Hoy a.] 



60. ASCLEPIADEiE. 



239 



on the Supa gliafcs. Fl. R. S., also in Jan. rarely. Fr, 0. (& H. seasons. 



Loaves usually short petioled. Petals reflexed. 



3. H. ovalifolia, W. & A. Contrib. 37. Fl. Br. I. 4. GO. Neilgherry 

 mountains and Mangalore, Ceylon, North Kanara. 



4. pendula, Wgt. Icones. t. 474; Fl. Br. I. 4. 61 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 152. 



Deccan peninsula, Western ghdts and the Neilgherry mountains, 

 Konkan (hills of the Kol^ba District). Fl. R. & 0. S. 



18. LEPTADENIA, Br. 



Erect rigid^ almost leafless or twining, glabrous^ leafy shrubs. 

 Leaves elliptic or ovate-cordate. Flowers small, in axillary crowded, 

 umbelKform cymes. Corolla rotate ; lobes bearded, valvate in bud. 

 Corona double. Pollen-masses globose, sessile, erect. Stigma included, 

 flat, 5-angledj 2-cuspidate. Follicles, acuminate, smooth. Seeds 

 comose, flat, winged. 



Twining. Leaves broad, coriaceous •.* ... 1. X. reticulatam 



Erect. Leaves linear, leathery or ... ... 2. L, Sjpartium, 



1. L. reticulata, Wight. & Am. Contrib. 47 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 63 ; Dalz.& 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 152. Khar-hodi, M. ; Pala^kudco, sMnguti, Jiodhi, Yern. 



Eastern Punjab and from Banda southwards through the Deccan 



peninsula, Ceylon. Common near the coast of the Konkan. Dalz. 



Throughout the dry Deccan districts, common near Dambal in the 



Dharwar district. Fl. July-Aug. Fr. Sept. -Oct. Bark corky. 



2. L. Spartium, Wight Contrib. 48 ; Fl. Br. 1. 4. 64. L. Jacquemon- 

 tiana^ Dene. Dalz. & Gibs. Bom. Fl. 152. Kip, Vern. 



Punjab and Sind, extending eastwards to the Jumna. On the sea-coast 

 south of Gogha, very common in Sind, Dalz. Fl. Oct. 



Fibre much used in Sind for the ropes used to draw water from wells. 

 Water does not rot it. (Stocks.) 



8. H. ovalifolia, W. & A. Contrib. 37 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 60. Neilgherry 

 mountains and Mangalore, Ceylon, North Kanara. 



4. H. pendula, Wgt. Icones. t. 474 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 61 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 152. 



Deccan peninsula. Western ghats and the Neilgherry mountains, 

 Konkan (hills of the Kolaba District). Fl. R. & 0. S. 



19. FREREA, Dalz, 



A fleshy, quite glabrous, erect shrub. Leaves oblong. Floweis 

 large, solitary or in pairs, axillary. Corolla rotate, lobes acute, 

 valvate. Corona annular round the column with five lobes^ alter- 

 nating with 5 long, narrow processes inflexed over the anthers. 

 Pollen-masses short, erect. Follicles terete, smooth. Seeds comose. 



