Two new species of Brachystelma Sims (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae-Ceropegieae) from the Western Ghats of India

Two new species of Brachystelma: B. mahajanii Kambale & S. R. Yadav from Ebbanad, Nilgiri District, Tamil Nadu and B. vartakii Kambale & S. R. Yadav from Periya, Kasargod District, Kerala are described and illustrated.