ON THE ASCLEPIADE^E, 



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I. AsCLEP I ADEiE VERil. 



Masses Pollinis 10, laeves, per paria, (diversis an* 

 theris pertinentia), affixae stigmatis corpus- 

 culis, sulco longitudinali, bipartibilibus. Fila- 

 menta connata, extus saepius appendicular^. 



CEROPEGIA. [Ceropegias pleraeque, Linn, 



Char. Corolla tubo e basi ventricosa cylin- 

 draceo ; limbi laciniis ligularibus. 

 Columna fructificationis inclusa. 

 Corona staminea duplex, exterior abbreviata, 5- 

 loba: interior 5phylla, foliolis ligularibus, 

 indivisis, lobis exterioris oppositis. 

 Antherce apice simplices. 



Masses pollinis erectae, basi affixae, tnarginibus 



simplicibus. 

 Stigma muticum. 



Folliculi cylindracei, laeves. Semina comosa. 

 Habitus. Herbce glabrae, volubiles, Radice tube- 

 rosa. UmbellcE interpetiolares, nunc pauci-. 

 florae. 



Patria. India Orientalis. 



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

 ' C. biflora, Linn. ; C, tuberosa, bulbosa, juncea, 

 acuminata, of Roxburgh, and two undescribed 

 species. 



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