( 3015 ) 
CEROPEGIA ELEGANS. BEAUTIFUL 
CEROPEGIA. 
KK KEKE EEE EEE EERE EERE 
Class and Order. — 
PenranpRIA DicyniA. — 
( Nat. Ord.—Ascrepiapex. Br. ) 
Generic Character. — 
Corona staminea exterior abbreviata, 5-loba; interior 5- 
phylla, foliolis ligularibus indivisis. Masse pollinis basi 
affixe, marginibus simplicibus. Stigma muticum. Folli- 
cult cylindracei, leaves. Semina comosa. Br. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Crropeeia* elegans ; volubilis levis, radice fibrosa, foliis 
oblongis acutis, pedunculis axillaribus 1- vel 2-floris, 
corollz tubo clavato incurvo basi inflato-ventricoso, 
limbo hemispherico, laciniis ligulatis longé ciliatis; 
lobis coronz staminee exterioris profundé 2-partitis. 
Wall. MSS. 
‘Crrorrcia elegans. Wall. MSS. 
‘=e 
__Descr. The whole plant smooth, somewhat fleshy, 
climbing to a considerable extent. Root consisting of 
many filiform fibres, without any tubers. Branches numer- 
ous, long, and slender. Leaves opposite, remote, spread- 
‘ing, oblong acute, or ending in a short acumen, about three 
‘Mehes long, dark-green and shining above, pallid under- 
neath, with elevated ribs, and capillary, distant nerves, 
which unite near the margins by means of arcuate veins ; 
- supported 
Settee 
* . e bd 
“ae unpos, war, and wnyn, a fountain, in allusion to the delicate, waxy 
S of some species. 
