ON THE ASCLEPIAD1JE. 43 



Patria. India Orientalis. 



Gbs. This is Ada-Kodien, Rheed. Mai. 9. p. g* 

 t. 7., in which the leaves are represented alter- 

 nate, an error that is corrected in the descrip- 

 tion, which is excellent, and well accords with 

 a specimen in , the Banksian Herbarium col- 

 lected by Dr Patrick Russell. 



CYNANCHUM. [Cynanchi sp. Linn. 



Char. Corolla subrotata, 5partita. 



Corona staminea monophylla, 5-2oloba, dum 5- 

 fida lobis antheris oppositis. 



Anthera membrana terminatae. 



Massed pollinis ventricosae, pendula*. 



Stigma apiculatum. 



Folliculi laeves. Semina comosa. 

 Habitus. Plant a perennes, vel suffrutices, ut- 



plurimum volubiles. Folia opposita. Umbellaz 



interpetiolares. 

 Patria varia, a gradu 59^'lat. bor. ! usque ad 32"" 



lat. aust. 



Obs. Though I have here very much limited 

 the Linnean genus Cynanchum, yet it appears 

 still to contain the elements of several genera : 

 I shall therefore add the characters of all the 

 species I am acquainted with, divided into such 

 sections as will probably hereafter be consider- 

 ed distinct genera. 



