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Ceropegia (Supplement)

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.)