153 



3. RETUSA, Dalz. in Hook. Jour. Bot. iv, p 294. Parasitic, 

 pendulous, glabrous ; branches long*, filiform, terete ; leaves short- 

 petioled, linear, 3-sided, fleshy, glabrous, retuse at the apex ; 

 flowers on a very short axillary peduncle, solitary or twin fascicled, 

 long-pedicelled ; flowers white, shining. Dandelly jungles ; flowers 

 in the rains ; has the habits of H pauciflora, R. Wight Ic. t. 1269. 



4. VIRIDIFLORA, R. Br. Wern. Soc. i, p 27. Twining; leaves 

 ovate or cordate-acuminate, smooth on both sides ; peduncles often 

 as long as the petiole, and with pedicels glabrous ; flowers, grow in 

 drooping umbels, which appear in May ; follicles divaricate, thick- 

 obtuse, covered with rusty-coloured farina, or smooth. Very 

 common in hedges. Maratha name " Doree," owing to its being 

 used as rope. Wight in Hook. Bot. Misc. ii,p 98; Suppl. t. 1; 

 Rheed. Mai. ix, p 26, t. 15 ; Asclepias volubilis, Linn. Suppl. 170 ; 

 Willd. sp. i, p 1279; " Hirun Doree," Maratha name. 



18. CEROPEGIA, Linn. 



1. JACQUEMONTIANA, DeCaisne in DC. Prod. 8, 641. Herba- 

 ceous, twining, hairy ; leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, subcordate 

 or rounded at the base, pubescent on both sides; peduncles hispid, 

 shorter than the leaf, several-flowered ; sepals linear-lanceolate ; 

 corolla club-shaped, base ventricose, greenish, of a lurid purple 

 beiovv, spotted above ; divisions oblong, broader upwards, smooth ; 

 follicles straight, smooth; root tuberous, about 2 inches long. Near 

 Vingorla ; near Karlee, Jacq. 



2. JUNCEA, Roxb. Cor. i, p 12, t. 10. Twining, glabrous, 

 rather fleshy ; leaves small, sessile, lanceolate-acute ; peduncles 

 few-flowered, sepals subulate ; corolla club-shaped ; ventricose at 

 the base ; divisions ligulate-ciliated, connate ; follicles attenuated, 

 smooth. Kasersaye jungles, Lush. 



3. VINC^FOLIA, Bot. Mag. t. 3740. Twining, pubescent; 

 leaves subcordate or broadly ovate-acuminate, shortly-petioled ; 

 peduncles with spreading hairs, few-flowered ; tube of corolla 

 ventricose at the base, white spotted ; divisions oblong erect, 

 connivent, ciliated, dark-purple. Near Bombay, Nimmo. Comes 

 near to the first species. 



4. BULBOSA, Roxb. Cor. i, p 11, t. 1. Twining, glabrous, 

 fleshy ; lowest leaves nearly orbicular, uppermost ones ovate, 

 apiculate, almost veinless, smooth ; peduncles shorter than the leaf, 

 several-flowered ; corol tube subclavate, divisions ciliated, violet- 

 coloured within ; root bulbous. Wight Ic. 845 ; Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, 2H. 

 Malabar Hill, Island of Caranjah, &c. Hook. Bot. Misc. Suppl 

 Wight Ic. t. 845. 



5. ACUMINATA, Roxb. Cor. i, p 12, t. 8. Twining, glabrous, 

 20 c 



