ASCLEPIADE.E. I. CEROPEGIA. 



Ill 



Narrow-leaved Ceropegia. PI. tw. 



* Lateral lobes of the leaflet* of the corona ligulate, shorter 

 than the gynostegium. 



12 C. SPHEKA'JTTHA (Wight and Arnott, contrib. ind. hot. 

 p. 31.) twining, glabrous ; leaves distant, lanceolate, attenuated; 

 peduncles many-flowered ; calyx minute, with filiform segments; 

 corolla ventricose at the base ; tube clavate ; limb hemisphe- 

 rical : segments broadest upwards, long-ciliated ; lobes of leaf- 

 lets of corona ligulate : lateral ones shorter than the gynoste- 

 gium, hairy. 11. '"'. S. Native among the Neelgherry moun- 

 tains. Wall. ascl. no. 6. Wight, cat, no. 1513. 



Bound-flowered Ceropegia. PI. tw. 



13 C. LAXCEOLA'TA (Wight, contrib. ind. bot. p. 31.) twining, 

 glabrous ; leaves narrow-lanceolate, finely acuminated ; pedun- 

 cles many-flowered ; calycine segments filiform, exceeding the 

 ventricose base of the corolla ; tube clavate ; limb dilated : 



nents much shorter than the tube ; middle lobes of the 



'ets of the corona a little longer than the gynostegium, but 



the lateral ones are shorter, acute, and ciliated ; follicles slender, 



glabrous. If. ^. G. Native of Nipaul. Ceropegia, Wall. 



cycl. no. 12. 



Lanceolate-]ea\ed Ceropegia. PI. tw. 



14 C. PUSILLA (Wight and Arnott, 1. c.) herbaceous, gla- 

 brous, erect ; root tuberous ; leaves linear ; flowers solitary, 

 ascending ; corolla ventricose at the base : tube cylindrical : 

 segments of the limb much shorter than the tube ; middle lobes 

 of the leaflets of the corona a little longer than the gynostegium, 

 but the lateral ones are a little shorter. If. G. Native of the 



.Cherry mountains. Ceropegia, Wall. ascl. no. 7. 

 ? Ceropegia. PI. -1 foot. 



* Lateral lobet of the leaflets of the corona acuminated, 

 -orimating (lie jyrimary ones : leaflets as well at then lateral 

 lobes interjected by broad sinuses at their apices. 



15 C. BULEOSA (Roxb. cor. 1. p. 11. t. 7.) twining, glabrous, 

 rather fleshy ; root tuberous ; leaves from almost orbicular to 

 lanceolate, acuminated ; peduncles many-flowered, shorter than 

 the leaves ; calycine segments much shorter than the ventricose 

 base of the corolla ; tube of corolla sub-clavate ; segments of 

 the limb broadest upwards, much shorter than the tube, ciliated ; 

 middle lobes of the leaflets of the corona subulate, incurved 

 at top : lateral ones minute, acuminated, lying on the primary 

 ones. TJ. . ^. S. Native of Coromandel, at Samulcottah, Ne- 

 gapatam, Allahabad, &c. Wight, in Hook. bot. misc. 2. p. 99. 

 suppl. t. 2. The plant is called Manchy Mandu by the Telin- 

 gas. Root flattish, solid, edible. Flowers large, erect, with 

 a greenish tube and a purple limb ; having the segments united 

 at the apex. 



Z?u/6ou*-rooted Ceropegia. Fl. April, Sept. Clt. 1821. 

 PI. tw. 



16 C. ACUMIXA'TA (Roxb. cor. 1. p. 12. t. 8.) herbaceous, 

 twining, glabrous, rather fleshy ; root tuberous ; leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, attenuated at the apex ; peduncles many-flowered ; 

 corolla ventricose at the base : tube subclavate : segments of 

 the limb much shorter than the tube ; primary or middle lobes of 

 the leaflets of the corona subulate : lateral ones minute. %. . *"\ S. 

 Native of Coromandel, at Samulcottah, where it is called 

 Commoa-manda by the Telingas. Root solid, flat. Leaves 2-4 

 inches long, and 4-6 lines broad. Flowers exactly as in C. 

 bulbosa. 



Acuminated-lenved Ceropegia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 180 

 PI. tw. 



17 C. STEPHAXOTIS (Roan, et Schultes, syst. 6. p. 4.) twining, 

 glabrous, frutescent ; leaves ovate, coriaceous, marginated, acu- 

 minated ; peduncles axillary, generally 3-flowered ; calycine 



segments lanceolate, acute ; corolla glabrous, with ovate, acute 

 lobes ; corona unknown. Tr . ^. S. Native of Madagascar. 

