285 60. ASCLEPiADEiB, [Sarcostemma. 



Deccan peninsula, not uncommon in dry rocky places, Burma, 

 Throughout the Deccan in stony places. Fl. June. 



2. S. Stocksii, Hook. f. Fl. Br. J. 4. 27. is found in Sind and S. 

 intermedium. Dene. Fl. Br. I. 4. 27 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl, 27. Phok, M. 



Common in the dry districts of the Deccan, abundant in the Gadag 

 taluka of the Dharwar District. Fl. July-Sept. 



These jointed branched shrubs are not strictly forest species and are 

 scarcely worth including in this work. 



U. GYMNBMA, E. Bi-. 



Twining shrubs. Leaves opposite. Flowers small, in crowded 

 umbellate cymes. Corolla rotate or urceolate^ throat with 5 scales, 

 alternating with the lobes. Anthers terminating with a membrane. 

 Pollen-masses in pairs, erect. Stigma large, conical, clavate or capitate, 

 exserted. Follicles slender cr turgid, glabrous. 



Pubescent. Leaves small, obovate, acute ... ... \. G, syJvestre. 



Glabrous or nearly so. Leaves large, coriaceous, ovate- 

 oblong ... ... ... ... 2. G, montanum, 



3. G. sylvestre, Br. in Mem. Warn. Soc 1. 33 ; Fl. Br. 1. 4. 29 ; Dalz. 

 & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 151, Kawali, kcdi-Jairdori, vakhcinde, M. 



Central and Western Peninsula from the Konkan to Travancore. 



Throughout the Presidency, comnionin hedges in the Dharwar District^ 

 and also near the coast at Karwar, North Kdnaia, Fl, June- Aug. Fr. 

 Oct. -Nov, 



Tiie leaves of this plant w^hen chewed remove the taste of bitters 

 (quinine, etc.), also partially that of sweets like sugar. 



2. G. montanum,Hook. f. Fl. Br. I. 4. 31. Bidaria elegans, Dalz.& 

 Gibs. Bomb. F1.151. 



Deccan peninsula on. the higher ghats from the Konkan southwards* 



MARSDENIA, E. Brown. 



Twining shrubs. Leaves often cordate. Flowers medium-sized or 

 small^ in umbelliform cymes. Corolla campanulate^ urceolate or salver- 

 shaped, limb spreading, lobes overlapping to the right. Coronal- scales 

 5, sometimes auriculate, adnate to the anthers dorsally, erect. Pollen- 

 masses 10, in stipitate pairs, erect. Stigma obtuse or beaked. Folli- 

 cles lanceolate or poniard-shaped. Seeds comose. 



N. tinctoria, Br. in Mem. Wern. Soc. 1. 30 ; FL Br. I. 4. 34 ; Brandis 

 For. FL 332. AscU^ias tinctoria, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2. 43. 



Eastern Bengal, Sikkim, up to 300O ft. Burma. Caltivated in the 

 Deccan. FL hot and rainy seasons, 



A large twining shrub. Yields a very strong, valuable tenacious fibre. 

 The leaves also yield indigo. 



