210 LXXX. ASCLEPIADEiE. 



85. BARROWIA, Dene. 



Calyx 5-pnrtcd ; f<e])als lanceolate, erect. Corolla with a 

 long, terete tube, inllated at base, and a 5-lobed, spreading 

 limb ; lobes lanceolate, obtuse, induplicate-valvate in bud ; 

 the throat nude. Grjnostege 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. Pollinia ovoid, on very delicate cords, the apex 

 pellucid and constricted. 8tigma flat, 5-angled, minutely 

 apiculate. Follicles? — DC. Frod.\m. p. 629; Deless.Ic. Set. 

 V. t. 88. 



B. jasminiflora, Dene, is a trailing or climbing herb, with oblong or 

 laneeolate, scabrous leaves, and handsome, wliite, jasmine-like flowers, in 

 iiiterpetiolar umbels. Found by Burchell ; more recently by Miss Oweu 

 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. Grynostege 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.^j>. 6i0 ; Deless. 

 Ic. Sel. V. t. 91. 



Halfshrubby climbers, with cordate leaves, and greenish or dark purple, 

 often streaked flowers, resembling those of Ceropegia. — Perhaps 2 species, 

 natives of the Eastern fi'ontier 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. Frod. viii. p. 

 641 ; Thes. Cap. t. 14 (the plate is incorrect ; the lobes of 

 corolla should be pendulous). 



llalfshrubs or herbs, with nimierous fleshy roots, climbing or rarely sub- 

 erect ; leaves various or ; flowers solitary or few together, very curious 



