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connate by their broad basej autliers sbort, adhering to the broadly conical 

 stigma. Species about 20^ tropical Asia and Africa. 



1. C. Buchanani, Eoem. & Sch.; Wight Ic. t. 494, 111. t, 182, f. 8. 

 Tern. DicdJiij Karanfa, Hind. 



L. elliptic-oblong, shining above, white beneath, sec. n. numerous, blender, 

 nearly at right angles to midrib, blade 3-6, pet. I in. Cymes axillary, many- 

 fid., corolla greenish- or yellowish-white, |-} in, long. Follicles 2-4 in. long, 

 straight, rigid, divaricate, J-| in. diam. 



Siibhimalayan tract and outer hills, from Kashmir eastwards, ascending to 4,900 ft. 

 Oudh. Behar. Central Provinces. Singblium. "Western Peninsula, common in hedges. 

 Prome. Upper Burma. PL April-Aiig. Eopes and fishing nets made of the fibre. — 

 Ceylon. China. 2. C. grandiflora, Wight. Nilgiris, Anamalais, Gingee hills. A very 

 large climber, 1. elliptic, blade 3-4, pet. ^ in. long, nerves impressed above, dark and 

 ])rominent beneath, corolla J in. long. 3."c. elegans, Wall, (C. paudfiora, W^ght Ic. t. 

 493). SikkiniTerai, ascending to 3,000 ft. A^sam, Kha&i hills. Lower Bengal. Orissa 

 Java. China. Corolla J in. long. Follicles 5-8 in., slender, nearly straight, 



2. PERIPLOCA, Linn. ; PL Brit. Ind. iv. 11. 



Grlabrons shrubs, erect or twining, sometimes leafless, Fl. in lax terminal 

 or axillary cymes. Corolla rotate, lobes generally haiiy above. Corona a 10- 

 lobed ring, the lobes often produced behind the stamens into filiform or branched 

 appendages. Pilaments free, broad, short, anthers bearded on the back, pollen- 

 grains cohering in fours. Species 12, South Europe, Asia, Africa, 



1. P. aphylla, Decaisne; Brandis P. PL 330. Vern. Shabhij Batah, 

 Barren', Bal. ; Bdta, Pb. 



An erect shrub, stems green, surface covered with gum, usually leafless, at 

 times with a few minute thick ovate leaves. PL J-| in. across, scented, dark 

 purple, in short lateral rounded cymes. Pollicles on short thick peduncles, 

 divaricate, rigid, 3 in. long. 



Baluchistan to 3,500 ft. Sind. Trans-Indns. Salt range. Outer Himalaya, east- 

 wards to the Chenab. Merwara. PL March, April. — Afghanistan, Persia, Arabia, 

 Egypt. Podder for camels and goats, the flowers are sweet and are eaten. 2. P. hydas- 

 pidis, Palo. Knrani valley. Punjab Himalaya. A large more or less twining shrub, 

 branches often fascicled, leafless or nearly so, fl- J in. across, bright yellow. 



3. P. calopliylla, Palconer. Park, Janns. Outer Himalaya from the Jumna east- 

 wards, ascending to 7,000 ft. Khasi hills. China. A small shrub, 1. shining, lanceo- 

 late, lJ-4 in. PL red, J in. across, corolla-segments ciliate, appendages of corona hairy. 

 Pollicles erect; 3-8 in. long. 



Pentamira fehasiana, Kurz. Khasi hills. Yunnan. L. elongate-elliptic, blade 3-4, 

 pet. •§-! in., sec. n. arching, prominent beneath, as well as the finely reticulate veins. 

 PI. in short axillary bracteate cymes, corolla between campanulate and rotate, fleshy, 

 pink, J in. across, lobes papillose or hairy above, Pollicles short, elongate-ovoid. 



Myxiopteron paniculatnm, Griff. (Strejitocaulon extensum, "Wight 111- t. 182 1 3). 

 Assam. Chittagong. Burma, Upper and Lower. Yunnan. A woody twiner, 1. 

 membranous, broadly elliptic or ovate, blade 4-8, pet J-IJ in. long, PL whitish J-J in. 

 across on slender pedicels in large bracteate panicles with slender ramifications, axil- 

 lary and at the ends of branches. Pollicles elongate-ovoid 3 in. long with many longi- 

 tudinal membranous wings. 



Finlaysonia obovata, Wall. PI. As. Bar. 1. 162 ; Wight 111. 1. 182 f . 5. Tidal forests of 

 Bengal and Burma. A large glabrous woody climber, 1. thickly coriaceous, blade 3-4, 

 pet. 1 in. long. PL pale brownish-yellow, fetid, in triohotomous axillary cymes, corolla 

 rotate, J in. across, corona-lobes filiform. Pollicles turgid, 3 by 2 in. ribbed and with 

 1-8 longitudinal wings. 



Streptocaulon tomentosum, Wight & Arn. ; Wight 111. t. 182 f. 2, Irawadi valley, 

 often in Eng forest. Tenasserim. Yunnan. A woody climber, branchlets, underside 

 of 1. and inflorescence softly tomentose, 1. from obovate to broadly elliptic, blade 4r~Q, 

 pet. i"! in. long, sec. n. 15-18 pair. Cymes many-fld., branches divaricate, bracts 

 persistent, corolla glabrous, rotate, A i^* across, corona-scales long, filiform. 2. S. 

 Gnffithii, Hook. f. Tenasserim, densely rusty-tomentose. 3. S. ELeiuii, Wight & Arn. 



