ASCLEPIADEZ. 
Narrow-leaved Ceropegia. PI. tw. 
* * Lateral lobes of the leaflets of the corona ligulate, shorter 
than the gynostegium. 
12 C. seHENA'NTHA (Wight and Arnott, contrib. ind. bot. 
p. 31.) twining, glabrous ; leaves distant, lanceolate, attenuated ; 
peduncles many-flowered ; calyx minute, with filiform segments; 
corolla ventricose at the base; tube clavate; limb hemisphe- 
rical : segments broadest upwards, long-ciliated ; lobes of leaf- 
lets of corona ligulate: lateral ones shorter than the gynoste- 
gium, hairy. 24.^. S. Native among the Neelgherry moun- 
tains.— Wall. ascl. no. 6. Wight, cat. no. 1513. 
Bound-flowered Ceropegia. Pl. tw. 
13 C. zANcEorA'rA (Wight, contrib. ind. bot. p. 31.) twining, 
glabrous; leaves narrow-lanceolate, finely acuminated ; pedun- 
cles many-flowered ; calycine segments filiform, exceeding the 
ventricose base of the corolla; tube clavate; limb dilated: 
segments much shorter than the tube; middle lobes of the 
leaflets of the corona a little longer than the gynostegium, but 
the lateral ones are shorter, acute, and ciliated; follicles slender, 
glabrous. %4. C. G. Native of Nipaul. Ceropégia, Wall. 
cycl. no. 12. 
Lanceolate-leaved Ceropegia. PI. tw. 
14 C. rusínna (Wight and Arnott, l. c.) herbaceous, gla- 
brous, erect; root tuberous; leaves linear; flowers solitary, 
ascending ; corolla ventricose at the base: tube cylindrical : 
segments of the limb much shorter than the tube; middle lobes 
of the leaflets of the corona a little longer than the gynostegium, 
but the lateral ones are a little shorter. 2. G. Native of the 
Neelgherry mountains. Ceropégia, Wall. ascl. no. 7. 
Least Ceropegia. Pl. 1 foot. 
* * * Lateral lobes of the leaflets of the corona acuminated, 
approximating the primary ones: leaflets as well as their lateral 
lobes interjected by broad sinuses at their apices. 
15 C. sursósA (Roxb. cor. 1. p. 11. t. 7.) twining, glabrous, 
rather fleshy ; root tuberous; leaves from almost orbicular to 
lanceolate, acuminated ; peduncles many-flowered, shorter than 
the leaves; calycine segments much shorter than the ventricose 
base of the corolla; tube of corolla sub-clavate; segments of 
the limb broadest upwards, much shorter than the tube, ciliated ; 
middle lobes of the leaflets of the corona subulate, incurved 
at top: lateral ones minute, acuminated, lying on the primary 
ones. /.^. S. Native of Coromandel, at Samulcottah, Ne- 
gapatam, Allahabad, &c. Wight, in Hook. bot. misc. 2. p. 99. 
suppl. t. 2. The plant is called Manchy Mandu by the Telin- 
gas. Root flattish, solid, edible. Flowers large, erect, with 
a greenish tube and a purple limb ; having the segments united 
at the apex. 
Bulbous-rooted Ceropegia. Fl. 
Pl. tw. 
16 C. acumina‘ta (Roxb. cor. 1. p. 12. t. 8.) herbaceous, 
twining, glabrous, rather fleshy ; root tuberous; leaves linear- 
lanceolate, attenuated at the apex ; peduncles many-flowered ; 
corolla ventricose at the base: tube subclavate: segments of 
the limb much shorter than the tube ; primary or middle lobes of 
the leaflets of the corona subulate : lateral ones minute. 2t. ^. S. 
Native of Coromandel, at Samulcottah, where it is called 
Commoa-manda by the Telingas. Root solid, flat. Leaves 2-4 
April, Sept. Cit. 1821. 
inches long, and 4-6 lines broad. Flowers exactly as in C. 
bulbósa. 
Acuminated-leaved Ceropegia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. 
Pl. tw. 
17 C. srxruawvóris (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 6. p. 4.) twining, 
glabrous, frutescent; leaves ovate, coriaceous, marginated, acu- 
minated; peduncles axillary, generally 3-flowered; calycine 
I. CEROPEGIA. EEL 
segments lanceolate, acute ; corolla glabrous, with ovate, acute 
lobes; corona unknown. h. ©. S. Native of Madagascar. 
