AscIepiadace(B,2 cetlon piakts. 



199 



2. H. Wightiana, Thw. ; Tolubilis ; foliis glabris, carnosis, lineari- 

 ianceolatis, acuimnatis, obtusis, basi angustatis ; peduncidis brevibus, 

 multilloris ; corollce lohis ovatis, parce acuminatis, obtusis, minute pa- 

 pillosis; corona staminea parum depressa, foliolis obovatis, obtusis, 

 interne acutis.— c.p. 27G2. 



Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 3000 to 5000 feet. 



Foha 1-3 poll, longa, 2-5 lin. lata; petiolo pnrpurascente, 1-3 lia. longo. Fe- 

 dicelh glabn, 6 lia. longi. Calyx minutus, glabor. Corolla alba, 6-7 lin. in esp. 

 torona staminea purpurea, 2 lin. in esp. 



■^Y.^^y^ beautiful species, bearing considerable resemblance to tie figure of 

 iJr. Wight's H, pancijiora {IT. parviflora in desc.) Ic. t. 1269; and its more 



numerous flowers and obtusely-pointed leaves seem to be the principal points of 

 distmction. i i i 



3. H. viridiflora, E. Br. (DC. 1. c. p. 639 ; Wiglit, Ic. t. 586.)— C,I». 

 185d. 



Hab. Common, up to an elevation of 3000 feet. Nom. vulg. "Zirri- 

 angoona." 



The leaves of this species ax'e eaten by the Cinghalese. 



20. CEROPEaiA, Linn. 



1. C. elegrans, Wall. (Bot. Mag. t. 3015 ; DC. in DC. Prod. viii. 



p. 642; Wiglit, Ic. t. 12G5.)— C. sphenanthera, W. et A.; DC. I.e. 



p. 643. a Mjjsorensis, Wight, Ic. t. 846. C. Walkeri, Wight, Ic. t. 

 1266.— c.p. 738. 



Hab. Not uncommon, up to an elevation of 3000 feet. 



^ Ihis and the other species of the genus ai'e very variable as regards the shape and 

 size of the leaves and colour of the flowers, and far from constant in the shape and 

 3i2e of the latter. 



2. C, Gardner!, Thw. ; volubilis, glabra ; foliis lanceolatis, acumi- 

 natis ; pedunetiUs petiolo suba^quilongis, paucifloris ; calycis lohis li- 

 nearibus, acutis ; corolla ad tubi basim parum inflata, supra medium 

 subito valde ampliata, apicc aperte 5-crumcnata, margine ciliata ; co- 

 ron(B^ staminees lohis exteriorilus linearibus, acutis ; interioribns multo 

 |ongioribus latioribusque et apice reilexis ; folliculis longiusculis, tere- 

 tibus.— c.p. 2838. 



4000 to 5000 



Fedicelli pedunculo subaquilongi. Corolla albida, purpureo-maculata, circiter 2 

 poll, longa, \\ poll, in exp. Follicidi (immaturi) 7 poll, longi, 2 lin. lati. 

 A very pretty species, allied to the preceding, but it can scarcely be a variety 



Th^eaitesii 



C.P. 1842. 



— — . wi:;iiLicii -irro vmce ; not very coniuiou. ^ 



i^^'^ ^*il^ possibly prove to be a small variety of (7. Becaisneana, Wight, Ic. t. 



->J, to wiiich it is evidently very closely allied. 



termedi 



•\T-*i^" candelabrum, Linn. (DC, I.e. p. 643, cum syn.) 



i^ ' I^ t. 1263.-C.P. 774. 



■o-AB. Hotter parts of the island; not uncommon. 



An extremely variable species, and I suspect that several Indian plants, described 

 ** *^stinct species, wiU be discovered to be mere varieties of it. 



