Sarcolobns.] xcn. asclepiadace^e. 383 
acuminate, base round; nerves 5 to 7 pairs meeting in arches 
far from edge; 3 to 4-5 in. long, 1 to 175 in. wide; petioles *5 in. 
long. Peduncles thick, -25 to -5 in. long; pedicels -25 in. long. 
Flowers numerous, ‘4 in. across, light purple. Corolla-lobes 
orbicular, pubescent inside. Follicle brown and rough, 4 in. long 
and nearly as much through; pericarp -5 in. thick, pithy. Hab. 
Tidal mud; common but not often flowering. Singapore, Chan 
Chu Kang; Changi; Serangoon. Johor, Tebrau river. Pahang 
river, Kwala Bruas. Malacca (Griffith). Perak River (Kunstler). 
Penang (Foxworthy). Kelantan (Gimlette). Distrib. Calcutta, 
Burma, Borneo. Native name: Akar batu pelir Kambing (Gim¬ 
lette). Use: Seeds (pitis buah) used to poison dogs. The peri¬ 
carp eaten as a vegetable cooked and washed in salt and water, 
or, after soaking in brine for three days, put into boiling syrup 
for a sweetmeat. 
19 . PENTASACME, Wall. 
Slender, erect herbs; stems simple. Leaves narrow-lanceolate 
acuminate, membranous. Flowers small, white, in short axillary 
umbellate or racemose cymes. Calyx with 5 glandular scales 
inside. Corolla-tube short, campanulate, lobes narrow caudate, 
twisted. Corona processes on corolla-tube. Stamen column very 
short; anther-appendages membranous. Pollen-masses 1 in a 
cell, caudicles slender. Style short. Follicle 1, slender terete. 
Seed oblong spathulate convex on both sides. Species 3 or 4, 
Indo-Malaya, China. 
(1) P. caudatum Wall. Cat. 8234; King, l.c. 537. Spiladocorys 
angustifolia Ridl. Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, iii. 322, t. 63. 
Stems several, wiry, up to 12 in. tall. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 
long caudate, 2 to 4 in. long, - 2 to *4 in. wide, sessile. Cymes 
1- to 6-flowered, '25 in. long. Corolla-lobes *25 in. long. Follicle 
175 to 3 in. long, very slender. Seed *15 in. long, plume 75 in. 
long. Hab. In rocks in forest streams, common. Pahang, Tahan 
River up to 1000 ft. altitude. Selangor, Semangkok Pass; Ulu 
Gombak. Perak, Sira Rimau (Yapp); Gunong Kerbau 3500 ft. 
altitude (Robinson); Thaiping Waterfall; Ulu Slim (Kunstler); 
Temengoh. Distrib. India, Burma. 
20 . GYMNEMA, Br. 
Twiners. Flowers small yellow, in axillary cymes. Calyx 
with 5 to 10 or no glandular scales. Corolla sub-rotate or cam¬ 
panulate or urceolate. Corona-processes adnate to tube of 5 
fleshy lobes more or less free at the tips or 5 fleshy ridges on the 
tube, alternating with the lobes. Staminal column from base of 
the tube; anthers -short, erect with short appendages. Pollinia 
erect with short caudicles. Carpels free; styles free near the top; 
style-top large conic or clubbed, longer than the anthers. Follicles 
