1706 
* CEROPÉGIA élegans. 
Elegant Ceropegia. 
PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. AscLEPIADEA. R. Br. (Introduction to the Natural System 
of Botany, p. 210.) 
CEROPEGIA. Supra, vol. 8, fol. 626. 
C. elegans ; volubilis, levis, radice fibrosa, foliis oblongis acutis, pedunculis axil- 
laribus 1-2-floris, corolle tubo clavato incurvo basi inflato-ventricoso, limbo 
hemispharico, laciniis ligulatis longe ciliatis, lobis coronze stamine exterio- 
ribus profunde bipartitis... Wallich. in Bot. Mag. t. 3015. 
A native of the mountains of India called the Nilgherry, 
and introduced to this eountry in 1826 by Dr. Wallich. 
It is a small twining plant, with dingy purplish brown 
stems and leaves, and livid flowers blotched with purple. 
They have little beauty, except when they are open; at 
that time their orifice is closed by a number of long purple 
bristles, which converge over the centre, and form a sort of 
natural chevaux-de-frise, which will prevent both the in- 
gress and egress of insects. | 
Being an East Indian plant, it is usually kept in the 
stove, where it flowers well enough from May to October, 
and is easily multiplied by cuttings. It is, however, nearly 
hardy; it thrives better in the open border trained to a 
stick in a sheltered place, and in the winter requires no 
better protection than a common green-house. 3 E 1 
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the corollas of some species to the branch of an antique candelabra. 
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