1. Melodinus monogynus; caule fruticoso scandente, foliis ovato-lanceolatis nitidis,
corymbis versus apices ramorum axillaribus terminalibusque confertis, squamis tubi corollæ
indivisis, stylo imico, stigmate ovato apice tenui bifido.—Roxb. Fl. Ind. v. 2. p . 56. Wall.
L i s t o f E . I . Plants, No. 1603. Vachell, n. 142.
We can perceive no difference between Roxburgh’s plant and that from China. We have asserted it to
be a climber on Roxburgh’s authority, as our specimens arc not of sufficient length to enable us to
tletermine that point ourselves. I t is remarkable that it should not have been observed by Loureiro, particularly
as from Roxburgh’s description it appears to be a very large plant “ climbing over trees,” &c.
We have also received, from Mr. Millett, Wrightia tinctoria, Br.
O r d . L IV . A S C L E P IA D EÆ . Brown.
TOXOCARPUS. {Wight and Arn.)
Corolla ro ta ta ; limbo 5 -partito; laciniis contortis. Corona staininea 5-phy31a; foliolis
apice truncatis, dorso planiusculis, intus lacinula membranácea auctis. Massoe pollinis 20,
erectæ, læves, apice corpusculi singuli exsulci quaternatim affixæ. Stigma sæpius rostratum,
acutum, indivisura. FoUiculi læves, divaricati.—Frútices volubiles ; caules glabri vel rufo-
pubescentes. Folia opposita, glabra, nervis lateralibus ante marginem coalescentibus. Pan icula
divaricata, dichotome corymbosa.
3. T . Wightianus; foliis anguste ellipticis apice breve acuminatis, floribus breviter pedicellatis,
corollæ tubo brevi gynostegium æquante, fauce glabra segmentis lingulatis tortili-
bus glabris, lacinulis foliolorum coronæ elongatis ipsa foliola superantibus, stigmate rostrato
ancipiti tubum corollæ duplo superante.—Asclepias Curassavica. Lour. Cochin, v. 1. p.
2 1 1 ? {non L in n .)
We have named this species in honour of our friend Dr. Wight, who has studied the Indian genera of this
difficult Natural Order with peculiar zeal, and from whom we have derived much assistance in ascertaining
the Chinese species. The genus was instituted for the Asclepias longistigma of Roxburgh, (Fl. Ind. t.
2. p. 46,) which differs from the Chinese plant by having the leaves much broader, and the lacinula of the
coronal leaflets shorter than the leaflets. Our description is entirely derived from specimens received direct
from China from Mr. Vachell and Mr. Millett; the only individual in the Collection being destitute of flowers,
and havii^ but two or three leaves, may perhaps be something different.
1. Gymnema sylvestre. Brown in Wern. Soc. Mem. 1. p . 33. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 1.
p . 844. Wight et Arn. in Wight?s Contrib. Bot. Ind. p . 44. (cum synon. omn.)—G. parviflorum.
Wall. T e n t F l.N e p .p .bO .—Periploca sylvestris. Willd.—Apocynum alterniflorum.
Lo u r. Cochin, v. \ . p . 208 ?
We possess specimens from Dr. Wight from the peninsula of India, agreeing so well with the Chinese
plant, that we consider them the same. In the Chinese individual the leaves are slightly narrower
and less pubescent beneath, but even in Indian specimens that character is exceedingly variable. We
have only two other Asclepiadece from Canton, but they are not among Captain Beechey’s Collection :
the one is Asclepias Curassavica, L., the other is what Dr. Lindley has described (Hort. Soc. Trans, v.
2, p. 268,) as Diplolepis ovata : it cannot, liowever, belong to that genus, being, as Dr. Wight has remarked
to us, a species of Tylophora. We propose to call it T. ovata ; and it is extremely probable that Apocynum
Juventus, (Lour. Cochin, v. 1. p. 208,) is the same plant. It is n. 229 of Mr. Vachell’s Collection.
O r d .* ’ LV . P E D A L IN E Æ . R . B r .
1. Sesamum orientale. Lin n .
O r d . L V I. C O N V O L V U L A C EÆ . Juss.
1. Evolvulus alsinoides. L .
1. Convolvulus Pes-Caproe. L in n .— C. bilobatus. Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1. p . 4 8 5 ; {ed. Car.
et Wall.) 2. p . 7 3 ; in Ccet. Merc. Ind. or. mus. tab. 1353.— Vachell, n. 88. b.
2. Convolvulus hederaceus. L in n .— Ipomæa cærulea. Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1. p. 5 0! ; {ed Car.
et Wall.) 2. p . 91 ; in Coei. Merc. Ind. or. mus. tab. 571.
3. Convolvulus parviflorus. Vahl.— Vachell, n. 332.
4. Convolvulus Medium. L in n .—Lo u r. LI. Coch. 1. p . 130.— Vachell, n. 333.
5. Convolvulus Quamoclit. Spr.—Ipomoea Quamoclit. L in n .— Vachell, n. 122.
1. Cuscuta MiUettii; floribus subcapitatis subsessilibus 5-fidis lævibus, corolla intus nuda
lobis obtusis, staminibus inter lobos summo tubo insertis exsertis, stylis duobus, stigmatibus
capitatis, fructu membranaceo.— Grammica apbylla. Lour. Fl. Coch. \ . p . 2 1 2 .?
H a b . Canton; Mr. Millett.
Loureiro does not make any mention of scales on the inside of the tube of the corolla, so that we are
inclined to refer his plant here, rather than, as is usually done, to C. carinata. He describes the fruit as
a membranaceous berry.
O r d . L V I I . C O R D IA C EÆ . R , B r .
1. Erycibe glaucescens. Wall. L i s t o f L . 1. Plants, n. 1334.— Choisy in Ann. des Sc
Nat. n. s. 1. p . 223.
This is scarcely to be distinguished from E . paniculata, Roxb., nor do we know of any certain character
except the colour of the pubescence on its inflorescence. We may remark that Erycibe is the same genus
as Catonia, Vahl in Skrivt. Naturf. Selsk. Kiovenh. 6 (1810)p. 98; but, from the scarcity of that volume, never
perhaps offered for sale, and, therefore, only to be viewed in the light of an unpublished manuscript,
the name given it by Roxburgh, although posterior, is always retained. Catonia glauca, Vahl, 1. c. p. 99, is
identical with E . paniculata, Roxb.
O r d . L V I I I . B O R A G IN EÆ . Juss.
1. Tiai-idium Indicum. Lehm.— Heliotropium Indicum. L in n .
• From this Order to the end of our account of the Chinese Collection, we have had principally in view our own
herbaria. After finisbing the Asclepiadece, the whole of the species which we have already described in this work were
returned to the Admiralty. Unfortunately the remainder of those from China were packed up with them ; and before
we had perceived the mistake, they had all been presented to private individuals.
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