ON THE ASCLEPIADE^. 205 



I. ASCLEPIADE^ VER^. [21 



Masses Pollinis 10, Iseves, per paria, (diversis antheris 

 pertinentia), affixse stigmatis corpusculis, sulco longitudinali, 

 bipartibilibus. Filamenta connata, extus ssepius appendi- 

 culata. 



CEROPEGIA. [Ceropegise plerseque, Linn. 



Char. Corolla tubo e basi ventricosa cylindraceo • limbi 

 laciniis ligularibus. 



Columna fructificationis inclusa. 



Corona staminea duplex, exterior abbreviata, 51oba : 

 interior 5phylla, foliolis ligularibus, indivisis, lobis exte- 

 rioris oppositis. 



Anther (B apice simplices. 



Masses pollinis erectse, basi affixse, margiiiibus sim- 

 plicibus. 



Stigma muticum. 



FoUiculi cylindracei, Iseves. Semina comosa. 



Habitus. Herbce glabrse, volubiles. Badice tuberosa. 

 TJmhella iuterpetiolares, nunc pauciflorse. 



Patria. India Orientalis. 



Obs. To this genus belong C. Candelabrum, Linn. ; 

 C. bijlora, Linn. ; C. tuberosa, bulbosa, juncea, acuminata, 

 of Roxburgh, and two un described species. 



HUERNIA. [Stapelise species, Linn. Juss. Masson. p^ 



Char. Corolla campaniilata, limbo decemfido, laciniis 

 accessoriis nanis, dentiformibus. 



Columna fructificationis inclusa . 



Corona staminea duplex ; ewterior quinquefida, laciniis 

 bifidis : interior Sphylla, foliolis e basi gibbosa subulatis, 

 indivisis, laciniis exterioris alternantibus. 



Antherce apice simplices. 



Massts pollinis erectse, basi affixse, altero margine carti- 

 lagineo-pellucido. 



