3$ ON THE ASCLEPIADEJE. 



is probably very different. When Linnaeus 

 established this genus in his Mantissa, he 

 certainly meant his character to apply td 

 Pergularia glabra, of which he had a speci- 

 men in his herbarium, and which is the Flos 

 Pergulanus of Rumphius ; but unfortunately 

 this plant does not belong to the order of 

 Asclepiadeae, but to that section of Apocineae 

 of which I shall hereafter treat. The charac- 

 ter of Linnaeus was no doubt chiefly taken from 

 a plant of P. odoratissima, that had flowered 

 in the Upsal Garden, and which he confound- 

 ed with the Asclepias cordata of Forskael, an 

 error long since pointed out by Dr Smith in 

 his very accurate and satisfactory account of 

 Pergularia odoratissima, 



DISCHIDIA. 



Char. Corolla urceolata, 5fida. 



Corona staminea 5phylla, foliolis bifldis, laciniis 



sabulatis, patentibus, apice recurvis. 

 Antberce membrana terminate. 

 Massed pollinis erectae, basi affixae. 

 Stigma muticum. 

 Folliculi laeves. Semina comosa. 

 Habitus. Herba in arboribus parasitica, depen- 

 dens, perennis, lactescens, farina alba tota 

 conspersa. Caiilis ad genicula radicans. Folia 

 opposita, subrotunda, crassa, carnosa. Flores 

 parvi, subumbellati. 



