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ASCLEPIADE^l. I. CEROVEGIA. 



ing a 1 5-parted corona, more rarely or nearly altogether united, in 

 this case forming a 10-15-lobed corona, and sometimes the lateral 

 lobes become united to the middle one, and in this case present a 

 5-lobed corona. When the leaflets are distinct to near the base, 

 the lateral segments approach and partially adhere to the back 

 of the middle or primary one ; when we have them apparently 

 in a double series, but when they are united to near the apex, 

 the lateral segments remain distinct, and a single series only is 

 formed. Wight and Arnott, contrib. ind. bot. p. 30. 



1. Corona 10-lobed; lobes disposed in a simple series; 

 alternate ones the shortest, ovate, obtuse, entire, or semibifid. 



1 C. LU'CIDA (Wall.pl. asiat. rar. 2. p. 33. t. 139.) glabrous, 

 twining ; root fibrous ; leaves from broad-ovate to oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, acuminated ; peduncles many-flowered ; calycine seg- 

 ments subulate, recurved at apex ; corolla clavate, hardly ven- 

 tricose at the base : segments of the limb attenuated, equal in 

 length to the tube ; lateral lobes of the leaflets of the corona 

 united above the middle, with pilose edges : the primary ones 

 recurved at top. y..^.S Native of Silhet and Prome. Co- 

 rolla green, spotted with purple : the segments tipped with 

 blackish purple, and ciliated at top. 



Shining Ceropegia. PI. tw. 



2 C. HIRSU V TA (Wight, and Arnott. contrib. ind. bot. p. 30.) 

 suffruticose, hairy, twining ; leaves from cordate-ovate, bluntly 

 acuminated, to narrow-lanceolate, acute ; peduncles few-flow- 

 ered ; calycine segments filiform ; corolla clavate, ventricose at 

 the base : segments of the limb widening upwards, shorter than 

 the tube ; lateral lobes of the leaflets of corona united to the 

 middle : the primary ones elongated and hooked at the apex ; 

 follicles straight, glabrous. I? . rx . S. Native of the Neelgherry 

 mountains. Wight, cat. 1510. 



Hairy Ceropegia. Shrub tw. 



3 C. I.ONGIFLORA (Poir. encycl. 2. p. 177.) twining, glabrous; 

 leaves petiolate, ovate, subacuminated ; umbels erect, peduncu- 

 late, length of leaves ; corolla long, cylindrical ; with nearly 

 filiform, hairy segments ; corona unknown. I/ . '"\ S. Native 

 probably of the East Indies. Leaves an inch long. Corolla 

 an inch long, pale green or purplish. This species agrees with 

 C. tuberdsa in the leaves, and with C.juncea in the flowers. 



Long-flowered Ceropegia. PI. twining. 



4 C. JU'NCEA (Roxb. cor. 1. p. 12. t. 10.) glabrous, rather 

 fleshy, twining ; leaves small, sessile, lanceolate, acute ; pedun- 

 cles few-flowered ; calycine segments subulate ; corolla clavate, 

 curved, ventricose at the base : segments of limb broadest up- 

 wards, about equal in length to the tube, pilose ; lateral lobes 

 of the leaflets of corona united to the middle : the primary ones 

 hooked at apex. I/ . /n> . S. Native of the Circars, in hedges 

 near Samulcottah, &c. Flowers large, greenish yellow, and 

 elegantly variegated with purple. Root tuberous, with many- 

 branched fibres. The plant is called Bella-gada by the Telin- 

 gas, who eat every part of the plant. 



Rushy Ceropegia. Clt. 1822. PI. tw. 



5 C. AFRICA'NA (R. Br. in bot. reg. t. 626.) glabrous, twin- 

 ing ; root tuberous ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, fleshy ; corolla 

 ventricose at the base ; tube slender ; segments of the limb 

 bearded; corona as in C. IVlghtii. T(..^. S. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope, but more probably of the East Indies. 

 Lodd. bot. cab. 906. Flowers erect, with a pentagonal throat, 

 a green tube, and dark purple segments. 



African Ceropegia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. PI. tw. 



6 C. WIGHTII (Graham, mss. Wight, in bot. mag. 3267.) 

 glabrous, twining ; root tuberous ; leaves ovate, acute, fleshy ; 

 corolla spherically ventricose at the base : tube slender : seg- 

 ments of the limb downy ; lateral lobes of leaflets of corona 

 united to the apex, glabrous : the primary ones fleshy, com- 



pressed laterally, curved outwardly in the middle, hardly twice 

 the length of the others. 1^. ^. S. Native of the East Indies. 

