XCII. ASCLEPIAD ACE2E. 
[Pentanum. 
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Corolla-lobes ‘5 in. long, *3 in. wide. Follicles slender, 5 to 6 in. 
long, *2 in. through, dark brown. Seed *275 in. long, *075 in. wide, 
plume i*5 in. long. Hah. Perak, Relau Tujor (Wray). Distrib. 
Sumatra. 
3 . GONGYLOSPERMA, King and Gamble. 
Dwarf shrubs with stout stems. Leaves coriaceous, strongly 
nerved. Flowers in terminal or axillary peduncled cymes, few- 
branched, small. Calyx short, scales forming a ring. Corolla 
rotate, campanulate, tube short, lobes oblong, overlapping to right. 
Corona 0. Stamens on corolla-tube; filaments broad; anthers 
short, appendages short, triangular. Pollen-carriers spathulate; 
pollen grains 3 or 4. Carpels 2; styles distinct below. Follicles 
oblong, short pubescent or woolly. Seed very small, oblong 
cylindric, plume white. Species 2, 1 Siam, at Pungah, 1 Lankawi. 
(1) G. lanuginosum Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. By. 59, p. 135 - 
Stems stout, twisted. Leaves few, elliptic, sub-sessile blunt 
pubescent above, woolly beneath; nerves 15 to 18 pairs horizontal, 
5 to 10 in. long, 1*5 to 3 in. wide; petioles *5 in. long. Cymes 
2 to 3 in. long. Flowers *16 in. long, dull red. Calyx woolly. 
Follicles thick, oblong, 1 in. long, *25 in. through, woolly. Seed 
lanceolate, black, areolate, *12 in. long; plumes scanty, little 
longer. Hah. On limestone cliffs in the north. Lankawi, Dayong 
Bunting (Curtis). 
4 . HEMIDESMUS, Br. 
Slender, twining shrubs. Leaves opposite or whorled in fours. 
Flowers small, greenish purple in crowded sessile cymes. Calyx- 
lobes acuminate, scales minute, 5. Corolla rotate, deep 5-lobed 
lobes fleshy, tube very short. Corona-processes 5 > short thick 
on corolla throat, alternate with lobes. Stamens at base; anthers 
small, cohering at tip with inflexed appendages. Pollen carriers 
thick, narrowed upwards with cucuUate appendicles. Pollen 
masses granular. Style flat-topped. Follicles terete. Seed oblong, 
flat, tip broad, plume long. Species 1 or 2, Indian. 
(1) H. indicus By. Mem. WeYn. Soc. Edinb. i. 57 ; Kin S> lx - 
5x2. 
Leaves chartaceous, very variable, elliptic-oblong to linear- 
lanceolate acute or mucronate, base round; nerves 4 to 5 pairs; 
2 to 4 in. long, *5 to *75 in. wide; petioles *25 in. long. Cymes 
opposite, very short, not *25 in. long. Flowers crowded. Corolla 
*25 in. across, lobes oblong, purple red. Follicles cylindric, 4 to 
7 in. long. Hah. Dindings, Bruas Road (Curtis). Very rare. 
DistYib. India and Ceylon. 
