70 XCV. ASCLEPIADEX. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Ceropegia. 
section from C. longifolia, but there is no difference whatever between the authen- 
tically named specimens of these species in either Wight's or Wallich's Herbaria. 
The foliage elosely resembles that of C. angustifolia. 
++ Corolla-lobes shorter than the tube (nearly as long in C. pubescens), 
oblong obovate linear or elliptic, forming a conical ellipsoid ovoid or beaked 
crown over the not greatly dilated throat. 
a. Leaves and peduncles perfectly glabrous. 
15. C. tuberosa, Roxb. Cor. Pl. i. 19, t. 9; quite glabrous, leaves fleshy | 
from orbicular apiculate to lanceolate acuminate, corolla straight, lobes 3 shorter 
than the tube suddenly contracted from a triangular base into linear cohering 
appendages that are at first connate throughout their length and villous within. 
Wight Contrib. 33, and Ic. t. 853; Wall. Cat. 8145, excl. A; Dalz. § Gibs. 
Bomb. Fl. 154; Grah. Cat. Bomb. Pl. 117 ; Dene. in DC. Prodr. viii. 644. C. 
acuminata, Dalz. $ Gibs. l.c. not of Roxb. C. mucronata, Roth Nov. Sp. 179. 
C. Candelabrum, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 20, and Fl. Ind. ii. 27, not of Linneus. 
Deccan Peninsuta; from the Concan southwards, common. 
Root tuberous. Stem slender. Leaves 1-4 in. (fleshy, Dalzell), base acute or 
rounded; petiole 3-2 in. Peduncles 1-3 together, 4-3 in.; pedicels fascicled or sub- 
paniculate ; bracts minute. Sepals subulate, b in. recurved. Corolla 1-2 in., base 
somewhat inflated, mouth slightly dilated. Coronal lobes ciliate, very short. Follicles 
4-5 in. long, slender. Seeds 1 in. long, linear. 
16. C. Candelabrum, Linn. Sp. Pl. 211; glabrous, leaves oblong acute 
or apiculate base cordate, peduncles pendulous, flowers whorled erect, corolla- 
base globose, lobes very short ovate acute united by the tips only. Dene. m 
DC. Prodr. viii. 643.—Rheede Hort, Mal. ix. t. 16. 
Matanar, Rheede; at Mangalor, Perrottet (Dene.). 
Stem slender, Leaves 2-3 by 1-1} in.; petiole 1 in. Peduncles 3 in.; pedicels 
j in.; flowers 10-12 in a whorl. Sepals small. Corolla 14 in.—I have seen no 
specimen of this striking species. 
17. ©. Elliottii, Hook. f.; quite glabrous, leaves elliptic acute, peduncle 
pendulous, flowers erect, corolla straight green base somewhat inflated, lobes 
very short ovate acute united at the tips only, coronal lobes obsolete, processes 
glabrous linear. 
Deccan PrNINsULA ; Sinhachalam hills, near Vizagapatam, Sir W. Elliot. © 
, Root tuberous. Stem rather stout. Leaves 4 by 14-2 in., base subacute ; petiole 
liu. Peduncles 24-3 in.; pedicels upeurved, 3-2 in. Corolla 1} in. rather narrow 
above the swollen base, striped purple within, lobes pubescent at the tips within. 
Follicles 4 in. long, beaked.—Described from an excellent drawing given by Sir W. 
Elliot to General Beddome. It comes far nearer to C. Candelabrum than does 0y 
other species. 
18. C. acuminata, Roxb. Cor. Pl. i. xii. t. 8, and Fl. Ind. li. 29; quite 
glabrous, leaves short-petioled succulent elongate-lanceolate finely acuminate, 
peduncles short, corolla small straight, lobes short linear connate by their tips 
only, coronal lobes 5 minute, processes long filiform. Wight Contrib. 32 ; Dene. 
in DC. Prodr. viii. 643. 
The Crecars; at Samuleottah, Roxburgh. 
Root tuberous. Stem slender. Leaves 3-4 by 4 in., base acute, not. 3-nerved ; | 
petiole 4 in. Peduncle 4 in., 4—6-fld. ; pedicels 1 in. Sepals small. Corolla 1 in, | 
white with purple streaks and lobes, base swollen, mouth dilated ; lobes 1 in., cohering 
by the tips only.—Described from Roxburgh. Wight suggests its being only a variety 
