587. H ota parasitica (Wall. Asclepias paralitica
RoxÊ) scandent, parasitical, glabrous, branches slender,
terete" : leaves fleshy, glabrous, shining,! siigjftfly 3-neryed
a t the base, oblong-lanceolate, tapering to a point : peduncles
about half the length of the leaves, many-flowered:
corolla', glabrous'; ‘deeply'tfö.lcle©:1 leaflets of the
crown ovate-acute, the interior angle resting on the
stigma.—V ight’s Contributions. , -p
Lower'leafy portionsitic'roots—
I a floweriug bran'chr r2 a flower,ifr&jlt;Vie)v
— 3 back view o f the same—4 a'follicle.
fit-. T^LopHonv Ti Nt’ii-iiM.i'fÿ ami \ —A flie p 'is
ten u s in i b \b > t im m gl hr u s* ‘tem ind briifilif"
slènder leaves oblong-lanceolate, Mihrord lto it the
base, vein! ss, slightly revolute on the margin ("tV'-AoïBa
tin et mi he- Ion* by about h ill an inch hr^ad ^ .podiui-
cles flexnose, pedicels numerous fascicled on the flexures:
flowers small leaflets ol the cr< vn oyat oblong
pollen inn-si - as en lu ' stigma iqnvex EoUnlrs di- ’
verging glabrous.—W ■ and A C on trib uti’8pft1,tó'’^ . F -•
Obs. m b deknosc {tednn'Jc-, wi'lWlhe ]ic*lnel- ag.
gif gated in H'c n l s u th flixuns is m i l\ j< ;-iili«r to
this geri'n's'töd5 oc< ui* ï^almpst t\ e r \ spf i k -,« I know
In m\ ' genus Jphi nulaw erfnilai hah t prevails ,v'hloli'c|
It ids me to loubt whethei it ought to be k pt up
1 Flowering branch—2 èxpandi d Ïlowéf.'-'*»
bl-fiS'lr Mai -nr ,1 v n v loins f it I » A ^-çlèjîi.isîfefe1 j
toria Roxb.) jtmning leaves ovàte 0rjô8|ohgi acuminated
cordate . a t thé base, n lrly glabrous, furnished with
glands near the base thyrses lateral flowers small
bearded on the throat Leaflets of the crown subulatti;
as long as the gynosteginm stigma blunt.—Wight’s
Contributions; p, 40.
1 Flowering branch—2 in expanded fl wer—3 the
same dissected showing the gynostegiumin !'u—t o/a-
ij^âniVsfigma.
fiöfc’ Marsdenia Ti}NAri*srM\ (\V aneLA - rA s il^ f l
pias. ténàbissima Roxb:)- - twining leaves cordate acuminated,
tpmeiitose on both sid s : cymes large pani-
cled segments of the corolla 'broad"1 obtuse leaflets1.-, of
I the ero.wn broad trnncati 1, f ntiTo or slightly bifurcated
a t tbi apex ti u i obtusely ‘finie ulate — \S ight s Contributions
p. 41.
^ ] I owe nng branch— 2 disse (te 1 fl ) er—3 ovi u j an 1
stigma—4 detached pollen—S ’Stamens front y ib-wfÆithK
the’ erown attached.*
591. - C osmostigma RACEMösA (R . W.— Asclepias ra-
; cemosa Rokb.) I'his is the only species of th s genus,
which I-, easily distinguish^ £] |y the'pre mini ha it and
its remarié able crested oi ornamented stigma (whence
the nanie) which hqwevei is if tS e ry clearly shown in
the figure. *
1 Flowering branch -2..dissected flower—3 pollen—
4 ovary-cut "transversely —5 cut vertically—6 a follicle
—7 a seed—8 cut transversely —9 dissected., juw u g g
the; embryo.
592 Gymnema tin g e s ("Var ovi lîf di a W and \ —
■ Asèiopiàs mintana K ix b ) twining, shrubby, younger
branches herbaceous, I t ives. from c rdate-ovate
to mate eu1 oval, usually abruptly acuminated, glabrous :
uuibcIs pr eorymbs ofte n paired, at first short! rîthàn the
pctiol, at. length elongating Spirally : flowers largish
(pale yellow) ti roat o f the < u ilia i akeel, tube fiirinshe 1
with hairy lines glands of the Mam nts more than a
h a lf shdrfeTr ÖtanUhè stamens, stigma dunt, exceeding
the stamen« —Wight’s Contributions p 45.