 Nearly allied to C. Africana in the form of the corolla and crown. 

 Wight's Ceropegia. Clt. ? PI. tw. 



7 C. LU'SHII (Graham, in edinb. new. phil. journ. ex Hook, 

 in bot. mag. 3300.) glabrous ; leaves linear, acuminated, fleshy 

 channelled ; tube of corolla globosely inflated at the base : 

 segments linear, hairy, approximate ; exterior lobes of stami- 

 neous corona lunately emarginated, alternating with the interior 

 ones, which are elongated, and cylindrically filiform, erect, 

 flexuous, much longer than the exterior ones. 1^ . r ^. S. Na- 

 tive of the East Indies. Root bulbous. Peduncles umbellate, 

 axillary. Corolla yellowish green, tinged with purple ; segments 

 deep purple and hairy within. 



Dr. Lush's Ceropegia. Clt.? PI. tw. 



2. Corona apparently a double series of lobes ; the leaf- 

 lets are nearly free to the base ; the lateral lobes of the leaflets 

 distinct, approximating the primary ones, and partly adhering to 

 their backs. 



* Lateral lobes of the leaflets of the corona ligulate, longer 

 than the gynostegium. 



8 C. E'LEGANS (Wall. ascl. no. 4. in bot. mag. t. 3015. Wight, 

 cat. no. 1512.) suffruticose, glabrous, twining; root fibrous; 

 leaves oblong, or oblong-lanceolate, acuminated ; peduncles 1-6- 

 flowered, shorter than the leaves ; calycine segments subulate, 

 much shorter than the ventricose base of the corolla ; corolla 

 with a clavate tube, a hemispherical limb, and broad ligulate 

 segments, which are much shorter than the tube, and ciliated with 

 long hairs ; lateral lobes of the leaflets of the corona ligulate, 

 one half shorter than the primary ones ; follicles slender, to- 

 rulose, curved, 6-8 inches long. Tj . ^. S. Native of the 

 mountains of Dindygul and Neelgherry. Corollas purple. 



Elegant Ceropegia. Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 1828. Shrub tw. 



9 C. MACRA'NTHA (Wight, contrib. ind. bot. p. 31.) suffruti- 

 cose, twining ; leaves ovate, acuminated, ciliated ; umbels few- 

 flowered, on short peduncles ; calycine segments subulate ; 

 corolla ventricose at the base ; limb rather dilated ; segments 

 rounded-linear, villous inside ; lateral lobes of the leaflets of 

 the corona ligulate, hardly twice shorter than the middle ones. 

 ^2 . ^. S. Native of the Himalaya, at a place called Khurie- 



pass, Royle. The corolla of this species is from 2-3 inches 

 long, and except the ventricose base is nearly cylindrical, 

 which readily distinguishes it from C. elegans, a nearly allied 

 species. 



Long-flowered Ceropegia. Shrub tw. 



IOC. LONGIFOLIA (Wall. pi. rar. asiat. l.p. 56. t. 73.) downy, 

 twining; root fibrous; leaves narrow-lanceolate, much attenuated; 

 peduncles many-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; corolla ven- 

 tricose at the base : with a clavate tube ; segments of the limb 

 almost one half shorter than the tube, broadest upwards and 

 ciliated ; lobes of the leaflets of the corona hairy : lateral ones 

 narrow-ligulate, almost one half shorter than the middle or 

 primary ones. I/ . ^. S. Native of Nipaul, in hedges. 

 Flowers brownish green ; with a yellow limb. Leaves 3-6 

 inches long, and 1 broad. 



Long-leaved Ceropegia. PI. tw. 



11C. ANGUSTIFOLIA (Wight, contrib. ind. bot. p. 31.) downy, 

 twining ; leaves narrow-lanceolate, much attenuated : peduncles 

 many-flowered ; corolla hardly ventricose at the base : tube 

 almost cylindrical ; segments of the limb broadest upwards, 

 much shorter than the tube ; lobes of the leaflets of corona 

 narrow, ligulate : lateral ones hairy, about one half shorter than 

 the middle ones. %. ^\ S. Native of Silhet. Ceropegia, 

 Wall. ascl. nos. 8. 13. 19. Nearly allied to C. longifolia. 



