68 XCV. ASCLEPIADEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Ceropegia. 
From Western Inp1a; the Punjab and Upper Gangetic plain as far east as 
Allahabad, southwards to Travancore. 
Root tuberous. Stem very stender. Leaves excessively variable (see the varieties). 
Peduncles 4-1 in., 3-5-fld.; pedicels short. Sepals j; in. long. Corolla rarely 1 in. 
long, greenish, base moderately inflated mouth obtusely 5-angled; lobes 3-3 the 
length of the tube, purple within. ollicles 4 in. long, slender, terete, pericarp thin. 
Seeds Y in. long, linear-oblong, wing membranous. 
Var. 1. bulbosa proper; leaves petioled 1-2 in. rarely more orbicular oblong 
elliptic obovate or obeordate acute or apiculate, rarely elliptic lanceolate, base acute 
rounded or cordate. C. bulbosa, Roxb. l.c., Wight Contrib. 32, and Ic. t. 845, and in 
Hook Bot. Misc. ii. 99 and Suppl.t. 2; Wall. Cat. 8141; Dale. $4 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 
153; Grah. Cat. Bomb. Pl. 117 ; Dene. in DC. Prodr. viii. 643. 
Van. 2. Lushii; leaves subsessile very narrowly linear 4-8 by 3-4 in. C. 
Lushii, Grah. in Bot. Mag. t. 3300; Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 154; Grah. Cat. Bomb. 
Pl. 117; Dene. lc. 644. Bombay, in the Kasersaya jungles, Dr. Lush. 
Van. 3. esculenta, leaves 4-5 by 1 in. shortly petioled linear-lanceolate. C. 
esculenta, Edgew. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 204; Aitchison Cat. Punjab. Pl. 90. Punjab 
and Mooltan. 
8. C. Wightii, Graham in Bot. Mag. t. 3267 ; leaves subsessile or shortly 
petioled elliptic-lanceolate apiculate or acute, corolla-tube slender, lobes linear 
rom a triangular base, corona glabrous, lobes 5 minute obtuse, processes short 
broad curved. Wight Contrib. 30; Dene. in DC. Prodr. viii. 641. 
East Ixnixs, formerly cult. in the Edinburgh Bot. Gardens. 
Probably a form of C. bulbosa, from Bombay. 
*** Stem twining,stout. Leaves very small or 0. 
9. C. juncea, Roxb. Cor. Pl. i. 12, t. 10; quite glabrous, fleshy, leaves if 
present elliptic-lanceolate acute, calyx small, corolla funnel-shaped above the 
middle, lobes erect nearly as long as the tube. Wight Contrib. 30; Wall. Cat. 
8134; Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 153; Grah. Cat. Bomb. Pl. 117; Dene. in DC. 
Prodr. viii. 641. 
Deccan PrxiNsvuLA, from Bombay and the Circars to Tanjore and Mysore. 
Root tuberous. Stem simple, as thick as a goose-quill. Leaves very remote, 
often suppressed, rarely 1 in. long, subsessile. Peduncle stout, 1-1 in., 3-5-fld.; 
pedicels short, stout. Sepals + in., subulate. Corolla greenish, speckled and veined 
with purple, base inflated, lobes linear from a triangular base, tips fimbriate within- 
Coronal lobes 10, short, ovate, obtuse, ciliate; processes filiform with hooked tips 
Follicles 7 in. long. 
**** Stem twining, leafy. Leaves membranous. Flower 1 in. long and 
upwards, rarely less. 
t Corolla-lobes much shorter than the tube, very broad, forming a hemi- 
spherical or broadly conical crown over the much-dilated broadly funnel-shaped 
throat of the tube. Corolla curved, base much inflated in all. 
10. C. elegans, Wali. in Bot. Mag. t. 3015, and Cat. 8135; quite gla 
brous, leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, corolla-lobes broadly ovate acute ciliate 
with very long hairs, coronal lobes 10 subulate or linear glabrous almost 8$ 
long as the straight linear processes. Wight Contrib. 31, and Ic. t. 1265; Dene 
in DC. Prodr. viii. 642. ? C. sphenanantha, Wight & Arn. Contrib. 31; Wi all. 
Cat. 8138; C. sphenanthera, e. l. c. 643. 
MaLaBAR and Travancore, on the mountains from the Nilgherries southwards. | 
CEYLON, alt. 3000 ft., Walker, &c. 
Leaves 2-4 by 1-13 in., acute or acuminate; petiole 2-31 in., very slender. Pedunclt 
1-2 in.; flowers subumbellate; pedicels short; bracts subulate. Sepals filifor™ 
