806 ASCLEPIADE& (Brown). [ Ceropegia. 
Corolla-lobes 2 in. long, filiform, thickened and 
knob-like at the apex, glabrous except at 
the base oe ies a" on oe 
Leaves elliptic-oblong or oblong, }-1 in. broad ; 
corolla-lobes linear, replicate, pubescent on the 
inner face ... ous H : 
(5) antennifera. 
(6) Rudatisii. 
Stem not erect, thick and fleshy, tapering at the flower- 
ing tips, leafless ; corolla 2-3 in. long (7) stapeliceformis. 
** Corolla-lobes free at the base, then connate into a 
slender column, again becoming free and connate at . 
the tips, forming a small terminal cage-like body ... (8) Haygarthii. 
*** Corolla-lobes united into an umbrella-like canopy 
supported on 5 short stalks over the mouth of the 
tube; stems twining or scrambling among other plants, 
or in 9 C. Rendallii, sometimes short and erect : 
Stem slender, 4-3 lin. thick ; corolla less than 1 in. : 
long ... 5 ape ie .. (9) Rendallii. 
Stem rather fleshy, 4 in. or more(when dried about 
1 lin.) thick ; corolla 2 in. or more long: 
Leaves 4-2 in. long, 4-1 in. broad ; corolla-tube 
oblong-inflated at the base; outer corona 
truncate or nearly so: 
Corolla-canopy with the centre depressed below the 
level of the margin, light yellowish-green, : 
spotted with darker green es ... (10) Sandersoni. 
Corolla-canopy convex or broadly conical, with the 
centre raised above the margin, mottled with : 
green and purple-brown on a whitish ground (11) Monteiroe. 
Leaves very small or rudimentary, #-3 lin. long ; 
corolla-tube globose-inflated at the base ; outer M 
corona of 5 pairs of filiform hooked teeth ... (12) fimbriata. 
**** Corolla-lobes connate at the tips only, often form- 
ing a cage-like top to the flower: 
Stems erect, 2-5 in. high or under cultivation much 
longer and requiring support : 
Corolla-lobes 8-9 lin. long, as long as or longer than 
the tube, ciliate at the base =. sss ese (83) Barklyi. 
Corolla-lobes 34 lin. long, much shorter than the = 
tube, not ciliate ... Loe .. (34) Conrathii. 
Stems twining or straggling among other plants, rarely 
straight and prostrate or pendulous : 
Stem fleshy, leafless or with rudimentary leaves less 
eee oe 
than } in. long : 
Corolla-tube 1-2 in. long, more than twice as long : 
as the lobes, glabrous outside sae .-. (13) ampliata. 
Corolla-tube scarcely 3 in. long, not much longer . 
than the lobes, puberulous outside ... ... (14) Zeyheri. 
Stem slender or fleshy, with well developed leaves 
3-4 in. long, 4-1} in. broad: 
+ Corolla-tube puberulous outside, 9-10 lin. long : 
Leaves very undulate or lobulate - undulate, 
pubescent ; corolla-lobes 5-6 lin. ‘long, 
glabrous on the inner face... «. —-. (27) undulata. 
