ASCLEPIADACE& (S. Moore) 65 
brevioribus subulatis patentibus carnosulis fuscis; stylo columnam 
stamineam bene excedente anguste conico integro. 
Oban ; n. 1030. 
A slender-stemmed twining plant. Leaves when full grown 4-5 x 
2:5-3 cm., exceedingly thin in texture, drying green and markedly 
paler beneath, provided with a large number of minute immersed 
pellueid glands; petioles 1-2 cm. long, sometimes of unequal length 
in the pairs, scabridulous. Cymes short or elongated, sometimes 
1 cm., more often 5-6 em. long; in the latter case 7 cm. more or less 
in diameter. Common peduncle very short or absent; partial pedun- 
cles at most 4 em. long. Pedicels usually 5-8 mm. long. Bracts 
about 1 mm.in length. Flowers green. Segments of calyx 1:95 mm. 
long. Hapanded corolla 6 mm. in diameter; tube 1:25 mm. long; 
lobes 2:5 x 2:5 mm. — Staminal column, including the appendages 
to the anthers, about 1 mm. long. Coronal leaves about "4 mm. long, 
blackish. Style exserted beyond the staminal column to a length of 
nearly 1 mm. 
Differs from S. leonense N. E. Br., chiefly in the cordate (not 
cuneate) leaves, the glabrous cymes and the conical entire style. 
Ceropegia Talbotii S. Moore sp. nov. Herba caule volubili 
superne frequenter folioso glabro; foliis sat longe petiolatis 
ovatis longiuscule caudato-acuminatis basi cordatis membranaceis 
pag. sup. fere omnino glabris pag. inf. in nervis sparsissime 
puberulis glabrisve; floribus majusculis solitariis vel in cymis 
umbellatis perpaucifloris dispositis pedunculis glabris calycem 
excedentibus insidentibus ; calycis segmentis elongatis linearibus 
sursum longe attenuatis glabris; corollae extus et intus fere 
glabrae tubo basi inflato inde subito contracto paullo infra 
medium indeque usque ad fauces optime dilatatas amplificato 
lobis tubo multo brevioribus apice connatis oblongis obtusis fere 
glabris ; coronae phyllis exterioribus in cupulam brevem connatis 
late ovatis apice bilobis lobis caudato-acuminatis intus pilis longis 
obsitis margine sparsissime ciliatis phyllis interioribus exteriora 
circa duplo excedentibus lineari-oblongis apice dilatatis ipso 
obtusis. 
Oban ; n. 116. 
Leaves mostly 6 em. long, 3 em. broad, the narrowed portion at 
most 2 cm. long; petioles somewhat twisted at the base, about 3 em. 
long. Peduncles also twisted at the base, usually 1:5-3 em. long. 
Segments of the calyz becoming patent, 1-2 cm. long. Corolla a 
dirty white with purple blotching, the tube almost 4 em. long, 4-5 mm. 
wide at the base, then contracted to 2 mm. and expanding at the 
mouth to 9-12 mm.; lobes 1:5 em. long, 5 mm. broad. Cupule of 
the outer corona "4 mm. deep, its leaves about 1:2 x 1 mm.; leaves 
of the inner corona 2 x "2 mm. 
To be inserted in the genus next C. Johnsoni N.E. Br., which has 
smaller, less deeply cordate leaves, a much shorter calyx and a 
Shorter corolla less swollen both at base and throat. 
Judging from material to hand, the corolla -varies somewhat in 
