^^ evil. ASCLEPIADE^. iCeropegleai: 



fiAmn brevisshmim rarius longiorem connatis ; anthers breves, erecte v. inflex.-e, apice 

 obtusas mappencUculat^. PolJinia in quoque loculo soHtaria, erecta, brevia, hinc plus 

 .minus distincte pellncido-marginata. Stigma yertice depressum v. vix 2-convexum. 

 Folhcuh tenues v. craasiusculi, teretes, laves. Semina comosa.-Herb.-e suffruticesve e 

 rhizomate sa^pms tubcroso volubiles v. Immiles erectique v. diffusi, rarius caule camoso 

 paucifoliato at erecto v. scandente et snbapliyllo. Folia opposita, ovata lauceolaU v. 

 Unearia, rarms cordata. Cym^ umbeUiformes, nunc ad flores 1-2 reduct^, nunc o=- 

 florfe, m una axilla sessilos v. pedunculate. 



Species ad 50, Afric^e tropica, et australis, Indi^ orientalis. Archipelagi Malayani ct Australia 



f>;f p ! 7;; \, J; ■'"^ "' ^'""^■- ■^'"- ^'^''- "■ ^- '"'PP^- 2. ^^ -^^- ^. 303, 845, 846, 1259 ad 



2G7, -^oyk,m. PL Hnn<a. t 66. BecJdome, Ic. t. 172 ad lU. Bene, in Ann. 8c. Nat. scr. 2, ix. 



3015, 3267, 3300, 3,40, 4093,4349, 4758,5306, 5407. 5578, 5792. Boi. lieg. t. 626, 1706. 

 ln.ZLr.i '^'^^f '^/^f "-'-^^-»«^-pIi"m, vix tamea dividendum, nisi species lobis patentibu. 

 m seetio.es 2 v. 3 dis r.b«as. I. C. .ta^cliceformi. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 3567. Ma und, Botanist. 



i n .^'.A ^^."^"/"f ^."^' ^^^- P^^'ter caroosi, sed lobi «pice cola^rentcs dicunt.r ; in spend.u 

 m ^te InTl " •" ^^'^""^^^'^^ ^'— - ^- ^I'l^tati. per anthcsi. liberi plus min.s 



obLi^^tininffn ;r'- 'T^'''' ""■ ^'-^^^"^'^- Harv.. cx Africa australi, corolla lobi 

 oblong, stipitat. per anthesni m tnbura arctc reflexi. C. Saundersoni, Harv., insigms ^k loTjis aoice 



t:^r^^J^r^''-'^' - ''' --"- -^"^- eooLreiS^:; eX 



132. aiocreuxla, Dene, m DC. Prod. viii. 640.-Calyx 5-partitus, basi intus 5-glandu- 

 osus segmentis angustis. Corolla tubo elougato, basi circa gyno.stegium globoso-dila- 

 tato lobis Imearibus valvatis per anthesin incurvo-erectis apice coha^rcntibus. Corona 

 subduplex, exterior c squamis 5-10 distinctis v. membrana basi junctis, quarum 5 

 majores antheris alterna, erecto -pat en tea v. incurve, integre v. alte 2-iid.e, breves y 

 longiuscub^, dentibus parvis intermediis stipate v. nude ; interioris squame 5 parve* 

 cra^smscule, dorso anthcrarum adnate, apice breviter libere v. interdum vix conspicue 

 Stamma basi coroUe affixa, filamentis in tubum brevem v. longiuseulum connati^. 1 

 tlicre breves, erecte, obtuse, subtruncate, exappendiculate. Pollinia in quoque 

 lociUo sohtai-ia, parva, erecta, hinc «ubpellucido-marginata. Stigma vertice subplanum. 

 Foil cull tenues, teretes, leves, sepiu« plus minus torulosi. Semina comosa.-Suflrutices 

 volubiles, tenues, pubescentes v. glabrati. FoHa opposita, cordata, membranacea. Cyme 

 ^o;mTus ' ^' *^''^"^""^^' Pedunculo simplici v. ramoso imposite, pedicolll^ 



Species 4? Africa australis ineol^e. Deless. Ic. Sel. y. f. 91. Samd. JRef. BoL i 167 In 



nrj^^n ?'"'"•''"■'' fj"?- ' "^'"^ ^'^^^"^^'^ observavimns, et specimi,.. munoro.a ai.«nt 

 non examinata omma quoad habifum folia et corollas parum dissimilia. An spceios dive^ t Tn 



lB3.mci.^lia Harv. Gen. PI. S. Afr. ed. 2, 241, et Tlu^s. Cap. t. 93.-Calyx 5-par- 



panulato, lobis longe hneanbus valvatis per anthesin erecto-incun^is apice coh.crentiC 



S3i" t' ' "*'"'"l ^^'^ .'"' ^'' ^"^^^ '"^^'^'^ ^^*-"' 1"---' breves fl^ 

 r linei;e T" '''T^ '' ""f^^^i^PI'"''^*'^ -1"« ^^ulong^ v. breviores, oblonge 

 Z^Zlt^, basi coroUe affixa, filamentis in tubum brevissimum ionnatS ; 



1^ 10 To IH^^^ \ "^r "''""^ "'.'""' '^'"^"' inappendiculate. PoUinia in quoque 

 locu sohtana, obovoidea, erecta, hinc obscure pellucido-marginata. Stigma crLum ' 

 vertice vix convexum. Folliculi tenues, teretes, leves. Semina comoBT-Herbe e 

 caudice tuberoso napiformi hnmiles v. diffusa. FoHa opposita, sepius pan^a v angusta 

 Cyme 2-pauciflorce, in «na axilla sessiles, pedicellis brevibus ^ 



