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Cekopegia oculata. Ocellated 

 Ceropegia. 



Class and Order. 



Pentandria Monogynia. 



( Nat. Ord. — Asclepiade^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Calyx 5-partitus. Corolla tubulosa, basi magis minusve 

 ventricosa, subinfundibuliformis, limbi laciniis compressis, 

 ligulatis, erectis, saepius arcuatis apiceque cohaerentibus, 

 haud raro ciliolatis ; prsefloratione valvata. Corona 

 staminea duplici serie campanulata vel rotata, 5 — 10 — 15- 

 lobata, lobis antheris antepositis saepius longioribus, ligu- 

 latis, apice saepissime approximatis conniventibus. An- 

 thera: apice simplices, membrana destitutae. Massce pollinis 

 erectae, rotundatae, margine interiori pellucidae. Stigma 

 muticum. Folliculi cylindracei, laeves, pergamacei. Se- 

 nium comosa. — Suffrutices velpotius Herbae per ennes Indices 

 vel Africans, radice bulbosa, erectce, carnosce, aphyllce vel 

 septus volubiles , foliosa ; foliis haud raro carnosulis; Jlori- 

 ous paucis aggregatis vel subcorymbosis, virentibus pur- 

 purea- vel viola ceo -maculatis vel rarius concoloribus lutes- 

 centibus. D C. 



Specific Name and Character. 



Ceropegia oculata; caule herbaceo volubili glabro, foliis 

 cordato-ovatis acuminatis hirsutulis ciliatis basi glan- 

 dulosis, pedunculis patenti-hirsutis 4 — 6-floris, corollas 

 tu bo basi valde inflato globoso limbo latiore, limbi 

 segmentisoblongis erecto-conniventibus ciliatis inferne 

 luteis nigro-oculatis superne intense viridibus, lobis 

 coronas stamineae exterioris attenuates emarginatis, in- 

 terioris anguste linearibus rectis strictis integerrimis. 



Raised in the stove of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 

 from seeds sent from Bombay, by Miss Jones. It is 



extremely 



