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ON THE ASCLEPIADEvE. 205

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��Massce Pollinis 10, laeves, per paria, (diversis antheris pertinentia), affixae stigmatis corpusculis, sulco longitudinali, bipartibilibus. Filamenta connata, extus sa?pius appendi- culata.

CEROPEGIA. [Ceropegiae pleraeque, Linn.

Char. Corolla tubo e basi ventricosa cylindraceo ; limbi laciniis ligularibus.

Colum n a fructificationis inclusa .

Corona staminea duplex, exterior abbreviata, 51oba : interior 5phylla, foliolis ligularibus, iudivisis, lobis exte- rioris oppositis.

Anther ce apice simplices.

Massce pollinis erectae, basi affixae, marginibus sim- plicibus.

Stigma muticum.

Folliculi cylindracei, laeves. Semina comosa.

Habitus. Herbce glabrae, volubiles. Radice tuberosa. Umbellce interpetiolares, nunc paucinorae.

Patria. India Orientalis.

Obs. To this genus belong C Candelabrum, Linn.; C. bifiora, Linn. ; C. tuberosa, bulbosa, juncea, acuminata, of Roxburgh, and two un described species.

HUERNIA. [Stapeliae species, Linn. Juss. Masson. [22

Char. Corolla campanulata, limbo decemfido, laciniis accessoriis nanis, dentifornribus.

Columna fructificationis inclusa .

Corona staminea duplex ; exterior quinquefida, laciniis bilidis : interior Sphylla, foliolis e basi gibbosa subulatis, indivisis, laciniis exterioris alternantibus.

Anther ce apice simplices.

Massce pollinis erectae, basi affixae, altero margine carti- lagineo-pellncido.

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