1 66 AsclepiadeCB, \Ceropegia. 



inflated base oblong-ovoid, upper part very broadly funnel- 

 shaped, lobes very broad, dilated and cucullate forming pouches, 

 ciliate with numerous short bristles, dome much depressed 

 (not hemispherical) often nearly flat, coronal lobes lo, linear, 

 distinctly shorter than the linear-lanceolate adnate processes; 

 follicles not seen. 



Montane zone; very rare. First collected by Gardner. Ramboda, 

 4000-5000 ft.; Pundaloya (E. Green); Peradeniya,^doubtfully wild. Fl. 

 Oct.; whitish or cream-coloured, mottled or spotted with purple. 



Endemic. 



Closely allied to C. elegans, but distinguishable by the form of the 

 corolla, especially before expansion. The buds are strongly 5-angled or 

 star-shaped, and the dome of united petals nearly flat. This plant is in 

 cultivation in hot-houses at home. 



3. C. Thwaitesii, Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 4758 (1854). 

 Thw. Enum. 199. C. P. 1842. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 71. Bot. Mag. t. 4758. 



L. \\-Z\ •"•> ovate or lanceolate-ovate, rounded or cordate 

 at base, acuminate, acute, paler beneath with conspicuous veins, 

 petiole \-\ in.; fl. 1-5, subumbcllate, on slender glabrous ped., 

 peduncle short, \-\ in.; cor. ii-2 in. curved, inflated base 

 globose, suddenly narrowed above, upper part funnel-shaped, 

 lobes long, oblong-ovate, obtuse, glabrous, very blunt ; coronal 

 lobes 10, in pairs, ciliate, much shorter than the connivent gla- 

 brous processes; follicles not seen. 



Moist low country above 1000 ft.; rare. About Peradeniya; near 

 Matale in several places. Fl. December ; green, tube spotted and stained 

 with purple, and with a broad purple band across the lobes. 



Also in Travancore. 



4. C. Decaisneana, Wight., Ic. iv. pt. i, 14 (1850). 

 Trim, in Journ. Bot. xxvii. 164. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 'j'^ (not given for Ceylon). Wight, Ic. t. 1259. 



L. z\~^\ in-» oval-ovate, rounded or subacute at base, acute 

 at apex, petiole \-\ in.; fl. large, 5-8, subumbellate, on long 

 glabrous ped., bracts very small, peduncle i^-i^ in.; cor. 

 2^-3 in., curved, inflated base large, oblong-ovoid, suddenly 

 contracted above, upper part widely funnel-shaped, lobes 

 nearly as long as tube, linear, from a wide base, obtuse, 

 strongly ciliate, dome narrowly oblong, blunt; coronal lobes 

 5, bifid, hairy, half the length of the stiff erect connivent pro- 

 cesses; follicles not seen. 



Montane zone; very rare. Only found in one spot in the Rangala 

 District at about 4000 ft. Fl. Sept.; green, lobes purple at ends. 

 Also in the Nilgiri Mountains. 

 Our largest-flowered species. 



