Flora Medica

CALOTROPIS.t. 1792. Asclepias procera Hort. Kew. i. 305. Ascl. giganteaDot. Rep.t. 27L Beid el sar Prosp. Alp. agypt. c. 25. fig.Arabia, Persia, North of Africa and adjoining islands.A shrub or small tree, 10-20 feet high. Stem round, pale green,thickly covered with hoary pubescence, which readily rubs off. Leavesdecussate, obovate, acuminate, 5x2 inches. Peduncles corymbose,about 3-flowered, forming a loose terminal panicle. Corolla slightlycampanulate, about an inch in diameter; segments ovate, acute, ratherconcave, dull purple bordered with white on the upper side, silveryon the under. Juice extremely acrid. Prosper Alpinus says it was ad"-ministered as a successfully remedy for ringworm, and other cutaneousaffections; and that it is also a powerful depilatory. According toProfessor Royle, this, or an allied species, produces a kind of Manna,called Shukhr ool as/cur.HOYA.Corolla rotate, 5-cleft. Coronet of appendages depressed,5-leaved leaflets ;spreading, fleshy, with the inner angle extendedinto a tooth lying upon the anther. Anthers terminatedby a membrane. Pollen-masses fixed by the base, converging,compressed. Stigma not pointed or scarcely so. Folliclessmooth.1146. H. viridiflora RBr. in Warn, trans. i. 26. WightAsclep. 39. Bot. misc. ii. 98. suppL t. 1. Asclepias volubilisLinn, suppl. 170. Roxb.fi. ind. ii. 36. Apocynum tiliaefoliumLam. enc. i. 21 4-. Coromandel, Sylhet, the Nilgherry Hills.Leaves opposite, stalked, broad-cordate or ovate, but not sinuate atthe base, pointed, membranous, smooth; from 3 to 4 inches long;Petioles from 1 to 2 inches long. Umbels lateral or axillary, simple,many-flowered. Flowers numerous, green, with pedicels as long as thepeduncle. Corolla flat; crown of appendages turbinate, truncate.Anthers reflected over the stigma. Follicles horizontal, obtuse, about3 or 4 inches long, and 4 in circumference. The root and tenderstalks sicken and promote expectoration. The leaves peeled and dippedin oil, are much esteemed by the natives of India as a discutient in theearly stages of boils when the disease is more; advanced, they are employedin the same way to promote suppuration. Wight.TYLOPHORA.Corolla rotate, 5-parted. Coronet of appendages 5-leaved ;leaflets simple, fleshy. Anthers terminated by a membrane.Pollen-masses transverse, or somewhat ascending, minute, ventricose.Stigma not pointed.Follicles smooth, tapering to thepoint, compressed, somewhat angular on one side.1147. T. asthmatica W. and A. ascl. 51. Asclepias asthmaticaRoxb.fl. ind. ii. 33. Cynanchum Ipecacuanha Willd. Jahrb.d. pharm. 1795. 169. t. 2. C. vomitorium Lam. enc. ii. 235.C. viridiflorum Bot. t.Mag. 1929. C. tomentosum Lam. enc.541