Oeropegia.} xcv. asclepudb^. (J. D. Hooker.) 67 



lotes as long as the tute narrowly linear erect or twisted together, fimbriate at 

 the base with gland-tipped hairs. ? 0. Munroi, Wight le. 1. 1264 



Teataucoke; rooky place on the Auamallay hills, alt. 3-4000 ft., Peddome. 



Stem 4-9 in., slender, glabrous below. Leaves 4-6 by ^-J in., narrowed at the 

 base and gradually from the middle to the tip. Pedmefes ^1 in., ]-4-fld. Sepals 

 filiform, J in. Corolla-tube subeylindric, green outside, purple within ; lobes narrowed 

 downwards from above the middle, basal margins reflexed, fimbriate with long slender 

 hairs. Coronal lobes 10, triangular, eiliate; processes Unear-spathulate, four times 

 as long. — C. Munroi is only known from the very insufficient drawing engraved in 

 Wight's leones. Beddome has suggested to me its being a twining or flexuous form of 

 this species, which becomes scandent in cultivation. 



4. C. attenuata, Jffook. le. PI. t. 867 ; pubescent, leaves linear or linear- 

 lajiceolate, corolla straight lobes linear erect as long as the tube naked. Dalz, 

 ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 154; C. angustifolia, Ddlx. in Hook. Kew Journ. ii. 259; 

 Dflfe. ^ Qibs. I.e. C. spiraUs, Berb. Ind. Or. H.f. Sf T. 



The Concan; near Vingorla, and rooky pastures near the sea inMalwan, Dalzell, 

 Stocks, &c. 



Stem 6-12 in., slender or rather stout. Leaves 2-6 by ^-J in,, narrowed at the 

 base. Pecbinolea short, axillary, usually 1-fld. Sepals filiform, ^-^ in. Corolla 2-2^ 

 in. long, base swollen, mouth dilated, lobes very narrow from a triangular base, the 

 margins of which are not reflected. Coronal lobes 6, triangular, entire or 2-fid, oiliate ; 

 processes narrow, 4 times as long. Follicles 3 in. long, very slender, terete, torulose. 

 Seeds ^ in., oblong, compressed, margins very thick, coma ^ in. 



5. C. Iiawii, JS.f.; pubescent, stout, leaves long-petioled ovate, peduncles 

 many-fld., corolla slightly curved lobes small elliptic naked incurved very much 

 shorter than the very narrow tube. Oeropegia n. 26, ITerb. Ind. Or. B.f. Sr T. 



South Concan, Law, Stocks. 



Tubers 2-5 in. diam. Stem oft?n as thick as a goose-quill, 1-2 ft. high. Leaves 

 2-4 by 1^2 in., acute, sometimes rounded; petiole ^-1 in. Peduncle 1-1 J in. 

 strict ; bracts minute ; pedicels short. Sepals minute, recurved. Corolla 1-1^ in. 

 long, base scarcely swollen ; lobes J-J in., incurved, forming a small subglobose head. 

 Cormial lobes 10, obtuse, short, eiliate ; processes slender, four times as long. 



6. C. VTallicIiii, Wight in Bot. Mag., note under t. 3267, and Contrib. 32 ; 

 ^uberulous, stem very stout, leaves ovate or rounded subsessile, flowers fasci- 

 cled, coroUa straight lobes oblong obtuse densely fimbriate within erect much 

 jshorter than the .tube. Wall. Cat. 8143; Royle III. t. 66, f. 3 ; Bene, in DC. 

 Prodr. viii. 644. 



Centeal and Western Himalaya; Nepal, WalUch; Kumaon at Nainital, alt. 

 6500 ft., Strachey and Winterb. 



Stem 8-12 ft. in., as thick as a goose-quill. Leaves 2-2J, puberulous or glabrate 

 ■above, tip obtuse acute or rounded. Peduncle very short ; pedicels crowded, ^-^ in. ; 

 bracts setaceous. Sepals filiform, J in. Corolla 1^ in., tube narrow, base inflated, 

 mouth funnel-shaped acutely 5-angled : lobes forming a narrow oblong obtuse crown 

 j-J in. long, eiliate with short fusiform stout hairs. Coronal-lobes 10, triangular, 

 oiliate, processes four times as long. Follicles 1 foot long. 



** Stem twining. Leaves fleshy. Oalyx minute. OoroUa small, straight 

 (rarely 1 in. long) narrow ; mouth slightly dilated ; lobes short, narrow, erect, 

 fleshy. 



7. C. bulbosa, Boxb. Cor. PI. i. 11, t. 7, and Fl. Ind. ii. 28 ; leaves 

 various, coroUa-tube slender, lobes linear from a triangular base villous within, 

 corona glabrous lobes minute or obsolete, processes filiform straight. 



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