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ing a 15-parted corona, more rarely or nearly altogether united, in 
this case forming a 10-15-lobed corona, and sometimes the lateral 
lobes become united to the middle one, and in this case present a 
5-lobed corona. When the leaflets are distinct to near the base, 
the lateral segments approach and partially adhere to the back 
of the middle or primary one; when we have them apparently 
in a double series, but when they are united to near the apex, 
the lateral segments remain distinet, and a single series only is 
formed. Wight and Arnott, contrib. ind. bot. p. 30. 
$1. Corona 10-lobed; lobes disposed in a simple series; 
alternate ones the shortest, ovate, obtuse, entire, or semibifid. 
1 C.rv'crpa (Wall. pl. asiat. rar. 2. p. 33. t. 139.) glabrous, 
twining; root fibrous; leaves from broad-ovate to oblong-lan- 
ceolate, acuminated ; peduncles many-flowered; calycine seg- 
ments subulate, recurved at apex; corolla clavate, hardly ven- 
tricose at the base: segments of the limb attenuated, equal in 
length to the tube; lateral lobes of the leaflets of the corona 
united above the middle, with pilose edges: the primary ones 
recurved at top. 241. C. S. Native of Silhet and Prome. Co- 
rolla green, spotted with purple: the segments tipped with 
blackish purple, and ciliated at top. 
Shining Ceropegia. Pl. tw. 
2 C. uirsu‘ra (Wight, and Arnott. contrib. ind. bot. p. 30.) 
suffruticose, hairy, twining ; leaves from cordate-ovate, bluntly 
acuminated, to narrow-lanceolate, acute; peduncles few-flow- 
ered; calycine segments filiform; corolla clavate, ventricose at 
the base: segments of thelimb widening upwards, shorter than 
the tube; lateral lobes of the leaflets of corona united to the 
middle: the primary ones elongated and hooked at the apex ; 
follicles straight, glabrous. h. ©. S. Native of the Neelgherry 
mountains.— Wight. cat. 1510. 
Hairy Ceropegia. Shrub tw. 
3 C. Loxcirróna (Poir. encycl. 2. p. 177.) twining, glabrous; 
leaves petiolate, ovate, subacuminated ; umbels erect, peduncu- 
late, length of leaves; corolla long, cylindrical; with nearly 
filiform, hairy segments; corona unknown. 2/.^. S. Native 
probably of the East Indies. Leaves an inch long. Corolla 
an inch long, pale green or purplish. This species agrees with 
C. tuberósa in the leaves, and with C. júncea in the flowers. 
Long-flowered Ceropegia. Pl. twining. 
4 C. su’ncea (Roxb. cor. 1. p. 12. t. 10.) glabrous, rather 
fleshy, twining ; leaves small, sessile, lanceolate, acute ; pedun- 
cles few-flowered ; calycine segments subulate ; corolla clavate, 
curved, ventricose at the base: segments of limb broadest up- 
wards, about equal in length to the tube, pilose; lateral lobes 
of the leaflets of corona united to tbe middle: the primary ones 
hooked at apex. 2/.^. S. Native of the Circars, in hedges 
near Samuleottah, &c. Flowers large, greenish yellow, and 
elegantly variegated with purple. Root tuberous, with many- 
branched fibres. The plant is called Bella-gada by the Telin- 
gas, who eat every part of the plant. 
Rushy Ceropegia. Clt. 1822. Pl. tw. 
5 C. Arrica'na (R. Br. in bot. reg. t. 626.) glabrous, twin- 
ing; root tuberous; leaves ovate-lanceolate, fleshy; corolla 
ventricose at the base; tube slender; segments of the limb 
bearded ; corona as in C. Wighti. ^.^. S. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope, but more probably of the East Indies. 
Lodd. bot. cab. 906. Flowers erect, with a pentagonal throat, 
a green tube, and dark purple segments. 
African Ceropegia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. Pl. tw. 
6 C. Wicutn (Graham, mss. Wight, in bot. mag. 3267.) 
glabrous, twining ; root tuberous; leaves ovate, acute, fleshy ; 
corolla spherically ventricose at the base: tube slender: seg- 
ments of the limb downy ; lateral lobes of leaflets of corona 
united to the apex, glabrous: the primary ones fleshy, com- 
ASCLEPIADEE. 
