Myriopteron.] xcv. asclepiade^. (J. D. Hooker.) 11 



filaments connate below into a ring with alternating teeth ; anthers conniving 

 over and adherent to the stigma, tips membranous; pollen-masses in pairs in 

 each cell, appendages of the corpuscles 2-fld. Stigma convex, 2-fid. Follicles 

 short, turgid, straight; with many longitudinal membranous wings. Seeds 

 comose. 



ni. paniculatum, Griff, in Calc. Joum. Nat. Hist. iv. 385 ; <§• Notul. iv. 

 71. 8f Ic.Pl. Asiat. 408. Streptocaulon extensum, WigM Contrib. 65, Sf III. t. 

 182, f. 3. ; Dene, in DC. iVo*-. viii. 496. S. Horsfleldii, Miq. Fl. Ind. Sat. ii. 

 470. Vicarya cristata, and Jeiikinsia cristata, Wall. mss. in Voigt Sort. Sub. 

 Calc. 644. 



Assam, Chittagong, Pegu, and Tenasseeim. Disteib. Java. 



Branches smooth, herbaceous. Leaves 3 J-6 by 2-2J in., rery variable in length and 

 breadth, rounded oblong or elliptic, acuminate or subcaudate, base rounded or acute, 

 membranous, finely pubescent or glabrate beneath ; nerves 5-7 pairs, slender, arched ; 

 petiole very sUnder, ^-1^ in. Cymes 3-7 in., peduncle and braehiate branches very 

 slender, quite glabrous ; bracts few, chiefly at the forks ; pedicels capillary, top tur- 

 binate. Sepals minute, rounded, ovate. Corolla ^ in. diam. ; lobes lanceolate. 

 Follicles 3 by I in., straight, narrowed to the obtuse tip, base rounded, pericarp thin. 

 Seeds ^ in. long, ovoid, narrowed to the tip, coma 1 in.— iW. Horsfieldii, agrees with 

 the perfectly glabrous leaved states of the plant from Tenasserim. 



12. DECAI.I:PIS, Wight Sf Arru 



A glabrous twining shrub. Leaves opposite. Flowers small, in axillary 

 peduncled cymes. Calyx eglandular within. Corolla rotate ; lobes valvate, 

 bearded within, ovoid in bud. Coronal scales 5, ovate, adnate to the back of 

 the base of the filaments. Stamens at the base of the corolla, filaments connate 

 at the base with alternating minute glands ; anthers ovate, conniving over and 

 adnate to the stigma, tip acute inflexed ; pollen-masses in pairs in each cell, 

 granular ; appendages of the corpuscles dilated. Stigma convex, 5-grooved. 

 Fruit unknown. 



D. Hamiltonii, WigU ^ Am. 'Contrib. 64 ; WigM III. t. 182. f. 6. ; ^ 

 Ic. t. 1285 ; Dene, in A. DC. Prodr. viii. 495. Streptocaulon Hamiltonii, 

 Wight mss. Apocynum reticulatum, Hei-b. Madr.:, Wall. Cat. 8247. 



Dbccan Peninsula ; Balaghaut Mts. near Madras ; Anamallay hills, Wight. 



Branches stout, smooth. Leaves coriaceous, orbicular or elliptic-obovate, tip 

 rounded, base acute or rounded, finely reticulated ; nerves 6-8 pairs, strongly arched ; 

 petiole y-j in. Cymes in single axils, glabrous or puberulous ; peduncle ^ in. ; 

 branches few, short, spreading ; bracts persistent, scattered or subimbricate. Sepals 

 oblong, obtuse. Corolla j in. diam., coriaceous ; lobes ovate-oblong, subacute, beard 

 dense white. 



13. FERXFXiOCA, Linn. 



Erect or twining glabrous sometimes leafless shrubs. Leaves opposite. 

 Flowers in lax terminal or axillary cymes, greenish externally, purplish within. 

 Caly.v 5-glandular within. Corolla rotate ; lobes obtuse, usually bearded within, 

 overlapping to the right. Coronal scales connate into a 10-lobed ring often 

 produced behind the stamens into 5 subulate or branched processes. Stamens 

 within the corona, filaments broad short flat ; anthers bearded on the back, con- 

 niving over and adhering to the stigma, tips cohering, with incurved appen- 

 dages ; pollen-masses in pairsin^ach cell, granular ; appendages of the corpuscles 

 dilated. Stigma conxves.. Follicles conniving spreading or divaricate, cylindric, 

 smooth. Seeds comose. Disibib. S. Europe, West Asia and Africa, Species 12. 