. 1: Flowering branch—2* calyx—3 cot lia Split open
- showing the hairy lines, but not representing them quite
confeqtly—4 gynosteginm showing the stamens and.pro.-
iuihcnt obtuse stigma—5 à.detached stamen.
593. Gtwnema tingens (Var cordifolia W. and A.—
Asclepias tingens Roxb.) see the preceding character.
■ ’ Obs. Dr. Roxburgh assigning a higher value to characters
taken from variations in the foliage than I feel disposed
to adopt, has, mainly on that ground, constituted
the plants represented in these two figures, distinct species.
I am not disposed to follow him in that division,
but think it incumbent on me, having the opportunity of
doing so, to show Roxburgh’s reasons and leave those
interested in the question to decide which is right.
1 Flowering branch—2 dissected flower showing more
correctly the form of the hairy lines—3 gynosteginm—
l pollen—5 stamen—6 follicle—7 a seed.
594, H emidesmds indicus (R. Br.—Asclepias pseudosarsa
Roxb.) glabrous : leaves from cordate to ovate,
cuspidate, passing into narrow linear, acute, often oblong-
labceolate: cymes often subsessile, sometimes pednncled
scales of the corolla obtuse cohering the whole length of
the tnbe : follicles slender, straight.—Wight’s Contributions
p.' G3i. -t"
1 Flowering branch—2 a magnified flower front view
—3 the same dissected, calyx and corolla detached to
show the gynosteginm — 4 follicles—5 a leaf of different
v'lrrcjw
u§5jjtog|i: Saecostemma brevjstigma ? (W. and A,,—Asclepias
acida Roxb ) twining, leafless, umbels terminal or
termioatihg-short lateral branches : calyx, and pedicels
glabrae's : exterior crown' 10-plaited, 10-crenated ; the
leaflets of the interior one. gibbous on the back equaling
the gynosteginm stigma blunt.—Wight’s Contributions
> ’ f i . , a
W&ObsI In ihd true S. viminale the stigiha }S prolonged,
pointed, and bifid at th apex, here it is evidently flat-
J tened, on which account I have doubtfully referred Roxburgh
s 1 at id t to thiH specie t, in placet of to viminale
> to-wmch‘ li'ie ’ift.fidl’t.' ■Sfc-igncd. «1. .
1 Flowering, branch—2 an expanded flower front view
__t back wc\£—4 onTy and »tigma with thp attached
S'ppfleri/*^,1.
- 596. D ttcmi a Extensa (R . Br.—Asclepias echenata
Roxb.) shrubby twining leaves roundish, cordate, acuminate,
auriclcd .at the base, pubescent above, glaucous,
peduncles and elongated pedicels filiform : margin of
the corolla -ciliated
1 i Flowering branch—2 dissected flower—3 pollen and
ovary-—4 stanu n aud i row n—5 follicle J he pnbt scenoe
. of'thVniu'f&lla lsfiSt^hdwbtW^i?
597. Holostemaia rhebdii (Sprang.—Asclepias an-
nularia Roxb.) leaves broad ovate-cordate.—Wight’s
{.lontributions.p. 55. --*.1 ’ * _
Obs. T o the localities mentioned in the “ Contributions”
I am flow enabled to add Oourtallum and the
Neilghen-ies froliiabdtil 'df which I have specimens.
1 Flowering branch—2 a flower with the corolla re-
‘^mdVed'tn show tile-annular crown—3 ovary; stigina and
pendulous pollen inaseen—-4 detached pollen—5 a sta-
''inVn’ -. g*
59S. T oxocakeus eadrieolius (R. W .—Asclepias
1 laufifoli'a:':R'pkbr) glabi pus : lc aves oval, sometimes ob-
tiisis, .bftemii- acuminate cqyij.eeiius < orynibs st ssile, de-
varicatety trichotomous, very ramous : flowers numer-
iAous 'small, segm nts of tile .'eprolla rdflexed, bearded
I -within : leaflets of the crown fleshy, short, roundish-
:6ya-t< p.acuie, with the.intenoi lacinula shortly exserted,
’equaling the gynostegintn.: apices of the-anl tiers thick-
bned'j&uh. crestate, curved ’ over the obeonically apicnlate
stigma: folliclessl< hdey,divergi'nghorizontally.—Wight’s
Contributions p. 61.
1 Flcivvering branch —2 back view of the corolla—S
. front view vwra liifrhly magnified- 4 ovary and stigma—
' 5 stamen seen from within—6' a :seed'.