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cordate, broadly ovate, 2-3 in. across, acute. Flowers foetid, 
J-f 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 l|-2 in., lanceolate, 
long-pointed, covered with long, soft prickles. 
Valleys below Simla ; April- July. — Throughout India, ascending to 3000 ft. 
— Burmah, Afghanistan. 
4. HOLOSTEMMA. From the Greek holos, whole, entire, and 
stemma, 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, 2J-4X1J-3 in., acute or long-pointed; midrib minutely 
glandular at its base ; nerves red. Flowers 1-1 1 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. 
Valleys below Simla ; July-September. — Simla to Sikkim, 3000-5000 ft. ; 
hilly districts throughout India. — Burmah. 
5. CYNANCHUM. From the Greek kuon, a dog, and audio, 
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. V incetoxicum. 
Corolla hairy . . . . . . 2. C. glaucum. 
Stems twining. 
Leaves |-1 in. broad. Corona nearly as long as the 
corolla, bell-shaped, toothed . . . .3 . C. Dalhousiece. 
Leaves 2-5 in. broad. Corona much shorter than the 
corolla, deeply 5-lobed . . . . .4 . G. auriculatum. 
