8 xcv. ASCLEPIADB^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Finlaysonia. 



From the SoNBEEBnuDS to Tenasseeim and Maxacoa ; Wallich, &c. 



Sranches stout. Leaves 3-4 ty 1^2^ in., obovate-oblong or oblanceolate, obtuse 

 or apiculate, thickly coriaceous, reticulate beneath, base acute ; nerves very numerous, 

 horizontal, very slender ; petiole |-1 in. Cymes 2-3 in. long ; peduncle and branches 

 very thick ; bracts short, persistent ; pedicels short, thick. Corolla g- in. diam., lobes 

 bearded within. Follicles 3 by 2 in., distantly ribbed between the wings, pericarp 

 thin. Seeds | in. long, flat, obovate-oblong, hairs brown. — Flowers foetid (Voigt). 



7. ATZZEROSTEKOir, Blume. 



A very slender glabrous twining shrub. Leaves opposite. Flowers in axil- 

 lary and terminal slender peduncled dichotomous cymes. Calyx minute, tube 

 turbinate, eglandular within. Corolla rotate ; lobes long, slender, overlapping 

 to the right, straight and forming an oblong-cylindric bud. Coronal processes 

 5, filiform, at back of the bases of the filaments. Stamens at the base of the 

 corolla ; filaments very short, distinct, without interposed glands or teeth ; 

 anthers conniving over and adnate to the stigma, tips membranous, acute ; 

 pollen-masses in pairs in each cell, granular ; appendages of the coi'puscles 

 dilated. Stigma rounded. Fruit unknown. 



A. javensis, Blume Mus. Bot. i. 126, t. 23. 



Tenasserim ; banks of the Gyna, Moulmein, Lohb. — Distkib. Java. 



Leaves 2-3J by J-lf in., oblong-elliptic or linear-oblong, apiculate, glaucous 

 beneath, base obtuse or rounded; nerves 6-10 pairs, very slender, arched; petiole 

 slender, J-J in. Cymes much longer than the leaves ; peduncle long and slender, 

 branches filiform ; bracts minute ; flowers very few, distant ; pedicels capillary, tip 

 turbinate. Calyx-lobes small, rounded, membranous, with sometimes a very obscure 

 scale in the sinus. Corolla-lobes long, linear, obtuse, | in. long, erect and recurved. 

 Stamens very minute. 



8. ATKEXtOIiEFIS, Hooh. f. Nov. Gen. 



A pubescent slender climber. Leaves opposite, very narrow, membranous. 

 Flowers very small, in very short few-flowered axillary pubescent cymes. Calyx 

 ^-superior, tube turbinate; lobes short, eglandular within. CoroUa rotate; 

 lobes triangular, overlapping to the right. Coronal scales 5, subulate, at the 

 back of the stamens. Stame/ns at the base of the corolla ; filaments very short, 

 distinct, with interposed rounded glands ; anthers oblong, conniving over and 

 adherent to the stigma, tips obtuse, connate ; poUen-masses in pairs in each cell, 

 granular; appendages of the corpuscles dilated. Ovary half sunk in the 

 calyx-tube and adherent to it ; stigma small, tip obtuse. F-uit unknown. 



A. WaUichii, Hooh.f. Atherandra Wallichii, Benth. in Gen. Plant, ii. 

 744. Hemidesmus Wallichii, Wight §■ Am. Contrib.QZ; Wall. Cat. 8245; 

 Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 495. 



Peou, at Prome, WalUoh ; Rangoon, M'Clelland. 



Branches glabrous below. Leases 3-7 by i-lf in., narrow, oblong or linear- 

 lanceolate, acute or acuminate, puberulons above, softly pubescent beneath ; base 

 acute ; nerves rather distant, spreading, slightly arched, very slender ; petiole A in. 

 Cymes shorter than the petioles ; bracts minute ; pedicels very short, top turbinate. 

 Corolla ^ in. diam., shortly conic in bud, lobes glabrous within. Filaments alternat^ 

 ing with obscure low glands.— The habit, foliage, inflorescence, eglandular calyx, 

 obtuse anthers and short stigma well distinguish this from Atherandra. 



