T.XXXm. ASCI.EPIADACE.i:. 177 



oblong, strongly margined ; coma 1-1 5 in. long. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 70 ; 

 Grah.^ Cat. p. 117 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 1-54 ~, Wight, Icon. t. 353 ; Watt, Diet. 

 Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 262. Ceropegia acuminata^ Grab. Cat. p. 117 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 153 ; Woodr. iu Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (189S) 

 p. 168 {not of Eoxb.). 0. Candelabrum^ Eoxb. Hort. Beng. p. 21 ; 

 Grab. Cat. p. 117 (not of Linn.). — Flowers: Aug. 



KoN'KAN : Kimyno ex Graham. Deccan : Pashan near Poona, Woodrow. S. M. 

 Country : about Dharwar, Law ex Dahell l^ Gibson, Graham. — Distuib. India 

 (W. Peninsula). 



6. Ceropegia hirsuta, Wight ^ Am. in Wight, Contrib. (1834) 

 p. 30, Suffruticose, twining, hirsute or pubescent; roots tuberous. 

 Leaves membranous, 2-4 in. long, varying from ovate-cordate, obtusely 

 acuminate, to narrowly lanceolate, acute ; petioles ^-1 in. long. Flowers 

 iu few-flo\\ered umbellate cymes ; peduncles 4-2 in. long, arising from 

 between the petioles, bispid ; pedicels ^-^ in. long, hispid ; bracts sub- 

 ulate. Calyx divided to the base ; sepals 3 in. long, linear-subulate, 

 very acute, hirsute with I'igid hairs. Corolla greenish, blotched with 

 purple, 1^-1| in. long, with a very large club-shaped head ; tube inflated 

 at the base, enlarged at the mouth ; lobes about g as long as the tube, 

 oblong-lanceolate, about | in. broad at the widest part, connate at the 

 tip ; outer corona-lobes subquadrate, narrowed a little towards the more 

 or less deeply bifid apex, tbe teeth deltoid, ciliate ; inner corona-lobes 

 ^ in. long, linear, curved or hooked at the slightly clavate apex. Follicles 

 4 by g in., fiuely pointed, glabrous. Seeds ^ in. long, narrowly oblong ; 

 coma 1-1| in. long. Fi. B. I. v. 4, p. 71; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 12 (1898) p. 168. Ceropegia Jacqitemontiana, Dalz. & Gibs. Bo. 

 Fl. p. 153 ()io^ of Decaisne). C. ophiocephala, Dalz. in Kevv Journ. Bot. 

 V. 2 (1850) p. 259; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 154.— Flowers : Aug. Verx. 

 Hdmana. 



KoNKAN : Stocks], Law\; Vingorla, Rifchie, 1851!; island of Karanja, Dahell ^■ 

 Gibson. Deccan: Pashan, 6 miles W. of Poona, Tukaram\ ; Poena districts, 

 Woodrow'.; Nanded, 10 miles W. of Poona, Kanitkar\ — Distrib. India (W. 

 Peninsula). 



Vau. vinco'folia, Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 4 (1883) p. 72. Leaves slightly 

 downy on both sides ; outer corona of 5 erecto-patent emarginate fleshy 

 lobes tipped with long hairs. Ceropegia vinca^folia (sp.). Hook, in Bot. 

 Mag. (1840) t. 3740. 



Near Bombay, Ninimo ox Balzell^^ Gibson. 



I have seen no autlientic specimens of this, which can hardly be considered a good 

 variety. The only difference between it and C. hirsuta proper appears to be in the 

 outer corona-lobes, which are described and figured in the Bot. Mag. (/. c.) as erecto- 

 patent, emarginate. 



7. Ceropegia oculata, lloolc Bot. 2Jag. (1844) t. 4093. Herbaceous, 

 twining; stem and branches terete, glabrous. Leaves membranous, 4-6 

 by l|-22 in., ovate, acuminate, more or less pubescent, ciliate; base 

 usuaUy cordate ; petioles |-1 in. long. Flowers in 4-8-ttowered umbel- 

 late cymes ; peduncles l|-2 in. long, arising from between the petioles, 

 usually clothed with spreading hairs ; pedicels |-| in. long. Calyx 

 divided to the base ; sepals ^ in. long, linear-lanceolate, acute, glabrous 

 or nearly so. Corolla 1|-2| in. long, pale-green in the lower part, tbe 

 upper part of tbe tube beneath the lobes spotted with purple ; tube much 



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