1260. Ce'rope'gYa jYJvCea (ftoxb.) glabrous,
twining, subcarnose: leaves small, sessile, lanceolate,
acute, peduncles few flowered : sepals subulate, corolla
clavate, ventricose at the base, the lobes ligulate,
nearly as long as the tube, connate at the apex, ciliate:
exterior lobes of the staminal crown short, united to
the middle, pilose, interior ones linear,- hooked at the
apex, follicles alternated, glabrous, brachiate.— Dec.
m D. C. Prod.
A widely distributed plant on the plains of India.
The specimen here represented was gathered near
Coimbatore, and has been introduced as presenting
one of the richest flowering specimens I‘ have seen.
The plant being succulent, and possessing an agree,
able acid taste,- is much eat by the Natives as a
sort of salad
1261’. Cer-O'PE-gpa p'usi-lla (W, and A.}: herba-i
ceous, glabrous, erect, 2-6'inches high :- root tuberous:'
leaves linear, lanceolate, succulent :- flowers axillary,
solitary,- erect :■ corolla ventricose at the base, tube
Cylindrical, longer than the lobes of the l i m b exterior
lobes of the stamina! crown ciliate, shorter, the interior
ones, longer than the gynostegium follicles erect,
about two inches long, attenuated at the point.
Neilgherries, in pasture ground,-but rare. I found
it more abundant on the banks of the Pycarrah river
than elsewhere, but there too it requires to be closely
looked for. The specimen figured is a large one of
the plant'.
1262. CEttOPEoiA citiATA (R. W.) suflVuticose,
twining root tuberous, stems glabrous, leaves short,
petioled, ovate, lanceolate, attenuated towards the
point, coarsely pubescent on both sides, hairy on the
veins beneath, ciliate on the margin : peduncles axiL
lary, about half the length of the leaves, hispid, urn«
hels 6- TO flow e r ed c a ly x lobes subulate, shorter
than the ventricose base of the corolla :• corolla glabrous,
lobes cohering at the points, shorter than the
tube:’ exterior lobes of the staminal crown emargi.
nate, ciliate,- interior ones clavate, recurved at the
points I follicles about 3' inches long, linear, tapering
towards the point.-
On clifts of rock at Katie Tails, Neilgherries, flow*
ing June and July. The ciliation of the margins of
the leaves, a constant, though from the shortness of
the hairs, not a conspicuous feature in this plant, has
unfortunately been altogether overlooked by the
artist: in other respects the figure gives a correct
idea of the plant.
1263-. CeropEgia i'n’tErmEdr a (ft. W.)’fruticose,
twining : leaves ovate, lanceolate acute, glabrous
on both sides: peduncles shorter than the leaves,■
several flbwered sepals subulate, about the length
of the ventricose portion of the corolla: limb of the
corolla shorter than the tube, lobes subspathulate,
ciliate, united at the point, forming a globose head ::
exterior lobes of the crown- obsolete, interior ones
long, spathul'ate, hairy towards the base.
Serramallie, near Dindigul, flowering October.
This species seems nearly intermediate between C.
bulbosa and C. accuminafa,- but abundantly distinct
from both.
1264. Ceropegia munronYi (ft. W.) fruticose,
slender, twining: leaves short petioled, narrow, lanco*
late, acute, succulent ? flowers large, solitary, short,
peduncled; corolla ventricose at the base, tube short.
contracted in the middle, limb long, deeply cleft ini#
five slender lobes, ciliated with glanduliferous hairs •
exterior lobes of the corona inconspicuous, interior
ones ligulate, twice the length of the column.
Neilgherries or Coorg jungles. This Species is only
known to me through the accompanying figure, and
a single flower for which I am indebted to Captain’
Munro, but without character or station. I believe
however, he found the specimens on the Western-
Slopes of the Neilgherries or Coorg jungles, both o f
which He explored.
Ï265-. CEropEgYa ëéeóanS (Wall.) twining,
glabrous, leaves ovate-oblong, or oblong-lanceolate,-
attenuated or shortly acuminate, acute, somewhat succulent,
ciliolate :’ peduncles equaling the petiols, few
flbwered :- tube of the corolla ventricose, curved at the"
base, purplish speckled j lobes subdeltoide, acuminate,-
cohering at the apex, often ciliate exteribr lobes of the
staminal crown, ligulate, approximated, interior ones
longer, inflexed, more or less united at the points :
follicles very long, slender, glabrous, subtorulose:
pollen masses brownish coloured.—JD. C. Prod., 8,642.-
Neilgherries, frequent. The specimens figured’ were
gathered in Kotergherry, on the Eastern descent. I
have however met with it in many other places. It
varies considerably in the colour of its flowers, the
limb being sometimes purple, at others pale, the cili*‘
are as often wanting as present, and seem to separate
readily.
1266. CE&opeGia vvalEera! (R. W.) fruticose,-
twining, glabrous : leaves long petioled, ovate, acuminate,
somewhat succulent: peduncles about the length
of the petiols, terminating in a few flowered umbel
pedicels nearly equaling the peduncle, furnished at
the base with a subulate bract: tube of the corolla’
abruptly contracted above the Ventricose base, gradually
dilating Upwards} throat campanülate, lobes'
deltoide cohering at the points, the margins folded'
back exterior lobes of the crown about the length o f
the interior; interior recurved at the apex:: follicles
long, slender.
Ceylon, flowering in April. I first found this beautiful
species in jungles on the banks of a stream by
the road side going to Kandy, with General Walker,-
but I am indebted to Mrs. Walker for the drawing,-
aUd dissections from which the plate is taken. The
tube of the corolla is speckled all over, with purple
8pOtS.
1267. CEftoPEGfA spiralis (ft. W.) suffruti-
cose, erect, glabrous : root tubuous: leaves long,-
narrow, lanceolate, acute:: flowers large, solitary,-
short peduncled :■ tube of the corolla Ventricose at
the base, lobes of the limb long, subulate, spirally’
twisted,- ciliate at the base exterior lobes of the crown*
shorter than the column, interior dilated at the base,
ligulate and free above.
Balaghaut Hills,- near Madras, flowering, July and’
August. My specimens of this plant were few and
only one, that here represented, in flower, hence the
want of dissections. The figure is however, in othei*
respects so characteristic, that there can be no difficulty
in recognising the plant from it.
1268. Caralluma attenuata (ft. W.) erect,-
stems 4-sided at the base, subterete towards the apex^
sparingly ramous : flowers confined to the ends of the
branches, ceriiuous or drooping: lobes of the corolla
lanceolate, fimbriate on the margin.
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