OK THE ASCLEPIADEJE* 53 



ted in the islands of St Croix, and St Christo- 

 pher, by Masson and Von Rohr. 



MICROLOMA. [Ceropegiae sp. Linn. Jacq. 



Ceropegia Lam. Illust. 

 Gen. tab. 179. 

 Char. Corolla urceolata, tubo ventricoso, angu- 

 lato, fauce nuda, limbo breviore. 

 Squama 5, inclusae, medio tubo sub sinubus in- 

 sertae, totidcm fasciculis villorum alternan- 

 tes. 



Corona staminea nulla. 



Anther ce me mb ran a terminatae, Sagittatae. 



Masses pollinis compressae, apice affixae, pendulae. 



Stigma apiculatum. 



Folliculi 



Habitus. Suffrutaa volubiles. Folia opposita. 



Umb elite interpetiolares. 

 Patria. Africa australis. 



Obs. This genus is formed from the two Cape 

 species of Ceropegia, viz. sagittata and te- 

 nuijiora y plants which are widely different from 

 the original species of that genus. 



1. M. sagittatum, foliis sagittatis pubescentibus^ 

 corollae limbo acutiusculo. 



Ceropegia sagittata, Linn. mant. 



2. M. line are, foliis linearibus glabris, corollas 

 limbo obtusissimo, 



Ceropegia tenuiflora, Linn* 



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