74 xcv. ASCLEPIADEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Ceropegia.. 



lanceolate base, coronal lobes 5 linear forked at the tip villous half as long as 

 the slender linear straight processes. 



NILGHERRY MTS. ; at Sispara Grhat, Wight, &c. 



Boot tuberous. Stem rather stout. Leaves 4-7 by f-l| in., membranous, base 

 acute, margins obscurely ciliolate ; petiole ^~| in. Peduncle slender, 1-5 in. ; pedi- 

 cels 1-3 in. Sepals ^ in., sometimes puberulous. Corolla large, pale, spotted with 

 pale purple, inflated base sometimes in. diam., lobes sometimes longer than the 

 tube, tips slightly dilated. Coronal lobes rigid, yellow with purple tips. 



29. C. brevicollis, Hook. f. ; leaves ovate or lanceolate acuminate 

 puberulous on both surfaces, peduncle sparsely hairy 3-6-fld., sepals filiform,, 

 corolla 2 in. long curved, base very broadly inflated, tube with a very short neck 

 and broad funnel-shaped limb, lobes erect linear from an ovate-lanceolate base, 

 tips incurved, coronal lobes obsolete, processes linear erect. 



TRAVANCORE; Anamallay hills, alt. 2500 ft., Beddome. 



Stem slender, glabrous. Leaves very variable, 2^-6 by 1^2 in., membranous, 

 sometimes linear-oblong; petiole f-l in. Peduncles slender, 1-2 in., glabrous or 

 sparsely hairy ; pedicels slender, f -\\ in. Sepals ^. Corolla-base obliquely inflated, 

 dilating again shortly above the inflation into a broad funnel ; lobes longer than the 

 tube, linear for half their length. 



30. C. Stocksii, Hook. f. ; leaves ovate or ovate-cordate acuminate- 

 puberulous on both surfaces, peduncles 3-oo -fld. hispid, sepals filiform ; corolla 

 2^-3 in. straight base slightly inflated, lobes erect linear from a small base, 

 tips incurved, coronal lobes 5 short broad ciliate, processes linear straight. 



The CONCAN, Stocks. 



An extensive climber. Leaves 2-5 by |-2 in., membranous; petiole |-1 in. 

 Peduncle stout, l-l in. ; pedicels very short, hispid. Sepals 5-^ in. Corolla large. 

 This closely resembles C. oculata, differing in the long linear corolla-lobes. It may 

 be a form of that plant ; if so, the corolla aifords a most treacherous character. 



/3. Corolla-tube narrow, mbcylindric above. 



31. C. xnacrantha, Wight Contrib. 31 ; nearly glabrous, leaves short- 

 petioled elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, peduncles short pubescent many-fld., 

 sepals filiform, corolla curved tube narrow base swollen, lobes slender erect 

 linear glabrous cohering from above the middle, coronal lobes ovate-lanceo- 

 late villous, processes straight linear. Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 642. 



TROPICAL HIMALAYA ; Kumaon, alt. 4500 ft., Boyle, &c.; Sikkim, alt. 2-5000 ft., 

 J. D. H., Treutler. 



An extensive rather stout climber; branches glabrous. Leaves 4-7 by l^-3 in., 

 very membranous, glabrous or sparsely puberulous on both surfaces, base acute ; 

 petiole %- in. Peduncles longer and stouter than the petioles; pedicels ^-f in. ; 

 bracts many, subulate. Sepals ^ in. Corolla pale, base sometimes globose, lobes 

 with a broad ovate base, above it forming a long straight beak. Follicles 4-5 in. 



32. C. Arnottiana, Wight Contrib. 32; nearly glabrous, leaves short- 

 petioled narrowly lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate acuminate, peduncles short 

 few-fld., sepals small, corolla 2 in. narrow straight base hardly inflated, lobes 

 very slender erect longer than the tube, coronal lobes 5 short obtuse notched, 

 subciliate, pr6cesses linear straight. Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 644. 



KHASIA MTS., Lobb. BURMA at Prome, Wallich. TENASSERIM; Moulmein, 

 Lobb. 



Stem very slender, glabrous. Leaves 3-5 by -1 in., rather firm, glabrous or 

 minutely puberulous above, ciliolate; petiole \-^ in. Peduncle \-\ in. slender;. 



