connate at the base." Maingay. 



3. D. albida, Ch'iff. Notul. iv. 46 ; glabrous, leaves petioled ovate or 

 rounded-ovate or ovate-cordate acute or acuminate nerveless. 



Malacca ; at Toondpok. Griffith. 



Stems very slender, creeping and rooting. Leaves fleshy ; petiole |-J in. " Peduncles 

 eubaxiUary equalling the petiole, perennial. Flowers nmbelled, few, small, white. 

 CwoZfe-throat closed with white hairs. Pollem-masses oblong, scarcely compressed, 

 as long as their oaudicles. Follicles very long-beaked, deeply channelled on the 

 inner face." Griffith. 



4. D. khasiaiia, Hooh. f. ; glabrous or very sparsely hairy, leaves ^-J 

 in. petioled orbicular tip rounded, nerves very slender, follicles 2^ in. slender 

 throughout straight or curved. Dischidia, n. 9, Herh. R.f. ^ T. 



Khasia Mts. at Churra and Nunklow, alt. 3-4000 ft. J. D. H. ^ T. T. 

 Stem very slender, creeping, papillose. Leaves quite orbicular, tip rounded or 

 apiculate, nerves .2-3 pairs horizontal ; petiole i-A in. Follicles about ^ in. diam. 

 below the middle, gradually tapering to the obtuse tip and to the base, pale. — This 

 resembles D. formosana, Maxim., but the leaves are much larger ; the habit and 

 foliage are precisely those of Soya Nummularia. 



5. D. ben^halensis, Caleb, in Trans. Linn. Soc. xii. 357, t. 15 ; gla- 

 brous, branches flageUiform. pendulous, leaves linear elliptic obovate oblong or 

 lanceolate midrib and nerves obscure or 0, flowers fascicled subsessile. Wight 

 Contrib. 43; Wall. Cat. 4205; Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 631; Bot. Mag.t. 

 2916. D. cuneifolia, Wall. Cat. 4206 ; Dene. I. c. D. spathulata, Blume Bijd. 

 \QQQ; MiguelI'l.Ind.Bat.\i.5],&. 



Eastebn Nepal and Sikkim, J. B. H. Assam and southwards to Malacca.— 

 Distkib. Java, Borneo. 



Stems often matted, pale green, as thick as a goose-quiU. Leaves in distant pairs, 

 subsessile, 1-2 by f-f in. obtuse acute or apiculate, very fleshy. Flowers m\w.^. 

 Corolla J in. long, yellowish, tube globose, throat glabrous. Follicles li-2i in. slender, 

 straight, acuminate, pericarp thin. 



6. D. Raffleslana, Wall. Plant. As. Bar. ii. 35, t. 142, and Cat. 4208; 

 glabrous, climbing and pendulous, leaves orbicular 1 in. diam. subsessile chang- 

 ing into oblong pitchers 2-5 in. long, flowers umbellate on a long or short stout 

 peduncle, sepals pubescent, corolla ovoid, teeth minute pubescent within, thi-oat 

 glabrous. OrtV. Notvl. iv. 47, t. 386, f. 6, and in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 387 

 and 396, t. 17, 18 ; Done, m DC. Prodr. viii. 632. Oollyris maior, Vald. ; 

 Wight Contrib. m. ^ i"h>'"-, 



Caohae, J. p. H. i T.T.; and from Tbnassebim, Griffith, to Malacca.— Distkib. 

 Borneo, Australia. 



