54 XCV. ASCLEPIADEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Hoya. 
5. H. teretifolia, Griff. mss. ; quite glabrous, stem very slender creeping 
and rooting, leaves 5-7 in. very slender cylindric quite terete. 
Urrzn Assam ; Patkoy hills, alt. 4000 ft., Griffith. a 
A very singular plant, mentioned under the above name by Griffith in his Journal 
(p. 69). The leaves, which are rather distant, are curved and (as dried) about } in. 
diam. I have seen no flowers. 
tt Leaves flat. 
6. H. lanceolata, Wall. in Wight Contrib. 33, and Cat. 8164 and 
8156 b (H. parviflora) ; nearly glabrous, leaves 1-2 in. subsessile lanceolate or 
ovate-lanceolate fleshy, umbels terminal, peduncles and pedicels stout puberulous, 
corolla puberulous within. Don Prodr. 130; Dene. in DC. Prodr. viii. 637. 
'TRorICAL H1MALAYA; from Kumaon to Bhotan and Kasia Mrs., alt. 3-4000 ft. 
Stem stout, climbing; branches long, pendulous. Leaves close set, somewhat 
elongate-trapezoid, base acute, midrib very obscure. Umbels 6-10-fid. Sepals 
oblong-lanceolate, pubescent. Corolla 4 in. diam., lobes acute. Coronal-lobes as- 
cending, short, thick, obtuse, terete, with a short flat area above, inner angle erect 85 
long as the anther-tip. ollicles 5-6 in., very slender. 
7. H. Lobbii, Hook. f. ; quite glabrous, branches very stout, leaves 23 
in. subsessile elliptic or ovate acute or acuminate very fleshy, nerves 6-8 pairs 
arched spreading, umbels terminal and axillary subsessile, corolla puberulous 
within, corona very large. 
Knasra Mrs. ; Nowgong, alt. 1500 ft , Thos. Lobb. 
Branches as thick as a goose-quill, woody. Leaves 1-2 in. diam., base narrowly 
cordate; midrib rather slender. Pedicels 1 in. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, glabrous. 
Corolla purple, in. diam., lobes subacute.  Coronal-processes ascending, thick, 
terete, obtuse or subacute, inner angle raised acute as long as the anther tip. 
5*' 8, H. polyneura, Hook. f.; quite glabrous, branches stout, leaves 34 
in. subsessile rhombic-ovate or -lanceolate acuminate very fleshy, nerves very 
many oblique straight parallel, umbels axillary very shortly peduncled, corolla- 
lobes papillose within. Hoya, No. 29. Herb. Ind. Or., H.f. & T. 
Smxm Hrwaraxa ; Herb. Griffith, alt. 3-5000 ft., J. D. H., Clarke. 
Branches long, flexuous. Leaves very variable in breadth, broadest 1-24 in the 
middle, base narrow but rounded; midrib slender, nerves very close. Peduncle at 
length thickened and scarred; pedicels slender. Sepals oblong, obtuse, glabrous: 
Corolla 3 in. diam., white, dise glabrous. Coronal-lobes red-purple, very short, orbi- 
cular, flat above, inner angle produced upwards in some specimens into a stout, erect 
beak which equals the long subulate anther-tip, and downwards into 2 auricles; 
other specimens have a very short inner angle and short anther-tips.  Follicles 4 Ms 
slender, faleate, smooth. Seeds ¥, in. long, ovate-lanceolate. 
** Flowers in axillary (rarely also terminal) umbels. (Solitary in ZZ. retusa.) 
+ Corolla small, less than } in. diam., revolute, villous within. Stamival 
column conical. 
9. H. parviflora, Wight Contrib. 37; quite glabrous, leaves lanceolate 
acuminate very thick and fleshy, peduncles long slender, corolla revolute villous 
within, column conical. Wall. Cat. 8156 A; Dene. in DC. Prodr. viii. 637. 
TExassEgRIM ; Moulmein, Wallich. 
Stem climbing, slender. Leaves 21-4 by 4-1 in.; peticle short, thick. Peduncles 
almost as long as the leaves; pedicels 4 in., very slender. ‘ Sepals ovate, glabrous- 
Corolla }-} in. diam.. Corenal-processes membranous, united into a conical vertically 
5-lobed column, each lobe again longitudinally folded and bifid at the spreading tip- 
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