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CEROPEGIA VINCEFOLIA. PERIWINKLE- 
LEAVED CEROPEGIA. 
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Class and Order. 
Pentanpria Dieynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—AscuepiaDE2. ) 
Generic Character. 
Corona staminea exterior abbreviata, 5-loba ; interior 5- 
phylla, foliolis ligularibus indivisis. Masse pollinis basi 
affixe, marginibus simplicibus. Stigma muticum. Folliculi 
cylindracei leves. Semina comosa. Br. ! 
Specific Name and Character. 
Crropeeia vincefolia ; volubilis pubescens, foliis late ova- 
tis acuminatis brevi-petiolatis, pedunculis patenti-hir- 
sutis 4—6-floris, corolla tubo brevi inflato-globoso 
superne dilatato, limbi segmentis oblongis erecto-con- 
niventibus intus hirsutis, lobis corona staminee exterj- 
oris brevibus emarginatis, interioris linearibus erectis 
apice recurvis subemarginatis. 
Received from Bombay at the Glasgow Botanic Garden, 
by favor of J. Nimmo, Esq. It is an extremely handsome 
plant, with large and copious flowers, which are produced 
in the stove in the month of September. I do not find any 
described species that corresponds with it. 
Descr. Stem very long, the thickness of a crow-quill, 
_ twining, slightly downy, branched. Leaves opposite, ovate, 
generally broadly so, acuminate, slightly downy above and 
below, ciliated at the margin: petioles rather short and 
thick. Peduncles an inch or more long, clothed with pa- 
tent hairs, bearing a cyme of from four to six flowers. ~ 
Calyx-segments and bracteas subulate. Corolla greenish- 
white, variously sheathed and spotted with brown, the upper 
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