374 xcii. asclepiadace^e. [Atherandra. 
acuminate appendages. Pollen-carriers spathulate; pollen granules 
of 4 grains. Ovary conic sunk in tube; style-apex long, conic. 
One species. 
(i) A. acutifolia Dene. DC. Prodr. viii. 497. 
Leaves chartaceous oblong-lanceolate acute, base round; nerves 
5 to 8 pairs, very slender; 2 to 6 in. long, 75 to 175 in. wide; 
petioles '2 to *4 in. long; peduncles slender, i'25 in. long; branches 
and pedicels 175 in. long, capillary. Flowers brownish yellow. 
Corolla *3 to -4 in. long. Hab. Rather rare in thickets in the 
north. Lankawi, Kwah (Curtis). Setul (Ridley). Distrib. Java. 
8 . STREPTOCAULON, Wight and Arn. 
Twining herbs and shrubs, very laticiferous and usually 
tomentose. Flowers very small, in panicled cymes sessile or 
peduncled in one axil of a leaf-pair. Calyx with 5 scales within. 
Corolla rotate, lobes ovate, overlapping to the right, usually purple. 
Corona-processes filiform, adnate to back of stamen. Filaments 
from base of tube alternating with minute glands; anthers oblong 
adhering to style-tip. Pollinia 2 in a cell, of pollen-granules in a 
spathulate funnel-shaped caudicle. Carpels distinct. Follicles 
pubescent. Seed oblong with a long plume. Species 6 or y, Indo- 
Malaya. 
Leaves elliptic; nerves 6 to 8 pairs; corolla ’15 in. across 
Leaves obovate; nerves 14 to 18 pairs; corolla *3 in. 
across . 
(1) S. Wallichii 
(2) S. Griffithii 
(1) S. Wallichii Wight, Conirib. 65; King, l.c. 516. 
A woody climber with tomentose branchlets. Leaves sub- 
coriaceous, glabrous above, densely tomentose (brown when dry) 
beneath, elliptic-lanceolate, acute with a short cusp, base cuneate; 
nerves 6 to 8 pairs ascending; 2 to 5 in. long, 1 to 2 . in - Wlde 1 
petioles '25 to -5 in. long. Panicles spreading, lax, 1*5 m. long or 
more, hispid pubescent; peduncles short, ’25 in. long or less. 
Flowers minute, glabrous, purple, very many. Calyx turbinate. 
Corolla rotate, lobes oblong, -13 in. across. Follicles slender, 3 in. 
long, -3 in. through, tomentose. Seed oblong, base round, *25 in. 
long* plume 1*5 in. long. Hab. Open places and edges of forest. 
Dindings, Lumut. Perak, Larut Hills 1500 ft. altitude. Province 
Wellesley, Ara Kudah. Penang (Wallich); Balik Pulau; Ayer 
Hitam and Telok Bahang (Curtis). Kelantan, Kamposa. Lankawi 
(Curtis). Perlis, Chupeng. Native names : Akar Sarapaliat; Akar 
Timah Ketam. 
(2) S. Griffithii Hook. fil. F.B.I. iv. 10; King, l.c. 517. 
Woody climber. Leaves coriaceous, obovate-oblong, acumin¬ 
ate, base round or cordate above glabrous with reticulations and 
nerves sunk, beneath thin tomentose, reticulations and 14 to 18 
pairs of nerves elevate; 3 to 4 in. long, 1 to 2 in. wide. Cymes 
