408 LXXIT. ASCLEPIADACE.E [Sfrepfoccmlon 



"Western Peiiinstila. L. densely wliite-tonieutos^ beneath, corolla I in. acrosis, hairy 

 outside. 



Bractiylepis nervosa, Wight & Arn. ; Wight Ic. t. 1284. Kilgiris. A twining 

 shrub, pubescent or tomentose. L. coriaceQUb, elliptic or ovate, acuminate, blade 2-3, 

 pet. ^ in. long, sec. n. S-10 pair, reticulate vein^ in'ominent. Cymes villous, bracts 

 persistent, corolla J in. across, green outside, purple within, corona-scales short, broad. 



TJtleria salicifolia, Bedd. Anamalais 8-4,000 ft. A small tree, 1. more or less crou ded 

 near the ends of branches, lanceolate to Imear-lanceolate, margin thickened, waved or 

 crenulate, blade 5-7, narrowed into pet. 1-1\ in. long. PI. minute, at the ends of long 

 bracteate branches of axillary dichotomous panicles. Follicles divaricate, 2 in. long, 

 gradually naiTowed from a thick base. 



Hemidesmus indicus, E. Br.; Wight Tc. t. 594. Indian Sarsa par ill a. Oudh. Behar. 

 Bundelkhand. Cential Provinces. Peninsula, common in hedges. Ceylon, low 

 country very common. A semiherbaeeous twiner, 1. glabrous or densely pubescent 

 beneath, very variable, from broad-elliptic to linear, 2-4 in. long, petioles short. 

 PL small, in short sessile compact axillary clusters, supported by numerous ovate 

 acute bracts. Corolla rotate, J in. across, green without, purxole within, lobes thick, 

 valvate. Pollicles slender, divaricate. 4-8 in. long. 



Decalepis Hamiltoidi, Wight & Arn. ; Wight Ic. t. 1285, 111. t. 182 fig. 6. Anamalais 

 and hills on the east side of the Peninsula. A glabrous twining shrub, 1. thinly coria- 

 ceous, broad-elliptic, finely reticulate. Cymes axillary, x^eduncles \ in. long, branches 

 few spreading, bracts x^ersistent, corolla rotate, lobes valvate, with a dense w4iite beard 

 within. 



Holostemma Rheedei, Wall.; Wight Ic. t. 597 {H, Brunoyiiamim^ Eoyle 111. t. 66). 

 Subhimalayan tract and outer hills from Kumaon eastw^ards, ascending to 6,000 ft. 

 Moist forests of the W^esteim Ghats and hills of the Deccan and Mysore. A glabrous 

 climbing shrub, 1. membranous, ovate, acuminate from a deeply cordate base, blade 

 3-6, pet. 1-3 in. long. PL purple, on pedicels 1-2 in. long, corolla rotate, l-lj in. across, 

 lobes thick, ovate, overlapping to the right. Corona a fleshy ring, adnate to the 

 staminal-tube. 



Treutlera insipds, Hook, f, Sikkim 3-8,000 ft. A glabrous climbing shrub, 1. 

 coriaceous, elliptic or elongate-elliptic, blade 3-5, pet. -J-ll in. PL large, in axillary 

 simple pedunculate umbels, peduncle 1-2, pedicels l-l|in. Corolla rotate, coriaceous, 

 glabrous, purple, 1-1| in. across. 



Sarcostemma teevistigma, W. & A. Deccan, in dry stony places. A trailing jointed 

 leafless shrub with thick rough bark and green pendulous branches. PL pale greenish, in 

 corymbiform cymes at the nodes or at the ends of branches, pedicels ^ in. long. Corolla 

 rotate, J in. diam,, lobes broad, overlapping to the right. Pollicles thinly coriaceous, 

 4-5 in.,' seeds ovate, J-J in. long. 2. S. Bruaonianum, W. & A. ; Wight Ic. t. 1282. 

 Deccan, Ceylon, dry region of the Irawadi valley, fi. bright yellow. 3. S. intermedium. 

 Dene. ; Wight Ic. t. 1281, Singbhum. Deccan, fl. white. 4. S. Stocfesii, Hook. f. Sind. 

 Deccan, follicles thickly coriaceous, 2J-3J in., seeds linear \ in. long. 



Dregea volubilis, Benth.— Syn. Hoya, mrkliflora. B,. Br. ; Weight Ic. t. 586 ; Kanjilal 

 P. PL 244. Subhimalayan tract and outer valleys, ascending to 5,000 ft. from the Sutlej 

 eastwards. Gangetic Plain, Lower Bengal. Todgarh, Merwara (Mora JBel, D. B. Dec. 

 1869). Central Provinces. Western Peninsula, common in hedges. Ceylon, low 

 country. Java. China. A twining shrub, stem woody, branclilets and 1. minutely 

 pubescent, sometimes almost glabi'ous, 1. thick, ovate, pale beneath, blade 3-6, pet. 1-3 

 in. long. PL bright green in many-fld. usually interpetiolar umbelliform cymes, 

 peduncle 1-3, pedicels slender, J-1 in. long. Corolla almost rotate, i in. across, lobes 

 triangular. Corona of 5 fleshy radiating scales, inner angle cuspidate, adnate to the 

 base of the short staminal column, pollen-masses erect. Pollicles turgid, 3-4 in. long, 

 seeds shining, broad-elliptic | in., coma fine -white silky IJ in. long. I), angustifolia is 

 a narrow leaved variety, annual stems from a woody perennial rootstook. West side of 

 the Peninsula. N. P. Brown in PL Trop. Africa iv. 417, unites Dregea with. Marsdenia . 



Cosmostigma racemosum, Wight Ic. t. 591,— Syn. C acuminatum, Wight Ic. t. 1270. 

 Silhet, Ghittagong. Western Ghats, often in hedges. Ceylon low country. A stout 

 climber, nearly glabrous. L. chartaceons, ovate, blade 3-5, pet. 1-lJ in. long. FL 

 greenish-yellow, speckled with red dots, in pedunculate corymbose racemes, corolla 

 fieshy, rotate, J in. across, lobes overlapping to the right, corona-lobes short, mem- 

 branous, truncate or bifid. 



Secamone emetlca, E., Br. ; Wight Ic. t. 1283, bills of the southern Deccan. Ceylout 

 A twining shrub with slender branches, the stems with corky excrescences, 1. glabrous, 

 lanceolate, or linear-lanceolate, 1-2 in* long, fi. light yellow, in small axillary cymes, 

 corolla J-| in. across, lobes oblong, obtuse, bracts and calyx pubescent, follicles tapering, 

 S in. long. 



