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66 BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS OF KASHMIR [Plate M<br />
Pig. 1.<br />
Cynanchum auriculatum, Wight.<br />
(Auriculatum means ear-shaped, alluding to the basal lobes<br />
of the leaves.)<br />
Stems twining, hairless except a line of hairs running down<br />
between the joints. Leaves broadly egg-shaped or egg-lanceshaped,<br />
long-pointed, deeply heart-shaped, 3J-7 by 2-5 in. ;<br />
stalks with a pair of leaf-like, basal lobes. Flowers forming<br />
long-stalked cymes. Flowers many, i-J in. diameter,<br />
yellow-green, Calyx mur.h shorter than the corolla. Corolla<br />
hairy within. Corona much shorter than the corolla, cupshaped,<br />
bearing 5 scales near the base within, deeply 5-lobed,<br />
lobes free. Fruit consisting of 2 follicles which are 4 by J in.<br />
long and straight. Seeds i in. long, flat, flask-shaped, with a<br />
toothed broader end.<br />
Flowers . June .<br />
Locality. Along road to Kangan ;<br />
Ferozepore nala, open<br />
dry stony hill-side, about 7,000 ft.<br />
Distribution. Temperate Himalaya, from Kashmir to<br />
Sikkim,<br />
6,000-12,000 ft.<br />
Cynanchum Heydei, Hook. f.<br />
Twining, nearly hairless. Leaves lance-shaped, long-pointed,<br />
deeply heart-shaped, basal lobes long, bent inwards, often overlapping.<br />
Flowers forming slender- stalked corymbs. Corolla<br />
hairless. Corona bell- shaped, mouth with 5 long awl-shaped<br />
teeth projecting beyond the corolla, each tooth with a short<br />
process at its inner base.<br />
Locality. Ladakh.<br />
Distribution. Apparently endemic in Kashmir.<br />
Cynanchum acutum, Linn.<br />
Twining, hairless or nearly so. Leaves 1-5 in. long, base<br />
broad, 3-lobed or halbert-shaped, or halbert-heart-shaped ;<br />
on<br />
the whole linear or lance-shaped, long-pointed, basal lobes up<br />
to 1^ in. long. Flowers forming umbels or corymbs, stalks<br />
hairy. Sepals egg-shaped, usually hairy. Corolla i to f in.<br />
diameter, hairless, segments egg-shaped-oblong. Corona very<br />
variable, sometimes quite simple and cleft deeply into<br />
triangular, erect or spreading lobes ;<br />
sometimes cup-shaped<br />
and 5-lobed or with 2-5 awl-shaped lobes. Follicles 4-6 in.<br />
long, J-i in. diameter, straight or slightly curved, narrowed<br />
into a slender point. Seeds J in. long, flat.<br />
Locality. At altitudes of 11,000-13,000 ft.<br />
Distribution. Kashmir, Afghanistan, Central and W. Asia,<br />
Mediterranean.
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