72 xcv. ASCLEPIADE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Geropegia. 



VAR. 2. vincesfolia ; branches glabrous, leaves less and more softly pubescent 

 ovate-cordate, peduncles hispid, coronal lobes 5 short rounded emarginate ciliate. C. 

 vincsefolia, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 3740 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 153 ; Dene, in DC. 

 Prodr. viii. 642. I have seen no authentic specimen of this. 



VAR. 3. ophiocepkala, hirsute all over except the corolla, leaves hispid on both 

 surfaces, lobes of corolla oblong obtuse narrowed and purple at the base yellow in the 

 middle, tips green, coronal lobes 10 obtuse 2-fid connate nearly to the tips yellow 

 bordered with purple. C. ophiocephala, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. ii. 259 ; Dalzell 

 $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. i. 54. 



VAR. 4. Jacquemontiana ; hirsute all over except the corolla, leaves softly tomen- 

 tose, "lobes of the corolla broader upwards entirely green," Dalzell, coronal lobes 

 iinited to the middle ciliate. ?C. Jacquemontiana, Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 641; 

 1 Dalz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. FL 153. Carli, Jacquemont. I am doubtful if Dalzell's plant 

 is Jacquemont's. Decaisne describes the latter as having the lobes of the corolla 

 nearly as long as the tube, which is not the case with any of the forms I have re- 

 ferred to hirsuta. 



VAB. 5. stenophylla ; leaves narrowly linear, margins flat or recurved. Pulney 

 Mts., Herb. Wight; Anamallays, alt. 3500-5000 ft., Beddome. One of Wight's 

 specimens has no coronal lobes, the other and Beddome's have 5 rather large 2-toothed 

 ciliate ones. Beddome describes the roots as fibrous. 



22. C. oculata, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4093 ; branches glabrous, leaves ovate 

 or ovate-cordate acuminate ciliolate, peduncles hispid, corolla 2-2 in. long 

 base large much inflated, lobes erect lanceolate half the length of the tube, tips 

 contracted pubescent, coronal lobes short ciliate 2-toothed, processes slender 

 straight erect. Dalz. fy Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 151. 



The CONCAN ; Bombay, Miss Jones, Dalzell. 



Leaves 4-6 by 1^-2^ in., membranous ; petiole ^-1 in. Peduncle l|-2 in., 4-8-fld. 

 Sepals 5-^ in., slender, nearly glabrous. Corolla very pale, spotted with purple below 

 the lobes ; lobes green above the middle, pale, e vch with a large purple blotch below 

 it. Described chiefly from the Bot. Mag., where the leaves are said to have glands 

 above at the insertion of the petiole, wjiich is not the CUM- with the plants in Dalzell's 

 Herbarium which I refer to this species. It no doubt varies greatly from the above 

 characters; But for the erect straight inner coronal processes 1 should be disposed 

 to refer this to C. hirsuta (see also 30, C. Stocksii). 



23. C. ciliata, Wight Ic. t. 1262 ; branches hairy above, leaves linear- to 

 ovate-lanceolate acute or acuminate pubescent above and beneath, peduncles 

 very long hispid very many-fld., corolla f in. gently curved, base slightly 

 swollen, lobes very narrow linear erect one-third the length of the tube, coronal 

 lobes 5 very short 2-toothed ciliate, processes slender hooked. 



NILGHERRY and PULNEY MTS., Wight, Beddome. 



Hispidly pubescent nearly all over. Soot tuberous. Leaves 2-3 by -2 in., base 

 acute rounded or cordate, petiole %-^ in. Peduncles 1-5 in., very stout, sometimes 

 shortly branched and 20-Hd. ; pedicels - in. Kepals slender, hispid, ^-^ in. 

 Corolla greenish, lobes lead-coloured, tips forming an oblong head. Follicles 3 in. 

 long. 



24. C. angustifolia, Wight Contrib. 31 ; branches and peduncles 

 pubescent on one side, leaves narrowly elongate-lanceolate pubescent above 

 ciliolate, peduncles few-fld., corolla 1- 2 in. nearly straight base slightly in- 

 flated, lobes short suberect broadly obovate glabrous one third the length of the 

 tube, coronal lobes 10 lanceolate ciliate, processes straight linear rather longer. 

 C. longifolia, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. Sf T. 



KHASIA MTS. alt. 4-6500 ft., Wallich, &c. 



An extensive slender climber. Leaves 2-9 by ^-f in., rather coriaceous, minutely 

 pubescent above, finely acuminate, margin often recurved ; petiole - in. Peduncles 