Isaüra allícia, Comm. in Poir. encycl. 3. p. 185. Stephanòtis, 
Pet. Th. nov. gen. mad. no. 35. in Roem. coll. p. 203. Leaves 
3 inches long and 14 broad, yellowish green. Corolla pale 
yellow. 
Crown-eared Ceropegia. Shrub tw. 
**** Latera] lobes of the leaflets of the corona very short, 
obtuse, or altogether cohering with the middle ones. 
18 C. Arnorria‘na (Wight, contrib. ind. bot. p. 32.) twining, 
glabrous; stems slender; leaves narrow-lanceolate, mucronu- 
late; peduncles short, many-flowered; calycine segments nar- 
row-subulate, longer than the ventricose base of the corolla ; 
tube short, widened a little upwards ; segments of the limb 
filiform, connivent, longer than the tube; middle lobes of the 
leaflets of the corona ligulate : lateral ones short, obtuse, ap- 
proximate, adnate to the back of the primary ones, even to the 
apex, with a small distinct recess or sinus, ciliated a little. 
3; ^. S. Native of hills about Prome. Ceropégia, Wall. 
ascl. no, 3. 
Arnott’s Ceropegia. Pl. tw. 
19 C. Waxticuit (Wight, in bot. mag. $267.) erect ; root 
tuberous; leaves ovate, sessile, approximate towards the top 
of the stem, ciliated; peduncles lateral, short, 1-flowered ; caly- 
cine segments subulate; corolla ventricose at the base: tube 
widened upwards: segments of the limb broadest at top, con- 
nivent, densely ciliated ; primary lobes of the leaflets of the 
corona filiform: sublateral ones short, obtuse, ciliated ; follicles 
very long, glabrous. %. ^. S. Native of the Himalaya, 
Royle; near Lahooghat, in Kamaon, Lindsay.  Ceropégia 
erécta ?, Wall. ascl. no. 1. 
Wallich’s Ceropegia. Clt.? PI. erect. 
20 C. runE'scENs (Wall. pl. rar. asiat. 2. p. 81. t. 187.) her- 
baceous, twining ; stems glabrous; leaves ovate, finely acumin- 
ated, downy on both surfaces ; peduncles many -flowered, shorter 
than the leaves; corolla cylindrical, hardly ventricose at the 
base: segments of the limb broadest at the base, somewhat cor- 
date, tapering upwards, and connivent; primary lobes of the 
leaflets of the corona subulate, recurved at top: lateral ones 
marginating the primary ones, or altogether adnate. Ņ%.^. S. 
Natve of Nipaul, on mount Chandaghiry. Corolla glabrous 
outside, villous inside at the base, with a purple tube, and yel- 
lowish pentagonal limb. Leaves 3inches long, ciliated. 
Downy Ceropegia. Pl. tw. 
21 C. ruperosa (Roxb. cor. 1. p. 12. t. 6.) herbaceous, gla- 
brous, twining ; leaves from nearly orbicular to oval or ovate, 
cuspidate, as also lanceolate, finely acuminated; peduncles 
usually twin, few or many-flowered, longer or shorter than the 
leaves; calyx small: with subulate segments; corolla ventri- 
cose at the base: having the tube widened upwards; segments 
of the limb narrow, nearly linear, villous, one half shorter than 
the tube, with approximate edges; gynostegium  stipitate ; 
middle lobes of the leaflets of the corona ligulate: lateral ones 
marginating the primary ones, or altogether adnate ; follicles 
slender. %44. ^. S. Native on the Coromandel coast, frequent ; 
and in sandy places near Negapatam, in Tanjore. Wight and 
Arnott, contrib. ind. bot. p. 33. Wight, cat. no. 1516. C. 
mucronata, Roth, nov. spec. p. 179. C. biflora, Lin. spec. 
309.? C. candelàbrum, Rottl. herb. Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p: 215 
but not of Lin.? Flowers said to be the colour of those of 
C. bulbósa. This is a very variable species as regards the 
foliage, but is constant in the shape of its flowers, the slender 
segments of the limb with their margins approximating their 
whole length, and forming a straight beak to the corolla, and 
in the stalked gynostegium or column of fructification. 
