PLATE 357. 
Ceropegia Woodii, Scliltr (Eng. Bot. Jakr., p. 34). 
Natural Ol'der, Asci.epiadeae. 
A very slender, many-stemmed plant having leaves which are marbled with 
didl M^hite, and floAvers which are didl pink with deep purplish tips. Glabrous in 
all parts except the corolla. Stems very slender, decimdjent, branching, filiform, 
distantly leafy, reaching 2 to M feet in length. Leaves on slender petioles -|- to | 
inch long, ovate-cordate or r(niiform-cordate, fleshy ^ to 1 inch lung and wide, 
quite entire, dark green jnarbled with dull white above, slate colour or didl vinous 
beneath. Inflorescence axillary, peduncles ^ to -| inch long, usualfy bearing two 
floorers, but sometimes one onfy. Calyx ganiosepalous, deeply 5-lobed, 1| line 
long ; lobes linear-lanceolate, acute, tuhe very short, having internally at base 5 
delicate, oblong, acute squamae, alternate with the lobes. Corolla urceolate, 9-10 
lines long, tube inflated and suliglobose at base, 3 lines diameter ; then sud- 
denly contracted to 1 line wide, and 21 at apex ; lobes 5, erect, and ovate- 
lanceolate, obtuse, margins strongly reflexed, ciliate Avith long hairs ; con- 
niving at apex ; deep dull piu-ple. CV)rona double, outer scales connate in a 5- 
lol)ed cup, interior ones much larger, erect, linear-lanceolate, acute, narrowed at 
base, reflexed at apex. Pollinia obliquely oval, obtuse, compressed, caudicles 
short. Follicles slender, terete, 3 inches long, 1 to 1| line diameter. 
Habitat: GROEXiiERCx, 2000 feet alt. February 1881, Woorl 1317. Noodsl)erg 
2-3000 feet alt., March, Wood. 
Drawn from a j^lant growing in a hanging basket at Botanic Gardens, 
r)url:)an. 
A very gracefid plant for hanging baskets, the mottled leaves and prettily 
coloured flowers make it very attractive when well grown. It may be propagated 
l)y division of the ]'00ts, Ijy seeds or l)y l")ulbils which are produced on the stems 
near the base ; they are subglobose and sometime attain 1 inch in diameter. When 
first found by the Avriter tlie plant avus hanging from perpendicular rocks, the 
stems reaching to fully the length given in the description. It Avas afterwards 
found at ]S!oodsl)erg in shade on surface of the ground, but then the stems did not 
reach to nearly the length given in the alcove description, though the plant was a 
large one Avith many stems. Several other species of Ceropegia, some not yet 
described, are found in the Colony, but for cultivation this one is probal)ly the 
most elegant. 
Fig. 1, a flower ; 2, calyx ; 3, upper portion of corolla ; 4, corona ; 5 
pollinia ; 6, two calyx lobes showing squamae ; all enlarged. 
