112 ASCLEPIADE. 
Tuberous-rooted Ceropegia. 
Pl. tw. 
22 C. Lounzinm; herbaceous, glabrous, procumbent ; leaves 
ovate-lanceolate, with revolute edges; umbels pendulous ; 
corolla with a large, globose base, and a small, 5-cleft limb. 
y.%. G. Native of Cochinchina, among bushes. Ceropégia 
candelabrum, Lour. coch. 114. Flowers white. Stigma sessile, 
bifid. Follicles slender. 
Loureiro's Ceropegia. Pl. twining. 
23 C. osrv'sa (Lour. coch. 114.) twining, glabrous; leaves 
oblong, obtuse; peduncles shorter than the leaves. Y.%. S. 
Native of Cochinchina, in the suburbs of Huaca. Flowers paler 
than those of C. tuberósum, from which it differs more in the 
shape of the leaves than in the flowers; the follicles are also 
slenderer. 
Blunt-leaved Ceropegia. 
Fl. April, Sept. Clt. 1821. 
Pl. tw. 
+ Species hardly known. 
24 C. CANDELA`BRUM (Lin. spec. p. 309.). 
tive of Malabar.—Rheed. mal. 9. t. 16. Leaves ovate, mucro- 
nate. Flowers erect, reddish or brownish purple; with villous 
segments. This species has been taken up by Linnzeus from 
Rheede's figure. It seems to be nearly allied to C. tuberdsa, 
but has a very different habit. The C. candelàbrum of most 
modern authors is undoubtedly C. tuberdsa. 
Chandelier Ceropegia. Pl. tw. 
25 C. picuóroma (Haw. syn. p. 13.) fleshy; stem erect, 
dichotomous, articulated, terete ; leaves linear, acute, horizontal ; 
having the veins and midrib white above. ^b. S. Native of 
the East Indies? Flowers? Leaves 14 inch long. 
Dichotomous-stemmed Ceropegia. Shrub 1 foot. 
26 C.? cAMPANULA'TA ; root round, depressed : leaves linear ; 
corolla tubularly campanulate, 4-cleft; calyx small, 4-5- 
toothed. /. S. Native of the Gold Coast, at Accra, among 
grass. Corolla dark purplish brown. Perhaps a new genus. 
There is also another species growing along with this, which 
differs from the first in the root being fusiform. The roots of 
both are eatable. Stem 1-2-flowered in both. Flowers ter- 
minal. 
Campanulate-flowered Ceropegia. PI. 4 foot. 
27 C.? Arnv/LLA (Haw. syn. p. 13. no. 2.) plant fleshy ; 
branches dichotomous, articulated, weak, terete; leaves stipula- 
formed, adpressed. ^.^. S. Native country unknown. 
Leafless Ceropegia. Shrub tw. 
ap CEST Na: 
28 C.? wírIDA (Poir. dict. suppl. 2. p. 178.) leaves lanceo- - 
late, bluntish, shining above ; umbels on short peduncles. h.S. 
Native of St. Domingo. Stem woody. Branches slender, elon- 
gated. Leaves subovate, sometimes elliptic, attenuated at the 
base, and sometimes acute at the apex, 1-2 inches long, and 4 
broad. 
Shining-leaved Ceropegia. Shrub tw. 
29 C.? sınua`ra (Poir. dict. suppl. 2. p. 179.) leaves narrow- 
lanceolate, sinuated, acute at both ends; umbels 4-6-flowered, 
much shorter than the leaves. 1. ^. G. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. Burm. afr. p. 36. t. 15. Root a fascicle of 
fusiform simple tubers. Corolla tubular, palered. There is only 
one follicle comes to perfection from each flower; it is pendulous 
and long-acuminated. Seeds numerous, oblong, brown. Said 
to differ from Microloma sagittàta in the leaves being longer 
and not sagittate at the base. 
Sinuated-leaved Ceropegia. 
Pl. tw. 
30 C. corpa`ra (Lour. coch. 114.) leaves cordate ; umbels 
on long pendulous peduncles ; segments of corolla ovate, con- 
nivent. %.^. S. Native of Cochinchina, in hedges. Flowers 
greenish yellow, in large, hemispherical, axillary umbels. 
Fl. July, Aug. Clit. 1818. 
