Geropegia.] xcv. ASCLEPUDEa). (J. D. Hooker.) 73 



1-1 J in. 3-6-fld. ; pedicels j-^ in. Sepals glabrous, subulate,^ in. Corolla pale 

 purple, lobes quite glabrous forming an ovoid crown.— Except in the small sepals, 

 much narrower corolla mouth and form of the lobes and crown, this is almost identi- 

 ■cal with the Nepalese 0. longifolia. 



25. C. pubescens, Wall. PI. As. Bar. ii. 81, 187, and Cat. 8144 B. ; 

 sparsely pubescent or .glabrate, leaves long-petioled ovate acuminate, peduncles 

 glabrous 3-oo -fld., sepals small, corolla 2-2^ in. straight base hardly swollen 

 lobes linear erect from an ovate base cohering from the middle glabrous nearly 

 as long as the tube, coronal lobes minute or obsolete ciliate, processes linear 

 ■erect. Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 644. 



Tempeeate Himalaya; Nepal, Wallich; Sikkim, alt. 3-8000 ft., J. D. H., 

 Trmtler. Khasia Mts., alt. 4-5000 ft., J. B. H. 



Branches slender, nearly glabrous. Leaves 3-7 by 1^3 in., very membranous, 

 base sometimes cordate, sparsely pubescent on both surfaces or glabrous, eiliolate ; 

 petiole 1-2 in. Peduncle ^-2^ in. Sepals ^— J in., recurved. CoroHa-tvbe pale dirty 

 purple, Bub-cylindric, mouth hardly dilated ; lobes yellow with purplish tips forming 

 .a long-beaked crown. — This approaches closely C. tuberosa, but is always more or 

 less pubescent and it has much longer corolla-lobes. Amongst Cathcart's drawings 

 (in Herb. Kew.) is one apparently of this species having a green corolla with yellow 

 ■ bases to the lobes. Wallich's 8144 A. {Herb. Heyne) is probably C. tvberosa, but the 

 ■specimens are undeterminable. 



26. C> Kookeri, Clarke mss. ; minutely pubescent, leaves short-petioled 

 ovate acuminate, peduncles 1-2-fld., sepals minute, corolla 1 in. long straight 

 base Swollen, lobes short linear-lanceolate one third the length of the tube, 

 •coronal lobes minute or obsolete ciliate, processes slender erect. Oeropegia, 

 n. 23, Herh. Ind. Or. H.f. Sf T. 



Sikkim Himalaya ; Lachen, alt. 8-10,000 ft., J. D. R. 



Stem very slender and as well as the petioles leaves on both surfaces and peduncles 

 •sparsely minutely hairy. Leaves 1-2 by f-1 in., very membranous ; petiole, J^ in. 

 Peduncles shorter or rather longer than the petioles. Corolla short, dark purple, 

 narrow from above the base to the mouth, which is rather contracted, lobes gently 

 •curved forming a short ellipsoid crown. 



ttt OoroUa-lobes as long or nearly as long as the tube (or shorter in C. 

 odorata). — See also 26, C. pubescens. 



a. Corolla-tube broadly funnel-shaped upwards from above or below the 

 middle. 



27. C. luclda, Wall. PI. As. Bar. ii. 33, t. 139 and Cat. 8133 ; c^uite 

 .glabrous, leaves ovate or lanceolate, peduncles many-fld., sepals small, corolla 

 ] J-2 in. curved, lobes linear from a lanceolate base tips dilated ciliate, coronal 

 lobes 10 short triangular ciliate, processes linear-spathulate. Dene, in DC. 

 Prodr. viii. 641. 



SiLHBT, at Terrya Ghat, Wallich, J. D. H. ^ T. T. Cachae, Keenan. Bxtema at 

 Prome, Wallich. 



An extensive climber; root irregularly tuberous. Leaves 4-7 by 1^-3 in., mem- 

 branous ; petiole ^-1^ in. Peduncles short, J-1 in. ; pedicels as long. Sepals f-^ 

 "in. Corolla scarcely dilated at the base, green spotted vrith purple, lobes inflexed 

 from above the base, tips brown connate by all the dilated part. 



28. C. Decaisneana, Wight Ic. 1. 1259 ; quite glabrous, leaves short- 

 ,-petioled elongate- or linear-lanceolate acuminate, peduncles 1-3-fld., sepals long 



filiform, coroUa 2^-3 in. curved base very largely inflated, lobes linear from a 



