70 xcv. ASCiBPiADBas. (J. D. Hooker.) [Ceropegia* 



section from C. longifolia, but there is no difference whatever between the authen- 

 tically named specimens of these species in either Wight's or Wallich's Herbaria. 

 The foliage closely resembles that of C. angustifolia. 



ft Corolla-lobes shorter than the tube (nearly as long in C. pubescens} r 

 oblong obovate linear or elliptic, forming a conical ellipsoid ovoid or beaked 

 crown over the not greatly dilated throat. 



a. Leaves and peduncles perfectly glabrous. 



15. C. tuberosa, Roxb. Cor. PL i. 12, t. 9; quite glabrous, leaves fleshy 

 from orbicular apiculate to lanceolate acuminate, corolla straight, lobes -g shorter 

 than the tube suddenly contracted from a triangular base into linear cohering 

 appendages that are at first connate throughout their length and villous within. 

 Wight Contrib. 33, and Ic. t. 353 ; Wall. Cat. 8145, excl. A ; Dalz. $ Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 154 ; Grah. Cat. Bomb. PL 117 ; Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 644. 0. 

 acuminata, Dalz. 8f Gibs. 1. c. not of Roxb. C. mucronata, Roth Nov. Sp. 179, 

 C. Candelabrum, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 20, and Fl. Ind. ii. 27, not of Linnceus. 



DECCAN PENINSULA ; from the Concan southwards, common. 



Root tuberous. Stem alender. Leaves 1-4 in. (fleshy, Dalzell), base acute or 

 rounded ; petiole - f in. Peduncles 1-3 together, ^-3 in. ; pedicels fascicled or sub- 

 paniculate ; bracts minute. Sepals subulate, in., recurved. Corolla 1-2 in., base 

 somewhat inflated, mouth slightly dilated. Coronal lobes ciliate, very short. Follicles 

 4-5 in. long, slender. Seeds 3 in. long, linear. 



16. C. Candelabrum, Linn. Sp. PI. 211 ; glabrous, leaves oblong acute 

 or apiculate base cordate, peduncles pendulous, flowers whorled erect, corolla- 

 base globose, lobes very short ovate acute united by the tips only. Dene, in 

 DC. Prodr. viii. 643. Rheede Hort. Mai. ix. t. 16. 



MALABAE, Rheede ; at Mangalor, Perrottet (Dene.}. 



Stem slender, Leaves 2-3 by 1-1 \ in. ; petiole 1 in. Peduncles 3 in.; pedicels 

 ^ in. ; flowers 10-12 in a whorl. Sepals small. Corolla l\ in. I have seen no 

 specimen of this striking species. 



17. C. Elliott ii, Hook.f.; quite glabrous, leaves elliptic acute, peduncle 

 pendulous, flowers erect, corolla straight green base somewhat inflated, lobes 

 very short ovate acute united at the tips only, coronal lobes obsolete, processes 

 glabrous linear. 



DECCAN PENINSULA ; Sinhachalam hills, near Vizagapatam, Sir W. Elliot. 



Root tuberous. Stem rather stout. Leaves 4 by 1|~2 in., base subacute ; petiole 

 1 in. Peduncles 2| 3 in. ; pedicels upcurved, ^-| in. ^Corolla 1% in., rather narrow 

 above the swollen base, striped purple within, lobes pubescent at the tips within. 

 Follicles 4 in. long, beaked. Described from an excellent drawing given by Sir W. 

 Elliot to General Beddome. It comes far nearer to C. Candelabrum than does any 

 other species. 



18. C. acuminata, Roxb. Cor. PL i. xii. t. 8, and Fl. Ind. Ii. 29; quite 

 glabrous, leaves short-petioled succulent elongate-lanceolate finely acuminate,, 

 peduncles short, corolla small straight, lobes short linear connate by their tips 

 only, coronal lobes 5 minute, processes long filiform. Wight Contrib. 32 ; Dene* 

 in DC. Prodr. viii. 643. 



The CFRCARS ; at Samulcottah, Roxburgh. 



Root tuberous. Stem slender. Leaves 3-4 by ^ in., base acute, not 3-nerved ; 

 petiole in. Peduncle % in., 4-6-fld. ; pedicels in. Sepals small. Corolla f in., 

 white with purple streaks and lobes, base swoJlen, moiith dilated ; lobes in., cohering 

 by the tips only. Described from Roxburgh. Wight suggests its being only a variety 



