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Ceropegia (Fifty species of this genus)

The fifty species of this genus inhabit tropical and South Africa, the East Indies, the Malayan Archipelago, and tropical Australia. To those described on pp. 300-1, Vol. I., the following should now be added: C. Monteiroae (Mrs. Monteiro's). fl. about three at the top of short, lateral peduncles; sepals small, acute; corolla green, 2in. to 3in. long, the mouth trumpet-shaped, the five clawed lobes white, spotted purple-brown. July. l. opposite, 2in. to 3in. long, oblong-ovate, sub-acute or obtuse, succulent, pale green, the edges purplish, undulated. Branches white, mottled brown. Delagoa Bay, 1884. Stove. (B. M. 6927.)