Crropecia Lusair. Mr. Lusn’s Ceropeeia. 
KKEK EEE EERERERE REE 
Class and Order. 
Pentanpria Dieynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—AscieprapEZ. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx 5-partitus. Corolla basi ventricoso tubo infundi- 
buliformi, limbi laciniis conniventibus ligulatis. Corona 
staminea duplex (?); interioris foliolis lobis exterioris op- 
ita. Anthere apice simplices. Folliculi cylindracei, 
eves. Semina comosa.—Suftrutices vel Herb volubiles. 
Wight. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Crropecia Lushit ; volubilis, glabra, foliis lineari-acuminatis 
carnosis canaliculatis, corolla tubo basi inflato-glo- 
boso, limbi 5-fido laciniis linearibus hirsutis approxi- 
matis, lobis coronz staminez exterioris lunulato-emar- 
ginatis interioribus alternantibus, interioris elongatis 
cylindraceo-filiformibus erectis flexuosis exteriori mul- 
7 to longioribus. 
Crerorecia Lushii.’ Graham in Ed. New Phil. Journ. ined. 
_ The Genus Ceroprerta is peculiar to the East Indies, and 
is remarkable for the peculiar shape of the flowers, fre- 
pire arranged in umbels, hence its name xmpornyiov, & Can- 
elabrum, or lamp-stand. Many of them are possessed of 
considerable beauty, and highly ornamental to the bushy 
and uncultivated places where they grow. The species too 
are esculent, and used by the natives either raw or stewed in © 
curries. Of one species, C. bulbosa, the root resembles a 
small turnip, no less in appearance than in flavor, according 
to Dr. Roxguren ; and its leaves taste like purslane. The 
present species is certainly among the least beautiful, and 
was communicated from Bombay by Mr. Lusu to the Edin- 
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