812 ASCLEPIADE& (Brown). [ Ceropegia. 
leaves sessile or subpetiolate, 14 (13-23, Schlechter) in. long, 
3 (to rather more than 1, Schlechter) in. broad, oblong or elliptic- 
oblong, obtuse or subacute, apiculate, subcoriaceous or perhaps 
slightly fleshy, glabrous on both sides (glaucescent, Schlechter) ; 
flowers lateral at the nodes, apparently solitary, erect ; pedicels } 
(14-24, Schlechter) in. long, longer in fruit, glabrous ; sepals 5-7 lin. 
long, 4 lin. broad, linear, acute, erect, glabrous ; corolla-tube 1-14 
in. long, ovoid-inflated, and probably about 34 (23, Schlechter) lin. 
in diam. at the base, cylindric and 14 lin. in diam. above, gradually 
enlarging to 3} lin. across the mouth, glabrous outside and within, 
slightly subtuberculate along the veins in the inflated part, green, 
with the veins inside at the base dark purple-brown ; lobes free, 
suberect (spreading, Schlechter), {-14 in. long, about 1 lin. broad 
at the base, linear, acute, apparently replicate, glabrous on the 
back, pubescent with fine greenish-yellow hairs all over the inner 
face, and ciliate with long clavate yellow-based purple hairs for 
about } in. at the base, a short row of the same hairs extending 
down the middle of the very base of the lobe, green, reticulately 
veined with dark purple-brown at the base and mouth of the tube ; 
outer corona arising } lin. up the staminal column and much over- 
topping it, shortly cupular at the base, with 5 erect deeply bifid 
lobes 1 lin, long, having parallel subulate teeth, dark purple-brown, 
ciliate with long fine white hairs and pubescent on the inner face ; 
inner corona-lobes 1) lin. long, connivent-erect, linear, acute, 
exceeding the outer corona and dorsally connected to it at the base, 
glabrous, dark purple-brown; follicle solitary (always ), erect, 
7 in. long, about } in. thick, linear-terete, very slightly tapering 
to the obtuse apex, but distinctly so at the base ; seeds } in. long; 
2 lin. broad, linear-oblong, broadly margined, flattened, smooth, 
glabrous, dark brown with paler borders. 
Eastern Recion: Natal ; Hillcrest, 2000 ft., Haygarth in Herb. Wood, 9099 ! 
near Fairfield in Alexandra County, 2000 ft., Rudatis, 203 (ex Schlechter). 
With the exception of the few words in brackets, the above description is entirely 
made from Mr. Haygarth’s specimen, which so closely agrees with Dr. Schlechter's 
description, that I have little doubt that the few discrepancies are merely due to a 
difference of vigour in the two specimens. 
7. C. stapelieformis (Haw. in Phil. Mag. 1827, 121) ; stems and 
branches fleshy, up to 4 in. thick, cylindric, tuberculate, jointed, 
decumbent or trailing, often tapering towards the flowering ends, 
which become rather slender and sometimes twine around other plants, 
glabrous, dull green, with darker mottling, often tinged with purplish ; 
leaves rudimentary, seated on the tubercles, }-1} lin. long, cordate- 
ovate or deltoid, acute, with minute globular stipules at their base, 
glabrous ; cymes usually scattered along the tapering slender ends of 
the branches, pedunculate, successively developing 1 to several flowers ; 
peduncles 1-9 lin. long, glabrous ; pedicels 3-5 lin. long, glabrous ; 
sepals about 2 lin. long, ovate-lanceolate, acute, glabrous ; corolla- 
tube 1}-13 in. long, ovoid-inflated and } in. in diam. at the base, 