I. CEROPEGIA. 
II. Hvernia 
Calycine segments small, ovate, acute. Perhaps the same as 
Cynanchum cordif olium, Retz. fasc. 2. p. 15. no. 37. 
Cordate-leaved Ceropegia. Pl. tw. 
31 C. sraPzLLEFÓRMIs (Haw. in phil. mag. feb. 1827. p. 
121.) branches, prostrate, fleshy, thong-formed, lurid, terete, 
nearly leafless, simple, clouded with brown. h.S. Native of 
the Cape of Good Hope. This species has the habit of O'rbea. 
Branches rough from tubercles. Leaves very minute, ternate, 
almost invisible, and as if they were adnate to the stem, cordate, 
cuspidate. Flowers sessile, rising from the axils of the leaves. 
Stapelia-formed Ceropegia. Fl. July. Clt. 1824. Pl. proc. 
Cult. A mixture of peat, sand, and vegetable mould is the 
best soil for these plants ; cuttings of them root readily in sand, 
if placed in heat, without any hand-glass over them. They 
should have little or no water, when in a dormant state, parti- 
cularly the bulbous-rooted kinds. 
II. HUE/RNIA (named after Justus Huernius, one of the 
earliest collectors of Cape Plants, and from whose drawing the 
first account of Stapélia was taken.) R. Br. in. mem. wern. soc. 
1. p. 22.—Stapélia species, Lin. Juss. Mass. 
Lin. syst. — Pentándria, Digynia. Corolla campanulate; 
limb 10-cleft, the accessory segments small and tooth-formed. 
Column of fructification inclosed. Stamineous corona double ; 
outer one 5-cleft, with bifid segments ; inner one of 5 leaves, 
which are subulate from the gibbous base, alternating with the 
segments of the outer corona. Anthers simple at top. Pollen 
masses erect, fixed by the base, having one of the margins 
cartilaginous and pellucid. Stigma mutic. Follicles sub-cylin- 
drical, smooth. Seeds comose.—Succulent plants with the 
habit of Stapèlia, natives of South Africa. 
1 H. gETICULAMA (R. Br. l. c.) branches pentagonal, denti- 
culated ; teeth spreading; corolla 10-angled ; tube bearded 
inside, widened into an elevated orb. p. S. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope, in the fissures of rocks, toward Olifant's 
river. Stapélia reticulata, Mass. stap. p. 9. t. 2. Sims, bot. 
mag. 1662. Jacq. stap. t. 20. H. reticulata diffórmis, Jacq. 
stap. 19. Corolla with a purplish bottom ; yellow limb dotted 
with purple. Flowers twin ortern. Branches deep green, with 
purple spots. 
Reticulated-flowered Huernia. 
Shrub 4 foot. 
2 H. campanura‘ta (R. Br. 1. c.) branches 4-5-angled ; co- 
rola sub-campanulate, having the bottom closed by clavate, 
horizontal pili; ligule repandly truncate, dark. ^b. S. Na- 
tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Stapélia campanulàta, Mass. 
stap. p. 11. t. 6. Jacq. stap. t. 32. Sims, bot. mag. t. 1227. 
Branches glaucous, clouded with purplish marks. Limb of corolla 
sulphur-coloured, with numerous rose-coloured dots outside, and 
with numerous dark brown elevated dots inside, and striated with 
dark veins towards the base. Hairs in the throat blackish. 
Bottom of corolla black. This differs from the last species, 
in the bottom of the corolla being campanulate, and in the 
peduncles being 2-3-flowered. 
Campanulate-flowered Huernia. 
Shrub 4 foot. 
8 H. venv’sra (R. Br. l. c.) branches 4-5 angled; branchlets 
spreading, divaricate; teeth of branches spreading, acute; co- 
rolla with a glabrous tube, widened into an elevated orb. h. 
S. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Stapélia venüsta, Mass. 
stap. p. 10. t. 3. Jacq. stap. t. 28. Corolla large, with a 
sulphur-coloured limb, dotted with red ; having the bottom and 
elevated orbicle also dotted with red. Flowers solitary or twin. 
Peduncles deflexed. 
Graceful Huernia. 
foot. 
Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1793. 
Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1795. 
Fl. June, July. Clt. 1795. Shrub $ 
