t25b. C 



(K 



contracted in tte middle, limt) long, deeplj^ cleft mt& 



twining, subcarnose: leaves small, sessile, lanceolate, five slender lobes, ciliated with glanduliferous hairs,- 

 acute, peduncles few flowered : sepals subulate, corolla exterior lobes of the corona inconspicuous, interior 

 clavate, ventricose at the base, the lobes ligulate, ones ligulate, twice the length of the column. 



nearly as long as the tube, connate at the ape^, ciliate : 

 exterior lobes of the staminal croWn short, united to 

 the middle, pilose, interior ones linear,- hooked at the 

 apex, follicles alternated, glabrous, brachiate.— Dec. 



in D. C. Prod. 



A widely distributed" plam on the plains of India. 



The specimen here represented was gathered near 



Coimbatore, and has been introduced as presenting 



Neilgberries or Coorg jungles. This species is only 

 known to me through the accompanying figure, and 

 a single flower for which I am indebted to Captain 

 Munro, but without character or station. I believe, 

 however, he found the specimens on the Western 

 Slopes of the Neilgberries or Coorg jungles, both of 

 which he explored. 



one of the richest flowering specimens I have seen. 1265. Ceropegia EtEGAXg (Wall.) twinirg. 



'the plant Being succulent, and possessing an agrees 

 able acid taste,- is much eaf by the Natives as a 

 sort of salad. 



1261. Ceropegia pus^lla (W. and A.) herba-i 

 ceous, glabrous, erect, 3 6 inches high :- root tuberous:- 

 leaves linear, lanceolate, succulent :' flowers axillary, 

 solitary, erect : corolla ventricose at the base, tube 

 cylindrical, longer than the lobes of the limb :' exterior 

 lobes of the staminal crown ciliate, shorter, the inte- 

 rior ones, longer than the gynostegium : follicles erect, 

 about two inches long, attenuated at the point, 



Neilgberries, in pasture ground, but rare. I found 

 it more abundant on the banks of the Pycarrah river 



^ ^ A A a a . 



glabrous, leaves ovate-oblong, or oblorg-lanceolate, 

 attenuated or shortly acuminate^^ acute, somewhat suc- 

 culent, ciliolate ;■ peduncles equaling the petiols, few 

 flowered : tube of the corolla ventricose, curved at the 

 base, purplish speckled ; lobes subdeltoide, acuminate, 

 cohering at the apex, often ciliate : exterior lobes of the 

 staminal crown, ligulate, approximated, interior ones 

 longer, inflfexed, more or less united at the points : 

 follicles very long, slender, glabrous, subtorulose : 

 pollen masses brownish coloured, — D. C. Prod., 8, 642. 

 Neilgberries, frequent. The specimens figured were 

 gathered in Kotergherry, on the Easier n descent. I- 

 have however met with it in many other places. It 

 varies considerably in the colour of its flowers', the 



than elsewhere, but there too it requires to be closely ^''^^ ^«'"» sometimes purple, at others pale, the cilia? 



' figured is a large one of ^^^ ^? <*^'en wanting as present, and seem to separate 



the plant, 



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1262. Ceropbgia ciliata (R. W.) suffruticose, 

 twining : root tuberoas, stems glabrous, leaves short, 

 petioled, ovate, lanceolate, attenuated towards the 

 point, coarsely pubescent on both sides, hairy on the 

 veins beneath, ciliate on the margin : peduncles asil« 

 lary, about half the length of the leaves, hispid, um- 

 |)els 6-10 flowered:' calyx lobes subulate, shorteif 

 than the ventricose base of the corolla :' corolla gla^ 

 brous, lobes cohering at the points, shorter than the 

 tube : e:tterior lobes of the staminal crown emargi* 

 Hate, ciliate, interior ones clavate, recurved at the 

 points : follicles about 3 inches long, linear, taperitig 

 towards the point. 



readily. 



(6. W 



twining, glabrous : leaves long petioled, ovate, acumi- 

 nate, somewhat succulent : peduncles about the length 

 of the petiols, terminating in a few flowered umbel : 

 pedicels nearly equaling the peduncle, furnished at 

 the base with a subulate bract t tube of the corolla 

 abruptly contracted above the ventricose base, gra- 

 dually dilating upwards; throat campanulate, lobes 

 deltoide cohering at the poiiits, the margins folded 

 back : exteriblr lobes of the crown about the length of 

 the interior ; interior recurved at the apex : foUicleff 



long, slender. 



flowering 



I first found this beau 



I^eilgh 



rng June and July. The ciliation of the margins of 

 the leaves, a constant, though from the shortness of 

 the hairs, not a conspicuous feature in this plant, has 

 unfortunately been altogether overlooked by the 

 artist : in other respects the figure gives a correct 

 i^ea of the planter 



m63, Ceropegia rxTERMEDiA (It. W.) fruti- 

 cose, twining : leaves ovate, lanceolate acute, glabrous 

 on both sides : peduncles shorter than the leaves,^ 



tiful species in jungles on the banks of a stream by 

 the road side going to Kandj\^ with Ceneral Walker, 

 but I am indebted to Mrs. Walker for the drawing, 

 and dissections froxb which the plate is taken. The 

 tnbe of the corolla is tpeckled all over^ with purple 

 spots. 



26?. C^ROPKGIA SPIRALIS 



W 



about 



portiou 



cose, erect, glabrous : root tubuous : leaves long, 

 narrow, lanceolate, acute : flowers large, solitary, 

 short peduncled : tube of the corolla ventricose at 

 the Base, lobes of the limb long, subulate, spirall/ 

 twisted, ciliate at the base : exterior lobes of the crown 

 shorter than the column, interior dilated at the base, 

 Kflrulate arid free above. 



corolla shorter than the tube, lobes subspathulate, Kgulate arid free 



ciliate, united at the point, fornJing a globose head : Balaghaut Hills, near Madras, flowering, July and 



exterior lobes of the crown obsolete, mterior ones 

 long, spathulate, hairy towards the base. 



Serramallie, near Dindigul, flowering October. 



This species seems nearly intermediate between C 

 hilbosa and C. aecuminata, but abundantly distinct 



from bothr 



1264. 



W 



My 



only one, that here represented, in flower, hence the 

 want of dissections. The figure is however, in other 

 respects so characteristic, that there can be no difl^^ 

 culty in recognising the plant from it. 



1268. Carallusta AtTixuATA (R. tV.) ercct,- 



stems 4 sided at the base, subterete towards the apex, 

 sparingly ramous : flowers confined to the ends of ther 

 branches, cerrtuous or drooping: lobes of the coroUar 



slender, twining : leaves short petioled, narrow, lanco- 



late, acute, succulent ? flowers large, solitary, short, y r— « ; 



peduncled ; corolla ventiicose at the base, tube short, lanceolate, fimbriate on the margin. 



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