Vischidia.] xcv. ASCLEPUDBa;. (J. D. Hooker.) 51 



Stem and branches stout. Leaves very similar to those of D. hirsuta when dry, 

 tut not papillose ; asoidia irregularly compressed, obtuse, fleshy, base gibbous, the 

 cavity filled with rootlets from the adjoining node. Flowers J in long. Sepals obtuse. 

 Corolla fleshy, teeth 3-gonous and throat thickened. Follicles 2-3 in. long, curved, 

 ■^ in. broad below the middle, tapering thence to both ends, pericarp thin. Seeds ^ in. 

 linear oblong. — Griffith's Mergui plant may be different from the Malacca one, which 

 has longer peduncles and more numerous flowers. I find no difference in the corollas. 



7. D. acutifolia, Maingay mss. ; glabrous, stems sleuder twining, 

 leaves shortly petioled 3-4 in. long ovate-lanceolate acute coriaceous penni- 

 aerved, peduncles elongate, flowers subsessile, corolla throat hairy. 



Malacca ; Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1122). 



Leaves shining, nerves 5-7 pair, prominent on both surfaces ; petiole J in. or less. 

 ■Peduncle 4-li in. " Corolla very minute, urceolate, pale yellow with the short 

 limb pink, throat closed with a row of fine horizontal or slightly ascending hairs. 

 Coronal-processes very minute, closely appressed to the anthers," Maingay. Follicles 

 2J in. long, very slender, terete, slightly curved, narrowed from the base upwards. 



8. D, Griffitliili Hook. f. ; glabrous, twining, leaves 1-lJ in. petioled 

 obovate acute very fleshy nerveless, peduncles very short few-fld. D. obovata, 

 Griff. Notvl. iv. 51, and Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 386, A. f. 7. 



Tenassekim ; at Mergui, on trees, Griffith. 



Branches as thick as a crow-quill. Leaves |-1 in. diam., base cuneate ; petiole 

 ^-^ in. Peduncles perennial, ovoid, obtuse, as thick as the branch. " Flowers few, 

 -small, inconspicuous, white. Sepals minute, rounded. Corolla urceolate, 5-toothed, 

 throat closed with hairs. Coronal-processes white, fleshy, angular, base 2-fld. Pollen- 

 masses tumid, obovoid." Griffith. 



9. D. CoUyris, Wall. Cat. 4207 ; glabrous, leaves sessile orbicular 1-lJ 

 in. diam. fleshy convex papillose with the nerves distinct beneath, corolla 

 glabrous within white. OonchophyUum imbricatum, Blume Bijd. 1062 ; Dene, 

 in DC. Prodr. viii. 630. Collyris major, Vahl. ; Wight Contrih. 66 ; Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. ii. 513. ? D. albiflora, Oriff Notul. iv. 47, and Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 410, 

 A. f. 8. 



Malacca, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1114). Singapoee, Walker.— Distrib. Java, 

 Borneo. 



' Stems creeping and rooting, the roots protected by the leaves. Leaves sometimes 

 pruinose beneath, nerves 2-3 pairs, horizontal. Flowers subsessile on the short 

 peduncles. Corolla i in. long, globose with erect teeth, " white glabrous within, 

 lobes tipped with lilac," Maingay. 



10. I>. coccinea, G7-iff. Notul. iv. 45, and Ic. Pl. Asiat. t. 409 ; gla- 

 brous, le'aves sessile orbicular J-f in. diam. convex papillose with the nerves 

 distinct beneath, corolla glabrous within scarlet. 



Malacca, Griffith, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 3780). 



More slender and smaller than D. Collyris, of which Maingay considers it a variety. 

 , Flowers fascicled on a very short peduncle J in. long. Follicles 1 in. long, lanceolate, 

 curved, broadest near the base. 



11. D. complex, Griff. Notul.iv. 50; glabrous, asoidia subreniform com- 

 .pressed lamina iuflexed at the orifice, peduncle long, corolla white, throat 

 closed with hairs. 



Malacca, Griffith. . . • a j 



Twining. Ascidia large ; orifice small, near the petiole, its outer margin inflexed 



formed into a second pitcher much smaller than the outer one, opening on each side 



Ijy an oblique aperture, deeply lobed or furrowed on the upper carinate on the lower 



-.side- outer cavity crammed with radicles, inner surfaces of both lurid purple. 



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