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Petala 5, lineari-oblonga, apice marginibusque inflexis 14 lin. longa. 
Stamina 5, filamenta subulata, libera, petalis alterna, iisque longiora. 
Stylus verus nullus; stigma 5-lobatum, post anthesin crescens, 
ovarium toro colummari crenato impositum, styliforme, 5-loculare, 
ovula in quoque loculo gemina, collateralia, pendula, caudata. 
Fructus pisi magnitudine, squamulis peltatis minutis conspersus. 
Has. In montibus Syhadree, lat. 167—137. 
A common plant in the locality indicated, much more slender 
than the preceding, and climbing to a great height; it flowers in 
November and December, and has fruit in February. There are no 
true spines on this plant, but aculei all along the stem. 
CEROPEGIA. 
l. C. angustifolia (mihi); herbacea, erecta, pubescens, 5-6 poll. alta, 
radice tuberosa, caule tereti, foliis anguste lineari-lanceolatis acutis, 
pagina superiore marginibus presertim pilosis, inferiore pallidis 
glaberrimis, floribus extra-axillaribus solitariis adscendentibus, 
corolla basi leviter ventricosa, tubo cylindrico : limbi segmentis 
anguste lineari-spathulatis extus glaberrimis intus subtiliter velu- 
tinis tuboque 5-costato extus purpureo basi viridi intus flavo lineis 
15 atro-purpureis striato subzequalibus, coronz lobis exterioribus 
5 triangularibus ciliatis, apice bidentatis, dentibus subulatis, inte- 
rioribus longis linearibus apice leviter recurvatis flavis glabris. 
Has. In pascuis saxosis prope mare, prov. Malwan; floret Julio. 
This plant will be classed with C. spiralis, R. W., and pusilla: from 
the latter it is distinguished by narrower leaves, a longer and more 
slender flower, by the segments of the limb being about equal to the 
tube of the corolla, as well as by this species not being glabrous. 
In general appearance it is much more like C. spiralis than pusilla. 
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2. C. ophiocephala (mihi); herbacea, tota hispida, volubilis, foliis late 
lanceolatis basi rotundatis vel cordatis apice acuminatis utrinque- 
hispidis subtus pallidis, pedunculis extra-axillaribus hispidis petiolo 
paulo longioribus pauci(3—4)-floris, sepalis lineari-subulatis patenti- 
bus, corollæ tubo adscendente basi leviter ventricoso atro-purpureo 
glabro, limbi laciniis tubo triplo brevioribus oblongis obtusis api- 
eem versus angustatis basi purpureis medio flavis apice lete - 
virentibus ibique parce ciliatis, corolla sesquipollicari, coronz 
stamineze exterioris lobis 5 connatis obtusis bifidis ciliatis flavis 
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