LXI. APOCYNACEJE 
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stalked, narrowly lanceolate, 4-6 in., acute. Flowers red or pink, 
fragrant, in terminal cymes. Calyx-lobes lanceolate. Corolla- 
tube f in., lower portion cylindric, upper dilated ; 5 fringed scales 
on the throat ; limb spreading, 14 in. diam., lobes rounded. 
Stamens inserted near the mouth of the tube ; filaments hairy ; 
anthers cohering in a cone round the stigma, adherent to it, each 
prolonged upwards in a long, thread-like, hairy appendage, cells 
produced downwards in short, curved tails. Ovary-cells nearly 
distinct ; style long, stigma conical, flat-topped ; ovules many in 
each cell. Follicles narrow, straight, 6-9 in., united at first, 
ultimately separating ; seeds numerous, crowned with a tuft of 
short hairs. 
Sutlej valley, in ravines ; April-October. — Throughout N. India, ascending 
to 5000 ft. 
Cultivated throughout India ; closely allied to the Oleander of S. Europe. 
5. TRACHELOSPERMUM. From the Greek trachelos, the 
neck, and sperma, a seed ; referring to the long, narrow seeds. — 
E. Asia. 
Trachelospermum fragrans, Hook. f. ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 667. A 
climbing, nearly glabrous shrub ; branches pendulous. Leaves 
shortly stalked, ovate-lanceolate, 3-5 X 1—1 \ in. Flowers white, 
fragrant, in terminal or axillary cymes. Calyx-lobes lanceolate. 
Corolla-tube cylindric, in., dilated near the mouth ; limb 
spreading, \ in. diam., lobes oblong. Stamens inserted near the 
top of the tube ; anthers cohering in a cone round the stigma, 
adherent to it, tips acute, cells produced downwards in short, 
curved tails. Disk of 5 small, erect glands. Ovary-cells distinct ; 
style cup-shaped at the top, stigma oblong ; ovules many in each 
cell. Follicles slender, terete, 4-8 in., distinct from the base, 
usually curved and nearly touching at the tips ; seeds numerous, 
crowned with a tuft of long hairs. (Fig. 97.) 
Valleys below Simla, Lansdowne Falls ; April- July. — Simla to Burmah, 
2000-6000 ft. 
LXII. ASCLEPIADACE^E 
Shrubs or herbs ; stems erect, twining or climbing ; juice often 
milky and acrid. Leaves opposite, usually stalked, simple, entire ; 
stipules none. Flowers regular, 2 -sexual, usually in axillary, 
umbellate cymes. Calyx free, small, 5-lobed nearly to the base. 
Corolla hypogynous ; tube usually short ; limb 5-lobed, spreading. 
