28 XCT. ASCTiEPiADEj;. (J. D. Hooker.) \_8arcololus. 



Branches stout. Leaves brown when dry, thinly coriaceous, nerves arched, base 

 usually rounded ; petiole ^-l in., slender. Peduncles and pedicels very short. Sepak 

 oblong, obtuse. Corolla. ^^ in. diam., pale purple within, lobes obtuse. Anthers 

 very broad, shortly stipitate. Fndt globose, 4 in. diam. ; ppricarp very thick, brown. 

 Seeds | in. long, broadly ovate, flat with a thick raised border, dark brown. 



2. S. carinatus, Wall, in Asiat. Research, xii. 570, t. 5, and Cat. 4467; 

 leaves 1-2 in. elliptic ohovate lanceolate or linear-oWong obtuse or acute, 

 corolla nearly glabrous witHin, fruit small ellipsoid. Wight Cmiti ib. 47 ; Dene, 

 in DC. Prodr. viii. 625. Sarcolobus sp.. Griff. Notul. iv. 55, and Ic. PI. Asiat. 

 t. 405. 



Stjndeebunds and eastwards to Mkbgui and the Andaman Islands. 



A much smaller plant than S. globosus, more slender, with smaller narrower leaves 

 very rarely 3 in. long, thicker in texture, the nerves very obscure, petiole ^J in., 

 corolla smaller, yellow, with lines of brown dots ; anthers sessile. Fruit 3 in., 

 curved, turgid, beaked, with several narrow undulate keels, pale yellow, fleshy. 

 Seeds I in., like those of S. globosus, 



29. PEITTASACBXi:, Wall. 



Pendulous tufted glabrous herbs, with simple stems. Leaves opposite, sub- 

 sessile, membranous, narrow. Flowers long, yellowish, in sessile axillary 

 umbelliform cymes; pedicels filiform. Calyx 5-partite. Corolla-tube short, 

 campanulate ; lobes long, caudate, twisted, overlapping to the right. Coronal- 

 scales 5, on the corolla^tube, entire or toothed. Column veiy short ; anther-tips 

 membranous ; pollen-masses one in each cell, pedicelled, erect, ovoid, waxy, tips 

 pellucid. Stigma included, conical or beaked. Follicles very slender, terete, 

 straight, smooth. Seeds comose. — Distrib. Species 8-4 ; Indian and Chinese. 



1. P. caudatum, Wall. Cat. 8234 ; very slender, leaves linear-lanoeoIat« 

 caudate-acuminate, corolla-lobes triangular at the base suddenly ending in long 

 almost filiform tails. Wight Contrib. 60 ; Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 627. 



Khasia Mts., alt. 0-3000 ft., common. Patkoi Mts. in Upper Assam, Griffith, 

 Pegu, McClelland, Kurz. 



Densely tufted, flaccid, stems 12-18 in., rarely forked, leafy throughout their 

 length. Leaves 2-3 by ^-| in., thin, bright green, nerves obscure. Flowers ^ in. 

 long, longer than the capillary pedicels. Sepals subulate. Corolla-lobes with obtuse 

 tips; coronal-scales 4-fid. Anther-tips obtuse. Stigma obtuse. Follicles 2J-3 in., 

 with long slender points. Seeds i in. long, ovate, flat, red-brown. 



2- P. Wallichii, Wight Contrib. 60 ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate acuminate 

 base acute, corolla-lobes gradually narrowed to the long obtuse tip. Wall Cat. 

 8235 ; Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 627 ; Deless. le. Sel. v. t. 87. 



Westben Himalaya; Kumaon, alt. 3500 ft.. Madden, &c. Silhet, Wallich. 

 MiSHMEB Mts., Griffith. 



Habit of P. caudatum, but stems stouter ; leaves 2-3 by f-1^ in., nerves beneath 

 distinct, setulose; flowers much longer, with broader coroUa-lobes ; coronal-scales 

 minute; anthers acuminate; stigma shortly beaked; follicles rather stouter; seeds 

 much the same. 



30. GVnXNEiaA, £r. 



Twining shrubs or undershrubs. Leaves opposite. Flowers small, in 

 crowded umbelliform cymes. Calyx 5-partite. Corolla subrotate, campanulate 

 or urceolate ; lobes thick, twisted, subvalvate or narrowly overlapping to the 

 right. Corona 0, or of 5 fleshy processes adnata to the corolla-throat or tube. 



