CeropegiaJ] xcv. ASCLEPIADE^;. (J. D. Hooker.) 67 



lobes as lonpr as the tube narrowly linear erect or twisted together, fimbriate at 

 the base with gland-tipped hairs. ? 0. Munroi, Wight Ic. t. 1264. 



TRAVANCORE ; rocky place on the Anamallay hills, alt. 3-4000 ft., Seddome. 



Stem 4-9 in., slender, glabrous below. Leaves 4-6 by -3- in., narrowed at the 

 base and gradually from the middle to the tip. Peduncles ^-1 in., ]-4-fld. Sepals 

 filiform, in. Corolla-tube subcylindric, green outside, purple within ; lobes narrowed 

 downwards from above the middle, basal margins reflexed, fimbriate with long slender 

 hairs. Coronal lobes 10, triangular, ciliate; processes linear-spathulate, four times 

 as long. C. Munroi is only known from the very insufficient drawing engraved in 

 Wight's Icones. Beddome has suggested to me its being a twining or flexuous form of 

 this species, which becomes scandent in cultivation. 



4. C. attenuata, Hook. Ic. PL t. 867 ; pubescent, leaves linear or linear- 

 lanceolate, corolla straight lobes linear erect as long as the tube naked. Dalz. 

 Sf Gibs. Bomb. FL 154; C. angustifolia, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. ii. 259; 

 Dalz. $ Gibs. I.e. C. spiralis, Herb. 2nd. Or. H.f. 8f T. 



THE CONCAN ; near Vingorla, and rocky pastures near the sea in Malwan, Dalzell, 

 Stocks, &c. 



Stem 6-12 in., slender or rather stout. Leaves 2-6 by ~| in., narrowed at the 

 base. Peduncles short, axillary, usually 1-fld. Sepals filiform, | in. Corolla 2-2^ 

 in. long, base swollen, mouth dilated, lobes very narrow from a triangular base, the 

 margins of which are not reflected. Coronal lobes 5, triangular, entire or 2-fid, ciliate; 

 processes narrow, 4 times as long. Follicles 3 in. long, very slender, terete, torulose. 

 Seeds -~ in., oblong, compressed, margins very thick, coma ^ in. 



5. C. Lawii, H.f. ; pubescent, stout, leaves long-petioled ovate, peduncles 

 many-fid., corolla slightly curved lobes small elliptic naked incurved very much 

 shorter than the very narrow tube. Oeropegia n. 25, Herb. 2nd. Or. H.f. fy T. 



SOUTH CONCAN, Law, Stocks. 



Tubers 2-5 in. diam. Stem often as thick as a goose-quill, 1-2 ft. high. Leaves 

 2-4 by 1^-2 in., acute, sometimes rounded; petiole ^-1 in. Peduncle 1-1| in. 

 strict; bracts minute; pedicels short. Sepals minute, recurved. Corolla 1-1 i- 

 long, base scarcely swollen ; lobes -J in., incurved, forming a small subglobose head. 

 Coronal lobes 10, obtuse, short, ciliate ; processes slender, four times as long. 



6. C. Wallichii, Wight in Sot. Mag., note under t. 3267, and Contrib. 32 ; 

 puberulous, stem very stout, leaves ovate or rounded subsessile, flowers fasci- 

 cled, corolla straight lobes oblong obtuse densely fimbriate within erect much 

 shorter than the tube. Wall. Cat. 8143; Royle 211. t. 66, f. 3 ; Dene, in DC. 

 Prodr. viii. 644. 



CENTRAL and WESTERN HIMALAYA; Nepal, Wallich; Kumaon at Nainital, alt. 

 6500 ft., Strachey and Winterb. 



Stem 8-12 ft. in., as thick as a goose-quill. Leaves 2-2, puberulous or glabrate 

 above, tip obtuse acute or rounded. Peduncle very short ; pedicels crowded, -^ in. ; 

 bracts setaceous. Sepals filiform, \ in. Corolla^ l in., tube narrow, base inflated, 

 month funnel-shaped acutely 5-angled : lobes forming a narrow oblong obtuse crown 

 |-J in. long, ciliate with short fusiform stout hairs. Coronal-lobes 10, triangular, 

 ciliate, processes four times as long. Follicles 1 foot long. 



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Stem twining. Leaves fleshy. Calyx minute. Corolla small, straight 

 (rarely 1 in. long) narrow ; mouth slightly dilated ; lobes short, narrow, erect, 

 fleshy. 



7. C. bulbosa, Roxb. Cor. PL i. 11, t. 7, and FL 2nd. ii. 28 ; leaves 

 various, corolla-tube slender, lobes linear from a triangular base villous within, 

 corona glabrous lobes minute or obsolete, processes filiform straight. 



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