Aiheraridra.] xcv. asclepiadej!. (J. D. Hooker.) 



9. ATHERANDXtA, Dene. 



Slender glabrous twining struts. Leaves opposite. Flowers in aiiUaiy and 

 terminal slender pediincled dichotomous cymes. Calyx-tube turbinate, lobes 

 ■with quadrate creuulate glands within. Corolla rotate ; lobes long, dender, 

 overlapping and sharply twisted to the right, forming a long-beaked bud. 

 Coronal processes 5, filiform, at the back of the bases of the filaments. Stamens 

 at the base of the corolla; filaments distinct, alternating with large erect 

 glands ; anthers sagittate, conniving over and adnate to the stigma, tips elongate, 

 filiform ; pollen-masses in pairs in each cell, granular ; appendages of the cor- 

 puscles dilated. Ovary partly sunk in the broad calyx-tube ; stigma elongate- 

 conical, 2-fld. Fruit unknown. 



A. acutifolia, Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 497. A. pubescens, JBlume 

 Mus. Bot. i. 147, t. 2. A. cuspidata, JSlume I. c. Cryptolepis filiformis. Wall. 

 Cat. 4458. 



Penang, Wallich. — Disteib. Java. 



Braiiches and leaves beneath glabrous or sparingly pubescent. Leaves 1-2 by 

 l-lj in., oblong or obovate-oblong, finely abruptly acuminate ; nerves 6-8 pairs, 

 strong beneath, arched ; petiole ^-j in. Cymes Dumerous, quite glabrous, spreading, 

 longer thau the leaves; bracts small, deciduous; 'pedicels thickened towards the 

 turbinate tip. Calyx-lobes ovate, acute, erect or reilexed. Corolla J-f in. diam.,long 

 and slenderly beaked in bud. 



10. STREPTOCAIZX.ON, Wight ^ Am. 



Twining tomentose herbs or shrubs. Leaves opposite. Flowers small or 

 minute, in lax sessile or peduncled trichotomous panicled cymes. Calyx minute, 

 glandular within. Corolta rotate ; lobes 'Ovate, overlapping to the right ; buds 

 shortly conical. Caronal-scales 5, filiform, adnate to the back of the filaments. 

 Stamens at the base of the corolla; filaments very short, alternating with 

 minute teeth ; anthers conniving over and adnate to the stigma, tip with an 

 obtuse triangular process ; pollen-masses in pairs in each cell, granular ; append- 

 ages of the minute corpuscles dilated. Stigma convex, 2-lobed. Follicles 

 divaricate, terete, smooth, n©t winged. — Disteib. Species 6 ; Indian and 

 Malayan. 



1. S. SCleinll, Wight ^ Am. Contrib. 65; shrubby, climbing, leaves 

 cuneate-obovate base cordate with softly appressed white tomentum beneath, 

 nerves 7-10 pairs, cymes pubescent shorter than the leaves. Dene, in DC. 

 Frodr. viii. 496. 



DecoAN Peninsula ; Klein. 



Leaves 2-3 by l-lj in., coriaceous, above puberulous closely reticulated with 

 sunk nerves, beneath pale buff when dry ; nerves and reticulation faintly seen 

 through the tomentum; petiole ^-^^ in. Cymes with a stout peduncle i-lj in., 

 sparingly shortly di-tri-chotomously branched, branchlets very short; 1-2-fid; bracts 

 tomentose, persistent. Sepals hirsute, ovate, subacute, 1-2-glandular. Corolla ^ in. 

 diam.; lobes ovate, subacute, sparingly hirsute externally, glabrous within. 



2. S. Wallicliii, Wight S[ Am. Contrib. 65 ; shrubby, climbing, leaves 

 broadly or narrowly elliptic acute at both ends finely acuminate softly brown- 

 tomentose beneath, nerves 6-8 pairs, cymes much branched many-fld. hispidly 

 pubescent, flowers quite glabrous. Wad. Cat. 8249; Dene, in DC. Prodr. 

 viii. 496. 



