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xcv. asclepiadeæ. (J. D. Hooker.)

Corolla small, rotate, lobes overlapping

3. Cryptolbpis.

Corolla large, funnel-shaped, lobes overlapping

*3. Cryptostegia.

*** Coronal scales 5, free, close to or adnate to the filaments.

* Coronal scales short, broad; filaments without interposed glands,

A pubescent twining shrub; leaves opposite

4. Brachylepis.

An erect tree; leaves alternate

5. Utleria.

** Coronal scales filiform or subulate.

a. Filaments free without interposed glands.

Cymes stout, pubescent. Corolla-lobes short, broad

6. Finlaysonia.

Cymes slender, glabrous. Corolla-lobes slender, straight

7. Atherostemon.

ẞ. Filaments free, with interposed teeth or glands.

Cymes slender, glabrous. Corolla-lobes short, triangular

8. Atherolefis.

Cymes slender, glabrous. Corolla-lobes long, slender

9. Atherandra.

Cymes short, sessile. Corolla-lobes short, ovate

10. Streptocaulon.

Cymes loosely panicled. Corolla-lobes lanceolate

11. Myriopteron.

*** Coronal scales short, broad; filaments connate, with interposed glands.

Cymes peduncled. Corolla-lobes ovate, valvate

12. Decalepis.

**** Coronal scales connate into a lobed ring; filaments without interposed glands.

Corolla rotate, lobes overlapping

13. Ferifeoca.

Suborder II. Euasclepiadeæ. Filaments connate; pollen-masses waxy.
Tribe II. Secamoneæ. Anthers with a membranous inflexed tip: pollen-masses in pairs in each cell (20 in all), sessile in fours (2 pairs) on the corpuscle.

Corolla rotate, lobes overlapping to the right

14. Secamone.

Corolla rotate, lobes overlapping to the left

15. Toxocarpus.

Corolla sotate, lobes valvate

16. Genianthus.

Tribe III. Cynancheæ. Anthers with a membranous inflexed tip; pollen-masses solitary in each cell (10 in all), sessile or pedicelled in pairs on the corpuscle, pendulous.

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Corona single, corolline, 5-cleft

17. Geossonema.

**

Corona double, corolline and staminal

18. Oxystkeica.

*** Corona staminal, of 5 processes adnate to the anthers; or 0.

* Stem erect.

Corolla valvate. Coronal processes laterally compressed

19. Calotropis.

Corolla valvate. Coronal processes spathulate

*19. Asceeplas.

Corolla-lobes overlapping. Coronal processes short, fleshy

20. Pentabothra.

** Stem twining. Corolla-lobes overlapping.

Corolla campanulate. Coronal processes ligulate

21. Raphfstemma.

Corolla rotate. Coronal processes laterally compressed

22. Pentatropis.

Corolla funnel-shaped. Coronal processes laterally compressed

23. Dæmia.

Corolla campanulate. Coronal processes

24. Adeeostemma.