$0 XCV. ASCLEPIADEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Dischidia. 
often recurved margins, nerves 2-3 pairs horizontal reticulating. Seeds j; in. long, 
slender. 
2. D. hirsuta, Dene. in DC. Prodr. viii. 632; papillose and more or less | 
pubescent, leaves }-1 in. sessile broadly ovate acute lacunose above between 
the horizontal nerves, corolla red, throat with 2 rows of hairs. D. fasciculata, 
Dene. l.c. D. Brunoniana, Griff. Notul. iv. 44, and Ic. Pl. Asiat. t. 410, A. f. 1. 
Leptostemma hirsutum and fasciculatum, Blume Bid. 1058. 
TrwassEeRrM, Helfer; at Mergui, Griffith.  SiwGAPORE, Hb. Wight. MALACCA, 
Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1120). Disrrrs. Java. 
Stem very slender and leaves on both surfaces papillose and sometimes sparsely 
hairy. Leaves pale when dry, the 2 or 3 pairs of nerves very prominent above. 
Corolla à in, long “ blood red, with a row of ascending shining hairs in the middle 
of the tube, and a similar row on the throat inserted below a row of 5 adnate fleshy 
convex scales, Pollen-masses linear, connate at the base." Maingay. 
3. D. albida, Griff. Notul. iv. 46; glabrous, leaves petioled ovate or 
rounded-ovate or ovate-cordate acute or acuminate nerveless. 
Maracca; at Toondook. Griffith. 
Stems very slender, creeping and rooting. Leaves fleshy ; petiole 1-1 in. “ Peduneles 
subaxillary equalling the petiole, perennial. Flowers umbelled, few, small, white. 
Corolla-throat closed with white hairs. Pollen-masses oblong, scarcely compressed, 
as long as their caudicles. Follicles very long-beaked, deeply channelled on the 
inner face.” Griffith. 
4. D. khasiana, Hook. f.; glabrous or very sparsely hairy, leaves ii 
in. petioled orbicular tip rounded, nerves very slender, follicles 24 in. slender 
throughout straight or curved. Dischidia, n. 9, Herb. H. f. & T. 
Kauasta Mrs. at Churra and Nunklow, alt. 3-4000 ft. J. D. H. 4 T. T. 
Stem very slender, creeping, papillose. Leaves quite orbicular, tip rounded or 
apiculate, nerves 2-3 pairs horizontal; petiole 1-1 in.  Follicles about à in. diam. 
below the middle, gradually tapering to the obtuse tip and to the base, pale.— This 
resembles D. formosana, Maxim., but the leaves are much larger; the habit and 
foliage are precisely those of Hoya Nummularia. 
5. D. benghalensis, Coleb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xii. 357, t. 15; gla- 
brous, branches flagelliform pendulous, leaves linear elliptic obovate oblong OT 
lanceolate midrib and nerves obscure or 0, flowers fascicled subsessile. Wight 
Contrib. 43; Wall. Cat. 4205; Dene. in DC. Prodr. viii. 631; Bot. Mag. t 
2916. D. cuneifolia, Wall. Cat. 4206; Dene. l.c. D. spathulata, Blume Bid. 
1069; Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 518. 
Eastern NeraL and Sixxrw, J. D. H. Assam and southwards to Maracca.— 
DıstrRIb. Java, Borneo. 
Stems often matted, pale green, as thick as a goose-quill. Leaves in distant pair$ 
subsessile, 1-2 by j-$ in. obtuse acute or apiculate, very fleshy. Flowers minute. 
Corolla } in. long, yellowish, tube globose, throat glabrous. Follicles 141-24 in. slender, 
straight, acuminate, pericarp thin. 
6. D. Rafflesiana, Wall. Plant. As. Rar. ii. 95, t. 142, and Cat. 4208; 
glabrous, climbing and pendulous, leaves orbicular 1 in. diam. subsessile chang- 
ing into oblong pitchers 2-5 in. long, flowers umbellate on a long or short stout 
peduncle, sepals pubescent, corolla ovoid, teeth minute pubescent within, throat 
glabrous. Grif. Notul. iv. 47, t. 386, f. 6, and in Trans. Linn. Soe. xx. 331 
and 396, t. 17, 18; Dene. in DC. Prodr. viii. 632. Collyris major, Vahl.; 
Wight Contrib. 66. 
Cacuar, J. D. H. § T. T.; and from Texnasserm, Griffith, to Maracca, —DisTR® 
Borneo, Australia. 
