943 



(11) H. PARVIFtOliA. (R. W.) 



jtdent. Wight's Contrili. p. 37.— Dec. prod. VIII. p. 63?,' 



lEngrav. Wight's Icon. t. J269. 



Spec. Char. Climhing : leaves approximated, fleshy, glabroiisy 



f xiarrow-lanceolate, blunt-pointed : flowers few, generally in pairs 



from a short thick peduncle ; pedicels shorter than the leaves ; 



'corolla glabrous : leaflets of the crown ovate, pointed, the a^es; 



ifesting oh the stigma. 



CoUrtallum, flowering in September. 



GENUS xxxnt, ceropegia; 



l*entandi-ia Digynla. Seix: 



Deriv. From Keros, wax, and PeffB, a fountain ; literally i 

 fountain of wax. 



Gen. Chae. Calyx 5-parted : corolla more or. less ventricose 

 from the base, fmmel-shaped : segments of the limb narrow, co« 

 hering at the apex : gynostegium included : staminal crown ga- 

 mophyllous, 6-10-15-lobed, ,in a single or double series : lobes 

 placed before the stamens, Hgulate : anthers simple at the apex : 

 pollen-masses erect, affixed by the base, margins simple. : stigma 

 mutic : follicles cylindraoeous, smooth : seeds comoae. — ^Herbs 04 

 undershrubs, often twining, sometimes milky. 



(1) 0. luciDA. (Wall.') 

 Ident. Wight's Contrib. p. 30.— Dec. prod. VIII. p. 641." 

 Engrav. Wall. PL As. Rar. II. t. 139, 



Spec. Char. Twining: root fibrous: leaves iiota broad otate 

 to oblong-lanceolote, acuminate : peduncles many-flowered : caly* 

 cine segments subulate, recurved &.t the apex : corolla clavate^ 

 scarcely ventricose at the base, segments of the limb attenuated, 

 equalling the tube : lateral lobes of the leaflets of the staminal crown 

 united above the middle, hairy at the margin, the primary ones re* 

 curved at the apex : flowers green, purple-dotted. 



Khasia Hills, flowering in the cold season. 



(2) C. HIRSUTA. {W. ^ A.) 



Ident. Wight*s Contrib. p. 30.— Dec. prod. "VIII. p. 641. " 



Spec Char. Suffruticose, hirsute, twining : leaveiS from ftorJ 



date-ovate obtusely acuminate to narrow-lanceolate, acute : pedun^ 



^les few-flowered : calycine segments filiform : corolla clavate, venJ 



tricose at the base, segments of the limb broader upwards, shotted 



