ToxocarjMs] LXXIY. ASCLEPIADACEiE 460 



3. TOXOCARPUS, Wight & Am. ; EL Brit. Ind. iy. IB. 

 (Included imdei' Secamone in Engler n. Prantl iv. 2. 261.) 



Twining shrubs, EL small, in axillary dicliofcomoiis cymes. Corolla salver- 

 shaped, tube short, lobes narrow, spreadin,^, overlapping to the left. Stigma 

 cylindrical or filiform, produced far beyond the staminal column. Species 

 about 15, tropical Asia and Africa. 



A, Corolla-lobes hairv at the base on the inside. 



1. T. lumalensis, Ealc. MSS. Garhwal (doubtful), Assam. Kliasi hills. L. pubescent 

 when 3'ouiigj from broad-elliptic, almost orbicular to lanceolate, blade 4-6, pet. ^ in. 

 long. Inflorescence, bracts and calyx rusty hirsute, corolla glabrous outside, tube ^, 

 lobes linear, I in. long. 2. T. villosus, Dene. Tenasserim. Java. 3. T. GnffitMi, 

 Tena&seiim. Malay Penins. 



B. Corolla-lobes entirely glabrous. 



4. T. Kleinii, AVight & Arn. ; "Wight Ic. t. 886. "Western Peninsula. Ceylon low 

 country, chiefly in the dry region. L. thinly coriaceous, elliptic, blade 2-4, pet. J in. 

 Cynies^ bracts and calyx hairy. Corolla J in." long, tube extremely short, lobes lanceo- 

 late. 5. T. EoxMrghii, ^Y. & A. Northern Circars. G. T. concanensls, Hook. f. Baba- 

 budan hills, Mysore. 7. T. Kurzii, Hook. f. Andamans. 8. T. acuminatus, Benth. 

 Silhet. 



Bsemia extensa, E. Br. ; Wight Ic. t. 596. Kuram valley. Northern India. Bengal. 

 Western Peninsula. Ceylon. A slender climber, fetid when bruised, branchlets 

 hispid, 1. membranous, cordate, pubescent beneath, blade 1-3, i>et. 2--4 in. long. FL 

 greenish-yellow on slender pedicels ^-2 in. long, in pedunculate axillary genei'ally 

 corj-mbiform cymes. Corolla-tube short, limb spreading, lobes ciliate, overlapping to 

 the right. Follicles ^-2 in. long, densely clothed with long soft spines. 



RapMstemma pulchellum, Wall. PL As. Par. t. 163. Sikkini, hot valleys at 2,000 ft. 

 Assam. Cachar. Singbhum. Pegu. Tenasserim. Yunnan. A^ glabrous twining 

 shrub, 1. membranous, ovate from a cordate base, blade 5-7, x^et. 2-5 in. Fl. white, on 

 slender pedicels 1V2 in. long, corolla campanulate, lobes spreading, in bud overlapping 

 to the right. Corona-scales membranous, j^roduced into long linear ligules. 



4. GYMNEMA, E. Br. ; M. Brit. Ind. iv. 28. 



Twining shrubs and undersbrubs. FL in axillary or interpetiolar timbelli- 

 form cymes. Corolla usually campanulate^ lobes tliick, more or less over- 

 lapping to the right, corona of 5 fiesby villous double ridges on the inside of 

 tube, alternating with the lobes. Seeds comose. Species about 20, Africa, 

 Asia and Australia. 



A. The ridges of tbe corona more or less protruding from the mouth of the 



corolla. 



1. a sylvestre, E. Br.; Weight Ic. t. 349. Banda district. Western Peninsula, 

 common in hedges, also in forests covering high trfees.— Ceylon. A stout "woody climber, 

 branchlets, petioles and inflorescence softly pubescent, 1. ovate, shortly acuminate, 

 hairy along the nerves, chiefly beneath, blade 1-2J, pet, J-J in. FL pale yellow, 

 corolla ^ in. across, follicles 2-3 in. long. 2. G. Mrsxittim, Wight et Arn. Wight Ic. 

 t. 1272.— Syn. G. Decaisneanum, Wight Ic. t. 1271. Behar. Nilgiris. Similar to 1, 

 but more densely pubescent, cymes sessile, corolla J in, across. 3. G. moUe, Wall. 

 Meiktila, Upper Burma. Similar to 2, corolla J in. across, follicles broad, turgid, 

 woody, seeds ovate, J in. long. 4. G. acuminatmu, Wall. Silhet. Eastern Bengal. 

 Shan hills, 4,000 ft. Tenasserim. Malay Penins. A large climbing shrub, bark 

 spongy, deeply cracked. Branchlets, petioles, underside of 1. and inflorescence densely 

 tomentose, 1. ovate acuminate, blade 3-6, pet. ^-| in. long, fi. white, in shortly } ednncled 

 compact cymes, corolla I in. across, lobes not ciliate, follicles ovoid beaked, woody, seeds 

 broadly winged § in. long. 5. G. lactiferum, R. Br. Khasi hills. Mergui. Ceylon, 

 Malay Penins. and Archip. Branchlets slightly pubescent, 1. nearly glabrous, elon- 

 gate-elliptic, blade 2-4, pet. slender J-f in. 



B. The ridges of the corona in the tube not extending to the mouth of 



corolla. 



6. G. tingens, Wight et Arn. ; Wight Ic. t, 593. Subhimalayan tract from the 

 Jumna eastwards. Assam. Tenasserim. Anamalai hills and possibly elsewhere in 



