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 212 ON THE ASCLEPIADE^.

��si] fj- Stigma roxt ratum.

7. M. erecta, caule erecto, foliis cordatis ovatis acutis, cymis umbelliforniibus, limbi laciniis imberbibus tubo 4-5ies longioribus.

Cynanchum erectum, Linn.

8. M. rostra fa, caule volubili, foliis ovatis subcordatis acuminatis glabris, umbellis multifloris, limbo barbato.

Hab. In Nova Hollandia extra tropicum, (ubi v. v.)

PERGULARIA. [Pergulariae species, Linn

Char. Corolla hypocrateriformis, tubo urceolato.

Corona staminea 5phylla, foliolis compressis apice indi- visis, intus lacinula auctis.

Anther a membrana terminate.

Massce pollinis erectae, basi affixae.

Stigma muticum.

Folliculi ventricosi, laeves. Semina comosa.

Habitus. Plantce volnbiles. Folia latiuscula, mem- branacea. Cymm interpetiolares. Flores flavescentes, odo- ratissirai.

Patria ignota: in China et India Orientali ob flores snaveolentes culta.

Obs. Of this genus the only certain species are Pergula- ria odoratissima, Roxb. et Smith, and P. minor, And. Repos. 160. Pergularia purpurea, Vald. and Japonica, Thunb. may belong to it. P. edulis of Thunberg, prod. cap. is pro- 32] bably very different. When Linnaeus established this genus in his Mantissa, he certainly meant his character to apply to Pergularia glabra, of which he had a specimen in his herbarium, and which is the Flos Pergulanus of Rumphius ; but unfortunately this plant does not belong to the order of Asclepiadeae, but to that section of Apo- cineae of which I shall hereafter treat. The character of Linnaeus was no doubt chiefly taken from a plant of

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