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cordate, broadly ovate, 2-3 in. across, acute. Flowers foetid, 
in. diam., pale yellow-green, tinged with pink at the base, 
long-stalked, in axillary, umbellate cymes. Corolla-tube very 
short ; lobes broad, fringed. Coronal scales in two series ; outer 
10 minute, affixed to the base of the staminal tube ; inner 5 
white, laterally flattened, adnate to the staminal tube, spurred on 
the back, tips long, linear, spirally incurved over the stigma. 
Filaments united ; anther-tips indexed ; pollen masses waxy. 
Stigma flat, obscurely 5-angled. Follicles 1^-2 in., lanceolate, 
long-pointed, covered with long, soft prickles. 
Valleys below Simla ; April- July .—Throughout India, ascending to 3000 ft. 
• — Burmah, Afghanistan. 
4. H0L0STEMMA. From the Greek holos, whole, entire, and 
stevima, a chaplet, wreath ; referring to the ring-shaped corona. — 
India. 
Holostemma Rheedei, Wall . ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 21. A glabrous, 
twining shrub ; juice milky. Leaves long-stalked, deeply cordate, 
ovate, 2^-4 x 1^-3 in., acute or long-pointed ; midrib minutely 
glandular at its base ; nerves red. Flowers 1-lf in. diam., purple, 
outer surface silvery- white, in axillary, umbellate cymes. Corolla 
thick, cup-shaped ; tube very short ; lobes broad, acute. Corona 
a short, fleshy ring affixed to and encircling the base of the 
staminal tube. Filaments united, tube 10-winged ; anther-tips 
small, indexed ; pollen masses waxy. Stigma small, 5-angled, 
convex. Follicles short, thick, smooth, acute. 
Vadeys below Simla; July-September. — Simla to Sikkim, 3000-5000 ft. ; 
hilly districts throughout India. — Burmah. 
5. CYNANCHUM. From the Greek kuon, a dog, and ancJio, 
to strangle ; referring to the poisonous properties of some species. 
—Tropical and temperate regions. 
Erect or twining shrubs. Flowers small, in axillary, umbellate 
cymes. Calyx nearly as long as or much shorter than the corolla. 
Corolla-tube very short. Corona thin, affixed to the base of the 
staminal tube, erect, 5-lobed or bell-shaped, sometimes bearing 
small scales within. Filaments united, tube very short ; anther-tips 
indexed ; pollen masses waxy. Stigma small, convex. Follicles 
2-4 in., smooth, slender, tapering in a long point. 
Stems erect. 
Corolla glabrous . . . . . . . 1. G. Vincetoxicum. 
Corolla hairy . . . . . . . V 2. C. glaucum. 
Stems twining. 
Leaves 1 in. broad. Corona nearly as long as the 
corolla, bell-shaped, toothed . . . . . 3. C. Dalhousiecs. 
Leaves 2-5 in. broad. Corona much shorter than the 
corolla, deeply 5-lobed 4. C. auriculatum.'. 
