ASCLEPIADACE.E (S. Moore) 65 



bre\doribus subulatis paten tibus carnosub's fuscis; stylo columnam 

 stamineam bene excedente anguste conico intefrro. 



Oban ; n. 1030. 



A slender-stemmed twining plant. Leaves when full grown 4-5 x 

 2-5-3 cm., exceedingly thin in texture, drying green and markedly 

 paler beneath, provided with a large number of minute immersed 

 pellucid glands ; petioles 1-2 cm. long, sometimes of unequal length 

 in the pairs, scabridulous. Cymes short or elongated, sometimes 

 1 cm., more often 5-6 cm. long; in the latter case 7 cm. more or less 

 in diameter. Common peduncle very short or absent ; partial pedun- 

 cles at most 4 cm. long. Pedicels usually 5-8 mm. long. Bracts 

 about 1 mm. in length. Floivers green. Segments of calyx 1-25 mm. 

 long. Expanded corolla 6 mm. in diameter; tube 1-25 mm. long; 

 lobes 2-5 X 2-5 mm. Staminal column, including the appendages 

 to the anthers, about 1 mm. long. Coronal leaves about '4 mm. long, 

 blackish. Style exserted beyond the staminal column to a length of 

 nearly 1 mm. 



Differs from S. leonense N. E. Br., chiefly in the cordate (not 

 cuneate) leaves, the glabrous cymes and the conical entire style. 



Ceropegia Talbotii S. Moore sp. nov. Herba caule volubili 

 superne frequenter folioso glabro ; foliis sat longe petiolatis 

 ovatis longiuscule caudato-acuminatis basi cordatis membranaceis 

 pag. sup. fere omnino glabris pag. inf. in nervis sparsissime 

 puberub's glabrisve ; floribus majusculis solitariis vel in cymis 

 umbellatis perpaucifloris dispositis pedunculis glabris calycem 

 excedentibus insidentibus ; calycis segmentis elongatis linearibus 

 sursum longe attenuatis glabris ; corollae extus et intus fere 

 glabrae tube basi inflate inde subito contracto paullo infra 

 medium indeque usque ad fauces optime dilatatas amplificato 

 lobis tube multo brevioribus apice connatis oblongis obtusis fere 

 glabris ; coronae pbyllis exterioribus in cupulam brevem connatis 

 late ovatis apice bilobis lobis caudato-acuminatis intus pilis longis 

 obsitis margine sparsissime ciliatis pbyllis interioribus exteriora 

 circa duple excedentibus lineari-oblongis apice dilatatis ipso 

 obtusis. 



Oban ; n. 116. 



Leaves mostly 6 cm. long, 3 cm. broad, the narrowed portion at 

 most 2 cm. long ; petioles somewhat twisted at the base, about 3 cm. 

 long. Peduncles also twisted at the base, usually 1*5-3 cm. long. 

 Segments of the calyx becoming patent, 1-2 cm. long. Corolla a 

 dirty white with purple blotching, the tube almost 4 cm, long, 4-5 mm. 

 wide at the base, then contracted to 2 mm. and expanding at the 

 mouth to 9-12 mm. ; lobes 1 • 5 cm. long, 5 mm. broad. Oiqmle of 

 the outer corona '4 mm. deep, its leaves about 1-2x1 mm. ; leaves 

 of the inner corona 2 x • 2 mm. 



To be inserted in the genus next C. Johnsoni N. E. Br., which has 

 smaller, less deeply cordate leaves, a much shorter calyx and a 

 shorter corolla less swollen both at base and throat. 



Judging from material to hand, the corolla varies somewhat in 