 Isaura allicia, Cornm. in Poir. encycl. 3. p. 185. Stephanotis, 

 Pet. Th. nov. gen. mad. no. 35. in Roem. coll. p. 203. Leaves 

 3 inches long and 1^ broad, yellowish green. Corolla pale 

 yellow. 



Croien-eared Ceropegia. Shrub tw. 



* * * Lateral lobes of the leaflets of the corona very short, 

 obtuse, or altogether cohering n-ilh the middle ones. 



18 C. ABNOTTIA'X A (Wight, contrib. ind. bot. p. 32.) twining, 

 glabrous ; stems slender ; leaves narrow-lanceolate, mucronu- 

 late ; peduncles short, many-flowered ; calycine segments nar- 

 row-subulate, longer than die ventricose base of the corolla ; 

 tube short, widened a little upwards ; segments of the limb 

 filiform, connivent, longer than the tube ; middle lobes of the 

 leaflets of the corona ligulate : lateral ones short, obtuse, ap- 

 proximate, adnate to the back of the primary ones, even to the 

 apex, with a small distinct recess or sinus, ciliated a little. 

 V; ^. S. Native of bilk about Prome. Ceropegia, Wall, 

 ascl. no. 3. 



ArnotCs Ceropegia. PI. tw. 



19 C. WALLICHII (Wight, in bot. mag. 3267.) erect ; root 

 tuberous ; leaves ovate, sessile, approximate towards the top 

 of the stem, ciliated ; peduncles lateral, short, 1 -flowered ; caly- 

 cine segments subulate ; corolla ventricose at the base : tube 

 widened upwards : segments of the limb broadest at top. con- 

 nivent, densely ciliated ; primary lobes of the leaflets of the 

 corona filiform : sublateral ones short, obtuse, ciliated ; follicles 

 very long, glabrous. %.. ^. S. Native of the Himalaya, 

 Royle; near Lahooghat, in Kamaon, Lindsay. Ceropegia 

 erecta ?, Wall. ascl. no. 1 . 



Wallich's Ceropegia. Clt. ? PI. erect. 



20 C. PDBK'SCENS (Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 2. p. 81. t. 187.) her- 

 baceous, twining ; stems glabrous ; leaves ovate, finely acumin- 

 ated, downy on both surfaces; peduncles many-flowered, shorter 

 than the leaves ; corolla cylindrical, hardly ventricose at the 

 base : segments of the limb broadest at the base, somewhat cor- 

 date, tapering upwards, and connivent ; primary lobes of the 

 leaflets of the corona subulate, recurved at top : lateral ones 

 marginating the primary ones, or altogether adnate. 11 . *"*. S. 

 Native of Nipaul, on mount Chandaghiry. Corolla glabrous 

 outside, villous inside at the base, with a purple tube, and yel- 

 lowish pentagonal limb. Leaves 3 inches long, ciliated. 



Doteny Ceropegia. PI. tw. 



21 C. TUBEBOSA (Roxb. cor. 1. p. 12. t, 6.) herbaceous, gla- 

 brous, twining ; leaves from nearly orbicular to oval or ovate, 

 cuspidate, as also lanceolate, finely acuminated ; peduncles 

 usually twin, few or many-flowered, longer or shorter than the 

 leaves; calyx small : with subulate segments; corolla ventri- 

 cose at the base : having the tube widened upwards ; segments 

 of the limb narrow, nearly linear, villous, one half shorter than 

 the tube, with approximate edges ; gynostegium stipitate : 

 middle lobes of the leaflets of the corona ligulate : lateral ones 

 marginating the primary ones, or altogether adnate ; follicles 

 slender. % . ^\ S. Native on the Coromandel coast, frequent ; 

 and in sandy places near Negapatam, in Tanjore. Wight and 

 Arnott, contrib. ind. bot, p. 33. Wight, cat. no. 1516. C. 

 mucronata, Roth, nov. spec. p. 179. C. biflora, Lin. spec. 

 309. ? C. candelabrum, Rottl. herb. Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 27. 

 but not of Lin. ? Flowers said to be the colour of those of 

 C. bulbosa. This is a very variable species as regards the 

 foliage, but is constant in the shape of its flowers, the slender 

 segments of the limb with their margins approximating their 

 whole length, and forming a straight beak to the corolla, and 

 in the stalked gynostegium or column of fructification. 



