Ceropegia. | XCV. ASCLEPIADEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) 73 
1-1} in. 3-6-fld.; pedicels }-} in. Sepals glabrous, subulate, 4 in. Corolla pale 
purple, lobes quite glabrous forming an ovoid crown.—Except in the small sepals, 
much narrower corolla mouth and form of the lobes and crown, this is almost identi- 
cal with the Nepalese C. longifolia. 
25. C. pubescens, Wall. Pl. As. Rar. ii. 81, 187, and Cat. 8144 B.; 
sparsely pubescent or glabrate, leaves long-petioled ovate acuminate, peduncles 
glabrous 3-% -fld., sepals small, corolla 2-2} in. straight base hardly swollen 
lobes linear erect from an ovate base cohering from the middle glabrous nearly 
as long as the tube, coronal lobes minute or obsolete ciliate, processes linear 
erect. Dene. in DC. Prodr. viii. 644. ? 
Temperate Himaraya; Nepal, Wallich; Sikkim, alt. 3-8000 ft, J. D. H., 
Treutler, Kuasta Mrs., alt. 4-5000 ft., J. D. H. 
Branches slender, nearly glabrous. Leaves 3-7 by 14-3 in., very membranous, 
base sometimes cordate, sparsely pubescent on both surfaces or glabrous, ciliolate ; 
petiole 1-2 in. Peduncle 4-24 in. Sepals 3-4 in., recurved. Corolla-tube pale dirty 
purple, sub-cylindric, mouth hardly dilated ; lobes yellow with purplish tips forming 
&long-beaked crown.—This approaches closely €. tuberosa, but is always more or 
less pubescent and it has much longer corolla-lobes. Amongst Cathcart’s drawings 
(in Herb. Kew.) is one apparently of this species having a green corolla with yellow 
bases to the lobes. Wallich’s 8144 A. (Herb. Heyne) is probably C. tuberosa, but the 
Specimens are undeterminable. 
322° 26. €. Hookeri, Clarke mss. ; minutely pubescent, leaves short-petioled 
Ovate acuminate, peduncles 1-2-fld., sepals minute, corolla 1 in. long straight 
base swollen, lobes short linear-lanceolate one third the length of the tube, 
coronal lobes minute or obsolete ciliate, processes slender erect. Ceropegia, 
n. 23, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. & T. 
Stxkm HrwALAYA ; Lachen, alt. 810,000 ft., J. D. H. 
Stem very slender and as well as the petioles leaves on both surfaces and peduncles 
Sparsely minutely hairy. Leaves 1-2 by $-1 in., very membranous ; petiole 4-4 in. 
Peduncles shorter or rather longer than the petioles. Corolla short, dark purple, 
barrow from above the base to the mouth, which is rather contracted, lobes gently 
curved forming a short ellipsoid crown. 
ttt Corolla-lobes as long or nearly as long as the tube (or shorter in C. 
odorata).— See also 25, C. pubescens. 
„a. Corolla-tube broadly funnel-shaped upwards from above or below the 
m . 
27. C. lucida, Wall. PI. As. Rar. ii. 33, t. 139 and Cat. 8133; quite 
glabrous, leaves ovate or lanceolate, peduncles many-fld., sepals small, corolla 
13-2 in. curved, lobes linear from a lanceolate base tips dilated ciliate, coronal 
lobes 10 short triangular ciliate, processes linear-spathulate. Dene. in DC. 
Prodr. viii. 641, 
Sizurr, at Terrya Ghat, Wallich, J. D. H. 4 T. T. Cacuar, Keenan. Burma at 
Prome, Wallich. , 
An extensive climber; root irregularly tuberous. Leaves 4-7 by 13-3 in., mem- 
branous; petiole 4-14 in. Peduncles short, 4-1 in. ; pedicels as long. Sepals ti 
Jn. Corolla scarcely dilated at the base, green spotted with purple, lobes inflexe 
from above the base, tips brown connate by all the dilated part. 
28. C. Decaisneana, Wight Ic. t. 1259; quite glabrous, leaves short- 
etioled elongate- or linear-lanceolate acuminate, peduncles 1-3-fld., sepals long 
liform, corolla 23-3 in. curved base very largely inflated, lobes linear from & 
