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lobes of st. cor. short emarginate ciliate, alternate with the 

 inner long ligulate lobes, follicles long slender terete, flowers 

 greenish white. 



J!naimalais, hills, rocky places at 2,500 to 3,500 feet eleva- 

 tion. 



Ceropegia FiMBPviiFERA, (R. H. B.) root tuberous, stem 

 erect, minutely pubescent leav r es sub-sessile narrow ensiform 

 tapering to the apex minutely ciliated, above pubescent, 

 beneath glabrous except on the midrib and minutely frost- 

 ed, peduncles axillary short nearly glabrous about 4 flower- 

 ed, flowers opening in succession, pedicels about as long as 

 peduncles, furnished at the base with a few subulate bracts, 

 calyx segments subulate acute J length of corol tube, 

 corol tube narrowed upwards (but not ventricose at the 

 base) segments about the length of tube with tufts of nume- 

 rous long purple gland tipped hairs between the segments, 

 outer lobes of st. cor. short sharply bifid and ciliated, inner 

 lobes long ligulate and adnate to the centre of the outer 

 ones, follicles terete, flower tube greenish outside deep pur- 

 ple striated inside, segments pale greenish purple fringe 

 deep purple leaves 5-6 inches long by 2-3 lines broad, peel. 

 6-8 lines long. (Plate No. 10.) m 



A'naimalai hills, rocky places, 3,000 feet, rare. 



This is always a small erect plant in its wild state. Brought 

 into a garden it becomes a creeper, the tufts of gland tipped : 

 hairs are concealed within the corol until the segments ex- 

 pand : they then hang down like a fringe round the apex of 

 the tube. 



Ceropegia gracilis, (R. H. B.) root fibrous, stems twining 

 glabrous, leaves short petioled ovate elliptic acuminate 

 minutely ciliate, above furnished with a few distant short 

 hairs, minutely pellucid dotted, beneath shining glabrous ex- 

 cept on the midrib, peduncles longer than the petioles 2-5 



