240 LXXX. ASCLEPIADE®. 
35. BARROWIA, Dene. 
Calyx 5-parted; sepals lanceolate, erect. Corolla with a 
long, terete tube, inflated at base, and a 5-lobed, spreading 
limb; lobes lanceolate, obtuse, induplicate-valvate in bud ; 
the throat nude. Gynostege included. Corona membranous, 
bluntly 5-lobed, the lobes opposing the anthers, attached to 
the base of the gynostege. Anthers tipped with an erect, 
short point. Pollimia ovoid, on very delicate cords, the apex 
pellucid and constricted. Stigma flat, 5-angled, minutely 
apiculate. Follicles?—DC. Prod. viii. p. 629; Deless. Ic. Sel. 
v. é. 88. 
B. jasminiflora, Dene., is a trailing or climbing herb, with oblong or 
lanceolate, scabrous leaves, and handsome, white, jasmine-like flowers, 
interpetiolar umbels. Found by Burchell; more recently by Miss Owen 
in Zululand, and by Burke and Zeyher at Magalisberg. 
36. RIOCREUXIA, Dene. 
Calyx small, 5-parted. Corolla with a swollen base, flask- 
shaped ; the limb of 5 lanceolate, glabrous lobes cohering by 
their apices. Gynostege included, stipitate. Corona 2-seriate, 
the outer folioles narrow, spreading, rigid, spur-like, inserted 
at the summit of the gynostege; inner, opposite the anthers, 
very short, obtuse, fleshy. Anthers not membranous-tipped. 
Pollinia erect, ventricose, with an oblique, pellucid, incurved 
crest. Stigma 5-angled, obscurely apiculate. Follicles slen- 
der, elongate, smooth, torulose.—DC. Prod. viii. p. 640 ; Deless. 
Le. Sel. v. t. 91. 
Halfsbrubby climbers, with cordate leaves, and greenish or dark purple, 
often streaked flowers, resembling those of Ceropegia.—Perhaps 2 species, 
natives of the Eastern frontier and Natal. 
37. CEROPEGIA, Linn. 
Calyx short, 5-parted. Corolla tubular, more or less in- 
flated at base, pitcher- or flask-shaped, with (usually) a funnel- 
shaped throat ; limb 5-parted, the lobes erect, spreading or 
pendulous, free or cohering at the tips, often ciliated, valvate 
in bud. Corona bell-shaped or rotate in a double row, 
5-10-15-lobed, the lobes opposite the anthers usually longer, 
strap-shaped, often conniving. Anthers nude at tip. Pollinia 
erect, roundish or ovate, pellucid on the inner margin. Stig- 
ma blunt. Follicles cylindrical, smooth.—DC. Prod. viii. p. 
641; Thes. Cap. t. 14 (the plate is incorrect; the lobes of 
corolla should be pendulous). 
Halfshrubs or herbs, with numerous fleshy roots, climbing or rarely sub- 
erect ; leaves various or 0; flowers solitary or few together, very curious 
