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GYMNEMA NAPALENSE. 
ovata basi retusa; quatuor- ad sexpollicaria, interstitiis plerumque longiora; supra atrovi- 
ridia, uitida, subtus glaucft, minutim reticulata, costti nervisque intra marginem arcua- 
tim anastomosuntihus, puberulis ; novella pilosula. PetioH unguieulares vel semipol- 
11cares, teretes, supra sulcati, basi intra axillani, apiceque in ccntro sinus rauniti acer- 
vulo ciliaruui subulatariim. Cymce extra-axillares, foliis plus minusve breviores, pedun- 
culata?, densiflora?. Pedunculi teretes, pilosuli, bi-tripollicares ; /Mirfia/^inaequales; 
bractetv minuta*, subulatse ad divisuras. Flores (fig. 1. 2.) breve pedicellati, umbellati, 
flavi, inodori, glabri, a•stivatione vulva ti. Cnlyeis lad nice (fig. 3.) ovata*, obtusse, 
adpress®, ciliata*, corolla quadruplo breviores. Corolla (fig. 4.) urceolata, glabra; 
lad nice ovata?, acuta?, patuhe, adlentem ciliata*: faux nuda, edcntula, pervia. Tubus 
stumineus (fig. 5. id. transv. sect. fig. 0.) cylindricus, longiusculus, attenuatus, inclusus, 
nudus, quinquesulcatus, sulcis lineola elevata carinatis, deorsum ulterius productus in 
lobulos quinque minutos, cum filaracntoruui basi continues. Antherce ovata*, obtusse, 
membranulfi albi marginata*, supra stigma conuiventes totumque fere obtegentes. 
Massce pollinis cereacea?, lineari-cuncatse, ere eta*, per paria corpusculis oblongis, sul- 
catis, ope pedicelli brevissimi basi insert®. Ovaria oblonga, laevia ; stylus brevissimus ; 
stigma (fig. 8. 9.) quinquangulare, quinquelobum : lobis compressis, subdivaricatis. 
Folliculi (fig. 10.) duo, la?ves, fusci, subulati, acuminati, bipollicares, valde divaricati. 
Semina (fig. 11.) plana, ferruginea, marginulata, coma serieea coronata. 
Observation. 
The leaves of tliis climber vary considerably, from ovate to oblong, with almost 
parallel margins. The valvate aestivation of the corolla connects the plant in some 
degree with Leptadenia , from which it is otherwise distinct. 1 have another species 
from Nepal, which I found growing very rarely about the valley. I subjoin the speci¬ 
fic character of that and some other Indian species of Jymnema. 
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Gymnema hirsufum , Wall. Volubile, hirsutum ; foliis ovatis, acuminatis, basi 
rotmidatis ; corymbis folio brevioribus, flexuosis ; lloribus racemosis, longe peduncu- 
latis, bracteis niinutis, copiosis, squarrosis ; corolla fauce nuda. 
Legi in monte Chandagiry, etiam ad Sanko, lloribus et folliculis maturis Augusto. 
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Gymnema sagittatum , W all. Volubile, laeve; foliis oblongo-ovatis, acuminatis, 
basi obtusis ; corymbis folia subaequantibus, trifidis, puberulis; corollis subcaiupanu- 
latis, fauce edendulis; antheris subsagittatis. 
Specimina e montibus baud procul a Sylhet distantibus misit De Silva. 
Gymnema attenuatum, Wall. Volubile, Iseve, foliis lanceolatis, valde attenuatis ; 
corymbis gracilibus, flexuosis, folio sublongioribus; corollis subrotatis, fauce edentulis; 
massis divaricatis, subhorizontalibus, ovatis ; corpusculis apice bidentatis. 
In hortum botanieum introductiini e Sylhet a Dc Silva, 1822; floruit iusequente 
anno. An proprii generis ? 
Gymnema jmrcifolium , Wall. Volubile, ram is umbellisque villosis ; foliis ovatis, 
glabris, utrinque acutis, umbellis petiolo vix longioribus ; corollis rotatis, fauce corona¬ 
ta dentibus quinque carnosis, laciniis interjectis. 
E China in hortum botanieum introduxit dom.J. Reeves, anno 1820. Moret apud 
nos Decembre. An G. sylvestre, Br. ? 
Gymnema acuminatum, Wall. Volubile, dense tomentosum ; foliis ovatis, acumi¬ 
natis, supra glabris ; umbellis axillaribus, subgeminatis, petiolos a?quantilms ; corollis 
rotatis, fauce subulato-deutatis. 
Asclepias acuminata , Roxb. Cat. Hort. Beng. p. 21. 
Habitat in Chittagong. 
