4^4 Lxxxv. ASCLEPiADE^ (brown). [Ce7'opegia. 



Allied to C. papillata, N. E. Br., but the inore slender flowers, glabrous pedicels, 

 simrrod buds, shorter depressed peai--sliaped inflation at the base of the corolla, 

 broader mouth of the tube and differoit coloration of the corolla, easily dis- 

 tinguish it. 



30. C. Meyeri, Becne. in DC. Prod. viii. 645. Stem twining^ 

 pubescent. Leaves herbaceous; petiole 4-6 lin. long; blade 1-1 1 

 in. long, \-\ in. broad, ovate, narrowed into a blunt point, rounded or 

 somewhat cordate at the base, near which the margins are often 

 slightly undulate or crisped, pubescent on both sides. Umbels sessile 

 at the nodes, 2-4-flowered ; pedicels 3J-4 lin. long, slender, pubescent. 

 Sepals 2-4 lin. long, linear, pubescent. Corolla IJ-l J in. long, straight ; 

 tube 12-13 lin. long, inflated, cylindric-oblong for two-thirds of its 

 length, about \ in. in diam., tapering above to about 1|^ in. in diam.,. 

 abruptly dilated at the mouth to about 2J lin. in diam., glabrous on 

 both sides, whitish, marked with purple-brown lines ; lobes 4-4J 

 lin. long, connivent-erect or inarching, connate at the tips, linear^ 

 replicate, glabrous on both sides, ciliate with long hairs, apparently 

 blackish-purple. Outer corona | lin. long, arising | lin. above the 

 base of the staminal-column, cup-shaped, with 5 elongate-deltoid acute 

 teeth as long as the tubular part, glabrous ; inner coronal-lobes 

 1 lin. long, connivent-erect, linear-spathulate, obtuse. The entire 

 corona white, variegated with blackish-purple. — Schlechter in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xx. Beibl. 51, 47. C. puhescens, E. Meyer, Comment. 193, not 

 of Wallich. 



Mozamb. Dist. Tropical Transvaal: among shrubs by the rivers Litonandoa 

 and Limvovo, 1800 ft., ScJdechter, 4527. 



I have not seen a tropical specimen of this plant, and describe it from South. 

 African material. 



31. C. convolvuloides, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 47. Stem 

 twining, covered with spreading hairs. Leaves herbaceous ; petiole 

 5-15 lin. long, pubescent with spreading hairs ; blade 2-3J in. long, 

 |-2^ in. broad, cordate-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, cordate at 

 the base, softly pubescent on both sides. Cymes umbel-like, 12-20- 

 flowered ; peduncles 3-6 lin. long, pubescent with spreading hairs ; 

 bracts lJ-3 lin. long, narrowly lanceolate or subulate, acute, pubescent ; 

 pedicels 3-6 lin. long, pubescent with spreading hairs. Sepals 2-2\ 

 lin. long, §-f lin. broad, oblong-lanceolate, acute, pubescent like the 

 pedicels. Corolla 10-12 lin. long, covered outside with a short spreading 

 pubescence, glabrous in all parts within ; tube 6-7 lin. long, 1| lin. in 

 diam. at the inflated base, above which it is slightly curved and 

 cylindric, shortly funnel-shaped and about 2 lin. in diam. at the mouth, 

 blackish-purple within, except at the apex and base ; lobes 4-5 lin. long, 

 greenish-black within, ovate in the basal part, linear above, replicate, 

 erect, connate at the apex, gibbous-carinate within near the base, 

 where, at the sinuses, they are externally produced downwards into five 

 spur-like projections l|-lf lin. long. Outer corona 1J-1|^ lin. long, 

 cup-shaped at the base, with 5 erect oblong lobes j lin. long, bifid, to 



