Secamone.] xcv. asclepudej:. (J. D. Hooker.) 13 



S. emetica, Sr. in Mem. Wem. Soc. i. 56 ; slender, glabrous, except the 

 puberulous cymes, climbing, leaves lanceolate, or linear- or elliptic- lanceolate 

 subacute narrowed into the short petiole, cymes much shorter than the leaves, 

 corolla glabrous, coronal-scales broadly subulate incurved much shorter than 

 the column, stigma 2-lobed, follicles slender straight terete narrowed from the 

 base to the tip. Bene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 501 ; Wight Contrib. 60 ; Ic. t. 

 1283, and lU. t. 165. h.Jig. I). ; Wall, Cat. 8236. Pm-iploca emetica, Retz. Obs. 

 n. 14. 



Mountains of the South Deccan Peniktsula and Cetlon. 



Leaves 1J_3 by ^-^ in., rather glaucous beneath, nerves very faint. Ci/mes few- 

 er manj-fld. ; peduncle ^-^ in. Sepals ciliolate. Corolla ^ in. diam., segments 

 oblong, obtuse, bases saccate. Follicles 2-2^ in. — IS. Fmlayaoni, Wight ; Wall. Cat., 

 a native of Siam, has much broader loaves and longer cymes. 



15. TOXOCARPTTS, Wight S/- Am. 



Twining shrubs. Leaves opposite. Flowers small, in axillary dichotomous 

 cymes. Calyx minute ; lobes oblong, obtuse. Corolla-tube short ; lobes narrow, 

 spreading and recurved, glabrous, overlapping to the left. Coronal scales 

 minute, obtuse or acute, adnate to the column. Filaments connate ; anthers 

 small, retuse, often inappendiculate ; pollen-masses 2 in each cell, very minute, 

 pendulous, waxy. Stigma produced far beyond the column. Follicles smooth. 

 Seeds comose. Disieib. Species about 14, tropical Asiatic and African. 



I am unable to determine accurately from herbarium specimens the characters of 

 the very minute staminal column and its scales in this genus. 



* Oymes rusty-pubescent. Corolla-segments without an adnate scale. 



t Corolla-segments ■villous or hairy at the base only. 



1. T. villosus, Bene, in BC. Frodr. viii. 506 ; leaves elliptic-oblong sub- 

 acute or cuspidate rusty-pubescent beneath, cymes lax, coronal scales with 

 subulate tips overtopping the anther-cells, stigma sleijder quite entire. Miq. 

 Fl. Ind. Bot. ii. 475. Secamone villosa, Blume Bijd. 1050. 



Tenasseeim; Mergui, Griffith. — Disteie. Java. 



Leaves 2-3^ by 1-1^ in., base acute, glabrous in age; petiole \-^ in. Cyme- 

 branches stout and sepals densely villous. Corolla ^ in. diam., segments slightly 

 hairy at the base. 



2. T. Grlffitbii, Bene, in BC. Prodr. viii. 505 ; leaves elliptic-oblong or 

 -lanceolate cuspidate, young glabi-ous beneath, cymes short, coronal scales not 



overtopping the anther-cells, stigma short enlarged upwards, tip notched. 

 Toxocarpus sp. Cfriff. Notvl. iv. 69, aud Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 404 {Asclepiadeat), — 

 Connaracea, Wall. Cat. 8550. 



Tenassebim, Griffith, ^c. Malaoca, Maingay (Kew distrib. 1105). Sinoapoee, 

 Lohh. Penano, Tarter. 



Leaves 2-i by 1-2 in., base acute or rounded ; petiole \-\ in. Cymes few-fld. 

 Corolla-segments slightly hairy at the base, the hairs disposed in a triangle like the 

 adnate scale of T. acuminatvi. Follicles 12 in., very slender, flexuous, cylindric. 

 Seeds 1 in., very slender, not beaked. 



3. T. taimalensls, Fale. mss. ; leaves elliptic-oblong or lanceolate or 

 orbicular obtusely cuspidate, young pubescent beneath, coronal scales over- 

 topping the anther-cells, stigma slender uuequally 2-fid. 