I. Cznorzci4. 
pressed laterally, curved outwardly in the middle, hardly twice 
the length of the others. 21. C. S. Native of the East Indies. 
Nearly allied to C. Africana in the form of the corolla and crown. 
Wight’s Ceropegia. Clt.? Pl. tw. 
7 C. Lu'sni (Graham, in edinb. new. phil. journ. ex Hook, 
in bot. mag. 3300.) glabrous; leaves linear, acuminated, fleshy 
channelled; tube of corolla globosely inflated at the base; 
segments linear, hairy, approximate; exterior lobes of stami- 
neous corona lunately emarginated, alternating with the interior 
ones, which are elongated, and cylindrically filiform, erect, 
flexuous, much longer than the exterior ones. 2t. C. S. Na- 
tive of the East Indies. Root bulbous. Peduncles umbellate, 
axillary. Corolla yellowish green, tinged with purple ; segments 
deep purple and hairy within. 
Dr. Lush's Ceropegia. Clt.? Pl. tw. 
§ 2. Corona apparently a double series of lobes; the leaf- 
lets are nearly free to the base; the lateral lobes of the leaflets 
distinct, approximating the primary ones, and partly adhering to 
their backs. 
* Lateral lobes of the leaflets of the corona ligulate, longer 
than the gynostegium. 
8 C. x'LEcAxs (Wall. ascl. no. 4. in bot. mag. t. 3015. Wight. 
cat. no. 1512.) suffruticose, glabrous, twining; root fibrous; 
leaves oblong, or oblong-lanceolate, acuminated ; peduncles 1-6- 
flowered, shorter than the leaves; calycine segments subulate, 
much shorter than the ventricose base of the corolla; corolla 
with a clavate tube, a hemispherical limb, and broad ligulate 
segments, which are much shorter than the tube, and ciliated with 
long hairs ; laterallobes of the leaflets of the corona ligulate, 
one half shorter than the primary ones ; follicles slender, to- 
rulose, curved, 6-8 inches long. h. ^. S. Native of the 
mountains of Dindygul and Neelgherry. Corollas purple. 
Elegant Ceropegia. Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt.1828. Shrub tw. 
9 C. macra’ntHA (Wight, contrib. ind. bot. p. 31.) suffruti- 
cose, twining; leaves ovate, acuminated, ciliated; umbels few- 
flowered, on short peduncles; calycine segments subulate ; 
corolla ventricose at the base; limb rather dilated; segments 
rounded-linear, villous inside; lateral lobes of the leaflets of 
the corona ligulate, hardly twice shorter than the middle ones. 
h.. 8. Native of the Himalaya, at a place called Khurie- 
pass, Royle. The corolla of this species is from 2-3 inches 
long, and except the ventricose base is nearly cylindrical, 
which readily distinguishes it from C. élegans, a nearly allied 
species. 
Long-flowered Ceropegia. Shrub tw. 
10 C. LoxetrróLIA (Wall. pl. rar. asiat. 1. p. 56. t. 73.) downy, 
twining ; root fibrous; leaves narrow-lanceolate, much attenuated; 
peduncles many-flowered, shorter than the leaves; corolla ven- 
tricose at the base: with a clavate tube; segments of the limb 
almost one half shorter than the tube, broadest upwards and 
ciliated ; lobes of the leaflets of the corona hairy: lateral ones 
narrow-ligulate, almost one half shorter than the middle or 
primary ones. Y%. ©. S. Native of Nipaul, in hedges. 
Flowers brownish green; with a yellow limb. Leaves #6 
inches long, and 1 broad. 
Long-leaved Ceropegia. Pl. tw. 
11 C. AxcusrIFÜLIA (Wight, contrib. ind. bot. p. 31.) downy, 
twining ; leaves narrow-lanceolate, much attenuated ; peduncles 
many-flowered; corolla hardly ventricose at the base: tube 
almost cylindrical; segments of the limb broadest upwards, 
much shorter than the tube; lobes of the leaflets of corona 
narrow, ligulate : lateral ones hairy, about one half shorter than 
the middle ones. 2%. ^. S. Native of Silhet. Ceropégia, 
Wall. ascl. nos. 8.13. 19. Nearly allied to C. longifolia. 
