10 XOT. ASCLEPiADBiE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Streptocauton. 



Penang, Phillips, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1100), &e. Singapobe, Wallioh. 



Branches stout, young densely shortly pubescent ; bark brown, lenticellate. 

 Leaves 2-3 by 1-2 in., very variable in breadth, coriaceous, opaque and puberulons 

 above, reticulations minute ; nerves faint beneath ; petiole J-^ in. Cymes spreading, 

 1-2 in. long and broad ; 2-3-chotomou6ly branched ; branches divaricate, slender, 

 ultimate with persistent sometimes imbricate minute bracts ; pedicels slender, tips 

 turbinate. Sepals glabrous, minute, obtuse. Corolla J^ in. diam., red, lobes broad 

 acute. Follicles 3 by ^ in. divaricate, straight, acuminate, pubescent. Seeds J in., 

 oblong, narrowed below the tip ; coma 1^ in. 



3. S. tomentosum, Wight ^ Ai-n. Contrib. 64 ; shrubby, climbing, 

 leaves cuneate elliptic or oblanceolate acuminate base rounded or truncate, 

 softly fulvous-tomentose beneath, nerves 16-20 pairs, cymes many-flowered 

 densely pubescent, corolla quite glabrous. Wight III. t. 182 f. 2. ; Wall. Cat. 

 8248 ; Dene, in DC. Prodi: viii. 496. 



AvA, at Taongdong and Moulmein, Wallioh. Pegu, M'Clelland. Disteib. Yunan. 

 Coohiuchina. 



Branches smooth, ultimate finely densely pubescent. Leaves very variable in 

 breadth, 3-6 by 1 ^-3^ in., usually broadest beyond the middle and truncate at the 

 base, puberulous above; nerves straight, prominent or concealed in the tomentum 

 beneath ; petiole ^-| in. Cymes short, 1 in. long and broad or less, branches divari- 

 cate; bracts persistent. Sepals pubescent. Corolla ^ in. ; lobes broad ovate, acute. 

 Fruit unknown. 



4. S. Griffithii, Sook.f.; shrubby, climbing, leaves obovate-oblong or 

 oblanceolate acuminate base cordate, scaberulous above, densely rusty-tomen- 

 tose beneath, nerves 14-18 pairs, cymes hispidly tomentose, corolla glabrous. 

 Streptocaulon, Griff. Notul. iv. 71, ^ Ic. PL As. t. 406. 



Tenasseeim, Heifer (Kew Distrib. 3754, under tomentosum) ; Mergui, Griffith. 



Branches stout, lenticellate, ultimate hispidly tomentose. Learns 3-6 by 1^2 in., 

 variable in form, often broadest above, the middle, hard and« coriaceous, finely im- 

 pressedly reticulate above; nerves and reticulaticius, usually prominent beneath. 

 Cymes 1-2 in. long and broad, densely hispid, branches rather stout divaricate ; bracts 

 persistent ; pedicels short. Calyx strigose. Corolla J in. diam. ; lobes broad, 

 acute. Follicles 3-4 by \ in., straight, acute, finely pubescent. Seeds nearly \ in., 

 narrowly oblong, coma 1 in. 



5. S. sylvestre, Wight Contrib. 65; herbaceous, prostrate, leaves sub- 

 sessile orbicular or broadly ovate pubescent or tomentose beneath, base rounded 

 or cordate, nerves 6-7 pairs, cymes small few-fld., corolla nearly glabrous. Wcdl. 

 Cat. 8251 ; Dene, in DC. Prodr. yiii. 496. 



Bengal, Hamilton ; foot of the Sikkim Himalaya, Clarice. 



Root woody, giving oflFmany slender pubescent flexuous branches, 12-18. in. long 

 with distichous leaves that lie flat on the ground. Leaves 1-1^ in. long and nearly 

 as broad, apiculate, glabrous or puberulous above ; nerves arched, prominent beneath. 

 Cymes | in., pubescent ; pednmde slender ; branches and pedicels short, not spread- 

 ing; bracts minute ; Calyx sm&W, staSgose. CoroZZa |- in. diam., purple, very slightly 

 pubescent, lobes lanceolate acute. Fruit unknown. 



11. nXVaiOFTZIROIT, Oriff. 



A glabrous or pubescent slender twining shrub. Leaves opposite, long- 

 petioled. Flowers small, in lax panicukte cymes from opposite axQs. Sepals 

 mmutely glandular within. Corolla rotate ; lobes narrow, overlapping to the 

 right, twisted to the left, broadly conic in bud. Coronal scales 5, at the back 

 of the filaments, filiform from a broad base. Stamens at the base of the corolla 



