Ceropegia. LXXXV. ASCLEPIADEZ (BROWN), 445. 
peg 
2 lin. long, deeply bifid; teeth linear-attenuate, obtuse, fringed with 
long hairs, and rising above the level of the anthers; inner coronal« 
lobes 1 lin. long, connivent-erect, linear, dorsally connected at the base 
to the outer corona. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: without precise locality, Schimper, 463 ! 
12. C. affinis, Vatke in Linnea, xl. 218. Glabrous in all parts 
except the inside of the corolla. Stem twining. Leaves somewhat 
fleshy ; petiole 2-3 lin. long; blade 3-14 in. long, 1}-5 lin. broad, 
linear-oblong, narrowly oblong or narrowly lanceolate, acute or subtrun- 
cate and apiculate at the apex, subtruncate or rounded at the base,, 
narrowly revolute along the margins. Peduncles 4-1 in. long, 
umbellately 3-6-flowered ; bracts $ lin. long, ovate-lanceolate, acute ; 
pedicels 3-5 lin. long. Sepals 1 lin. long, lanceolate, acuminate. 
Corolla slightly curved, glabrous outside, clothed inside from the base 
of the tube to the tips of the lobes with long straight hairs; tube 7} 
lin. long, slightly inflated and 2 lin. in diam. at the base, very 
shortly funnel-shaped at the mouth, which is about } in. in diam. ; 
lobes 2} lin. long, incurved and connate at the tips, deltoid-ovate,, 
acuminate, replicate. Outer coronal-lobes } lin. long, ascending, sub- 
quadrate, with a broad notch at the apex, concave, ciliate with rather 
long hairs; inner coronal-lobes 1-1} lin. long, connivent-erect, linear, 
with recurved or revolute tips, glabrous.—Martelli, Florul. Bogos. 56. 
Wile Land. Eritrea: near Keren, Beccari, 305! Mount Alam Kale, Schwein- 
Surth & Riva, 1633! Abyssinia: without precise locality, Schimper, 301! 
13. ©. ruspoliana, K. Schum. in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, vii. 42. 
Stem twining, slender, glabrous. Leaves petiolate, glabrous; petiole. 
23-3} lin. long ; blade 24-23? in. long, 24 lin. broad at the middle, very 
acutely acuminate, shortly rounded at the base, recurved along the 
margins, paler beneath. Umbels pedunculate, about 5-flowered ; 
peduncle }-11 in. long; pedicels scarcely exceeding 4} in. in length. 
Sepals 1 lin. long, subulate. Corolla probably spotted with purple- 
brown in the upper part, clothed with long scattered hairs inside ; tube 
74 lin. long, slightly dilated at the mouth ; lobes 3 lin. long, cohering 
at their tips, recurved along the margins (replicate ?), pilose with long 
hairs on the inner face. Outer coronal-lobes 4 lin. long, concave, 
notched at the apex, furnished with some hyaline hairs within; inner 
coronal-lobes ? lin. long, overtopping the staminal-column, subulate, 
revolute at the apex. 
Wile Land. Galla Territory : in wooded places on Coromme Mountain, Riva, 
1373. 
I have not seen this species, but judging from the description it must be very 
closely allied to C. affinis, Vatke, with which it may prove to be identical; the only 
difference appears to be in the size of the leaves. 
14. C. biddumana, X. Schum. in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, vii. 41. 
Stem twining. Leaves petiolate, herbaceous, thin; petiole 2-3} 
lin. long, slender ; blade 3-13 in. long, 4—5 lin. broad, oblong-lanceolate, 
