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Cl, Warzer Annorr literis nuper me monuit, stirpem meam a €. alata Wau. 
specifice haud differe, et lubens sequor espertissimi viri sententiam, qui de synonymia 
haec adhuc addit: » Great confusion here prevails, The Kansja Cora Rurepe Mal. X, 
Tab. 52 is not Cans. perfoliata as Grisenacu says, but is C. alata WarL *). — But 
Lamarck founded his C. perfoliata upon Rurepe’s figure alone: therefore C. perfoliata 
Lam. is the same as C, alata Warr.: but C. perfoliata Grisen. (or Pladera perfoliata, 
Roxs.) is quite different. The synonyms are therefore: 
C. perfoliata Lam. (not. Grisen.) — C. alata Warr. and GriseB. — Rueeme X. 
Tab. 52. GC. macrocalyx Mio. GC. grandiflora Wrecur. 
C. Roxburghii Amrnort mss. —= C. perfoliata Grises. — Pladera perfoliata Roxs.” 
Observ. Canscorae speciem, prope Pootore Indiae orientalis a Merzio lectam (n°, 670) 
a C. diffusa Br. manifesto diversam caule graciliore, foliis inferioribus ellipticis vel 
spathulato- aut lanceolato-ellipticis (marginibus ad lentem tenerrime serrulatis) bracteis 
linearibus, floribus alaribus deficientibus, jam ante aliquot annos in sched. divaricatam 
dixeram. Eandem C, tenellae nomine a cl, Wicur nuper. descriptam esse (— Exacum 
ereclum a Rorn.) cl. Arnorr mihi scripsit. Frustra autem diagnosin quaesivi. 
ASCLEPIADEAE. 
GEROPEGIA, LINN. 
1. ‘Ceropegia Metziana (n. sp.), caule volubili glabro, petiolis antice ciliato- 
pilosulis, foliis ovato-oblongis acute acuminatis, supra setulis appressis, subtus pilis 
rarioribus longiuseulis supra nervos inspersis, pedunculis lateralibus solitariis uno latere 
hirtellis apice bracteato -umbellato-paucifloris,. petiolo’ pedicellisque duplo longioribus, 
calycis brevis subcampanulati glabri dentibus angustissimis subpatulis, corolla bipollicari 
basi tumida, glabra, coronae stamineae lobis lateralibus longiuscule pilosis. — Geropegia 
Decaisneana, mihi in sched. 
Hab. prope Mercara orae Canara, m, Dec. (Merz. n°. 624). 
Petiolì 1 poll. longi tenues profunde canaliculati, marginibus pilosi. Folia mem- 
branaëca, supra satarate viridia, subtus. pallida venis patule adscendentibus tenuibus 
quaternis vel quinis. Pedunculi inter foliorum jugum laterales, patentes, bipollicares ; 
*) Quod ron solum Tab, eitata eomprobatum video, sed Rueeperetiam descriptione, qua v.C. statuitur® 
» Calyx transparentibus alis substrictus,”” Ía: 
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