Holostemma.'] 



GO, ASCLEPIADEJK. 



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10- winged column. Pollen-masses linear, falcate, compressed, pendu- 

 lous ; pedicels long, black. Stigma 5-winged. Follicles short, thick, 

 smooth, acute. 



H. Rheedei. Wall. PI. As. Rar. IL 51 ; FI. Br. I. 4. 21 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fi. 148. TultuU, shidori^ dudurli, M. 



Tropical Himalayas from Sirmore to Sikkim, where it ascends to 

 S — 5000 ft. altitude. Western Peninsula, from the Konkau southward. 

 In the moist forests of the Konkan and North Kanara, often in hedges. 

 Fl. July-Aug. Fr. 0. S. Flowers edible. Root used as an application 

 for ophthalmia. Bark yields a fibre. 



9. CYNANCHUM, Linn. 



Shrubs or herbs, erect or climbing. Leaves usually broad^ cordate. 

 Flowers small, green, in axillary cymes. Calyx 5-partite. Corolla 

 rotate, lobes valvate or overlapping to the right. Corona adnate to 

 the base of the column, cupular, with or without scales or tubercles 

 on the inner face. Anthers sessile^ or stipitate. Pollen-masses not 

 compressed, pendulous, waxy. Stigma flat^ umbonate or apiculate. 

 Follicles terete or 2-winged, smooth. Seeds comose. 



Leaves not glaucous beneath. Follicles terete ... 1. C. pauciflorum. 

 Leaves glaucous beneath. Follicles winged ... 2. C. Callialata. 



I. C. pauciflorum, Br. m Mem. Wern. Soc. 1. 45 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 23 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 148. 



Western Peninsula from the Konkan southwards to Travancore and 

 Oeylon, Central Provinces. From the Konkan southwards, also in the 

 Poena District. Fl. C. S. 



2. C. Callialata, Ham. in Wgt. Contrib. 56 ; Fh Br. L 4. 24. 



Behar, Western peninsula from the Konkan to Travancore, Bnrma. 



From the Konkan southwards, common in the evergreen forests near 

 the Nilkund ghat of North Kanara. Fl. Oct. -Dec. Fr. Jan. -Feb. 



10. SARCOSTEMMA, Br. 



Leafless, jointed shrubs with pendulous branches. Flowers small 

 white, cymes in terminal umbels . Corolla rotate, lobes overlapping 

 to the right. Corona membranous, cup-shaped, lobed, alternate lobes 

 with large fleshy processes, adnate to the back of the anthers. Pollen- 

 masses slender, pendulous, waxy. Stigma conical, fusiform. Follicles 

 smooth, seeds comose. 



Follicles thinly coriaceous. Seeds ^ inch, ovate ... 1. S. hrecistigma. 

 Follicles thickly coriaceous. Seeds k inch, linear... 2. S, Stocksii. 



1. S. brevistigma, Wight and Arnott's Contrib, 59 ; Fl. Br. I. 4 .26 ; 

 Dalz & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 119. Somvel, M. 



