78 xcv. AsCLEPiADBiB. (J. D. Hooker.) [^Boucerosia. 



Done, in DC. Prodr. viii. 648. B. lasiantha, Wight le. t. 1286. Caralluma 

 cremilata, Wall. PL As. Par. i. 6, t. 7. 



Deccan Peninsuia ; Nuggur hills, near Madras, Wight. — Disteib. Ava. 

 Apparently similar in habit to B. vmhellata, differing chiefly in the hairy inner 

 -surface of the corolla, 



3. B. diffusa, Wight Ic. t. 1699 ; diffuse, branches very stout, flowers in 

 'dense umbels, coroUa-lobeB fimbriate on the margin only. 



Tkavanooeb ; arid rocks, alt. 2000 ft., Wight. 



" The very diffuse habit, a single plant corering many square feet of surface, the 

 minute cauline teeth, small sepals, and distinctly tubular corolla of. this plant, com- 

 bine to mark the species as very distinct from any of its Indian congeners," Wight I.e. 



4. B. Kitchinia, Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 649 ; stem slender diffiisely 

 branched, flowers few in an umbel, corolla hairy within. Hitchinia indica, 



Wight ^ Am. Contrib. 35 ; Wight Ic. t. 355 ; Wall. Cat. 8148. 



The Caknatic and Cibcabs, Wight, &c. 



Branches ^ in. diam. Flowers shortly pedicelled. Corolla ^ in. diam. Coronal 

 ■lobes shorter than in B. wmhellcUa, inner process larger in proportion and decnrrent. 



5. B. pauciflora, Wight mss. ; Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 648 ; stems 

 blender difiiisely branched, teeth or angles recurved, flowers solitary, corolla 

 hairy within. 



South Cabnatic ; at Palamcottah, Wight. 



I have an impubhshed lithograph of this plant made for Dr. Wight, and there are 

 specimens in his Herbarium, but not sufficient for full analysis ; the stems are as 

 slender as in B. Hitchinia, the corolla campanulate, 1 J in. diam. with broad short 

 .acute lobes banded closely with purple, and the inflexed process from the corona is 

 short and very broad. 



6. B. Aucheriana, Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 649 ; stem short branched, 

 flowers capitate, corollar-lobes lanceolate glabrous pustular above. Boiss. Fl. 

 Orient, iv. 63. 



Dry hills in the Western Punjab; the Saltrange, &c. — ^Disteib. Afghanistan, 

 Beloochistan, Persia, Arabia. 



Plant 2-6 in. high ; branches J-4 in. diam. Sepals ovate-lanceolate. Corolla 

 ^ in. diam., dark purple, more deeply divided into narrower lobes than in any of the 

 southern species. Follicles 3-4 in., tips capitate. 



Okdee XCVI. XiOCANXACES:. (By 0. B. Clarke.) 



Trees, shrubs or herbs. Leaves opposite (rarely ternate), vmdivided ; stipules 

 Tarious or 0. Inflorescence cymose, terminal or axillary, simple or compound ; 

 cymes sometimes subcapitate, sometimes reduced to solitary flowers. Flowers 

 regular. Calyx inferior, small, 4-5-toothed or -lobed. Corolla 4^5-lobed or 

 -partite. Stamens 4r-6, inserted on the corolla-tube, alternate with the lobes ; 

 anthers 2-celled. Ovary free, S-oelled ; style simple, stigma capitate bifid or 

 2-partite ; ovules one or more in each cell, placentae on the dissepiment or basal 

 in the inner angle. Fi-uit capsular septicidal, or baccate indehiscent, l-oo- 



.seeded. Seeds various, albumen copious; embryo straight, long or short. 



Species 350, tropical and subtropical. 



Teibb I. Bulog'aniese. Ovaiy with many ovules in each cell. 



