430 
PENTAND. DIGYN. 504—506. 
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504. HOSTEA. Ceru/ tvvi'fted, whcel-fliapc^' 
tary ftellate^ covering the parts of 
follicles 5-angled. 
•viridijiora. JIosTEA. 
Guiana, jiubl. Qui. 1 . 1 . loq.f, i, 2. Matelea. _ 
oppofite, oblong, acute both fides, very entif®’ 
fimple, fmall, few-flowered, axillary. [ 
505. MELODINUS. Corol twifted, with th^ 
crowned: beny 2-celled, many-ieeded. 
fcandens. 
Candela- 
brum. 
tuherosa, 
bulbosa, 
biflora. 
juneea. 
acuminata, 
Jagittata, 
tenuijlora. 
Melodinus. 
New Caledonia. Shrub climbing: oblong- 
rous, veined, entire. Refembics a RauwQlfia. 
■di< 
506. CEROPEGIA. Core/ twifted, with the 
connivent: follicles 2, credl: feeds downy- 
T 
L/caves ovate, mucronate ; umbels pendulous' 
eretft. 
Malabar, Rheed. Mah 9./. zj. t. 16. 
Stems twining : leaves oppofitc, thick, foft, glabrous. 
Leaves ovate, acute: umbels eredl: root creeping, 
Eall Indies. Roxb. Coromand. \, p.xz.t. 9. 
Leaves obovate-elliptic, fpear-lhaped : umbels ere*?' 
bulbous. 
Eall Indies. Roxb. Coromand, i. /). 1 1. r. 7. 
Root not creeping, with a Angle depreffed bulb. 
Leaves ovate: peduncles 2-flowered, OfC 
Ceylon. S/rw twining : Zrawr oppoiite : Jlowers 
tM 
peduncle, not reflefled but extended ilraight out. 
Leaves lanceolate, feflile: peduncles about 
ftem flefliy. 
Bail Indies. Roxb. Coromand, \ . p. 12. /. 10. 
Stem twining; peduncles 1 or a-flowered : flowers larg^* 
Leaves lanceolate, ending in long points; unnbel® ^ 
flowered, ftraight : root bulbous. 
Eall Indies. Roxb. Coromand, \. p.iz. t, 8. 
Umbels nearly feflile: leaves arrow-fhaped. 
The Cape. Burm. /ifr. 36. /. 15 ? Cynanchum. 
Stem twining, downy ; leaves oppofite, downy both 
Flowers umbelled : leaves linear, very entire. 
The Cape. Pink, mant, zy. t, Apocynunu 
