117 
A thick, bushy, thorny shrub; looks very beautiful when covered with 
brivht red fruits—in gardens; probably intd, from the Eastern Islands. 
The fruit makes good tarts. This shrub would make a good and elegant 
fence. 
887. C. ArbuINA, Don’s. syst. 4. p. 104. Arduina bispinosa. Linn. Bot. 
Cab. t. 387. 
A thorny shrub; a good deal resembling the common Corinda; grows 
abundantly in Caffer-land where the Hottentots live ou the berries:—iuntd. by 
Mr. A. N. Shaw, C. S. in 1837, from the Cape of Good Hope. : 
441. MONETIA. cL. Tetrandria Monogynia. 
Antoine de Mouet, author of a Flora Gallica, 
888. M. TerracantHa. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 105. M. barlerioides. Rox. Flora. 
3. p. 765. Ainslie. Mat. Ind. 2. p. 404. 
A thorny shrub, somewhat resembling the common Furze of England— 
grows in abundance about Dharwar Fort. (Mr. Law.) 
889. M. Diacantaa. Dou’s, syst. 4-p. 105. Azima diacantha. Lam. Ency. 
Rheed. Mal. 5. t. 37. 
A thorny shrub;—the Concans, 
ORDER 9). ASCLEPIADE. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 106. 
TRIBE 1. STAPELIER, 
442. CEROPEGIA. Pentandria Digynia. 
Keros —wax — Pege—a fountain; —poetically a candelabrum; in allusion to 
the mode of disposition of the flowers of one of the species. Lam. ¢. 179. 
890. C. CanpeLaBrum. Rox. Flora. {nd. 2. p. 27. Rheed. Mal. 9. ¢. 16. 
Wight, Con. Ind. Bot. p, 33. Chandelier Ceropegia. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 112. 
A perennial twining plant, witl: curious pendulous umbels of flowers some- 
what like a chandelier.—S. Concan. N.—fiowers in the rains. 
891. C. BuLposa. Rox. Flora. 2. p. 27. Rox. Cor. 1. t.7. Don's, syst. 4. 
p. 111. Wightin Hookers Bot. Misc. Part. 1. ¢. 2. 
Stems herbaceous, twining:-- flowers in the rains; umbe]s small. 
Malabar Hill, Bombay: —throughout the Concans:—not common; Roxburgh 
says, the fresh roots taste like raw turnips. This and C, tuberosa, are badly 
named, as all the Indian species have tuberous roots. 
892. C.-AcuminaTA. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 111. Rox. Cor. 1. t. 8. 
Herbaceous twining plant. The country about Dharwar, where it® grows 
in company with C, bulbosa, (Mr. Law.) 
893. C. TuBERosA, Don’s. syst. 4. p. 111. Rox. Cor. 1. ¢, 6. Wight Con. 
p. 32. 
' Leaves ovate, umbels erect—the Concans. N. 
894, C. Juncea, Don’s. syst 4. p. 110. Rox.-Cor. 1. ¢, 10. 
Leaves very small, sessile, lanceolate, flowers pretty large, greenish yellow, 
yeined with purple, Kasersaye Jungles. (Dr. Lush.) 
895. C. Lusuil. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 110. Prof. Graham. in Edin. Phil. 
Jour. Bot. Mag. ¢. 3300. 
A smooth twining plant, with linear, fleshy, channelled leaves; nearly allied 
to C. acuminata. Rox. Cor. 1, ¢. 8. 
Discovered by Dr. Lush in Kasersaye Jungles, and sent by him to Edin- 
burgh-Botanic Garden, 
The corolla is of a yellowish green, tinged with purple. 
