XCII. ASCLEPIADACE.E. 
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Toxocarpus .] 
(5) T. lankawiensis King and Gamble, l.c. 523. 
Slender twiner. Leaves chartaceous elliptic short, cuspidate- 
acuminate, base glabrous except midrib beneath; nerves 5 to 6 
pairs; 3 to 3*5 in. long, 175 to 2 in. wide; petioles hairy, -25 to 
•3 in. long. Cymes sessile pubescent, -5 to 1 in. long, corymbose; 
flowers racemose, yellow, dotted with purple at the base. Calyx- 
lobes ovate-oblong acute, ‘i in. long. Corolla campanulate, 1.to 
•15 in. long, lobes ovate-oblong, *i in. long, pubescent inside. 
Corona-processes longer than anthers and adherent to them in¬ 
curved over style-top. Hab. Lankawi (Curtis). Rare. 
11 . GONIOSTEMMA, Wight. 
Slender climber. Flowers medium in lax terminal and inter- 
petiolar panicles of cymes. Calyx-lobes round with glandular 
scales within. Calyx campanulate-rotate, tube lined with a 
toothed membrane, lobes linear-oblong, acute. Corona short, 
thick, 5 lobes forming a 5-lobed tube adherent to column base. 
Stamen-column attached to base of tube; appendages erect. 
Pollen-masses attached to minute carriers without caudicles. 
Carpels 2. Style longer than stamens tip fusiform. Follicles 2, 
thick, lanceolate. Seed ovate, winged broad beaked, plumed. 
Species 1. 
(1) G. acuminatum Wight, Contnb. 62; King, l.c. 524. ioxo- 
carpus acuminatus Hook. fil. F.B.I. iv, 15. 
Slender climber, 15 to 20 ft. long. Leaves fleshy, ovate-oblong 
acuminate, base cuneate; nerves 10 to 14 pairs, obscure; 3 to 5 in. 
long, 1 to 175 in. wide; petioles 75 to 175 in. long. Panicles 
6 to 7 in. long, 5 to 6 in. wide. Seeds 75 in. long, *25 in. wide, 
plume 2 in. long. Hab . Dense lowland forest. Perak, Thaiping 
Hills and Sungei Larut; Kal (Wray and Kunstler). Penang Hill 
(Curtis). Distrib. Svlhet. 
12 . GEN IANTHU S, Hook. fil. 
Climbers usually brown velvety, sometimes very large. Flowers 
small, white, in distant sessile clusters on pamcled or simple 
branches axillary red-tomentose. Calyx with 5 scales between the 
lobes Corolla-tube short, lobes narrow, valvate, villous above. 
Corona of 5 processes adnate to back of staminal column; append¬ 
ages of stamen-column shorter than style-apex. Pollen-masses 2 
in each cell, granular, no caudicles. Carpels 2. Style thick. 
Follicles thick blunt, often woolly. Seed flat winged and plumed. 
Species 6 or more, Indo-Malayan. 
Slender climbers; leaves lanceolate nearly glabrous. 
Leaves narrowed at base, spikes 3 in. long . 
Leaves round at base, spikes slender, 6 in, long . 
Stout woody climbers; leaves coriaceous ovate, very 
woolly. 
Follicles densely woolly ■ 
Follicles glabrous. 
(1) G. Maingayi 
(2) G.Ridleyi 
{3) G. rufo-velutinus 
(4) G. Blumei 
