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coronal-processes horizontal. Dene. in DC. Prodr. viii. 697 ; ? H. Shepherdii, 
Hook, Bot. Mag. t. 6209. 
Tnorrcar HIMALAYA; from Kumaon to Sikkim, alt. 1-3000 ft. Knasia Mrs., 
alt. 34000 ft., Griffith, &c. 
Stem stout, climbing ; branches long, pendulous. Leaves very variable in breadth, 
3-1 4 in., midrib obscure, base narrow acute or rounded ; nerves hardly visible, very 
oblique almost parallel to the midrib; petiole very stout, J-1 in. Peduncle some- 
times 2 in.; pedicels 1-1} in. Sepals ovate, acute, glabrous. Corolla ł-1} in. 
diam., lobes subacute. Coronal-processes broadly ovate, flat above with a central 
boss, convex beneath ; inner angle acute, shorter than the broad anther-tips. Fo//icles 
4-6 in., slender, straight. Seeds 4 in., lanceolate. 
21. H. oblanceolata, Hook. f.; glabrous, leaves 4-6 in. narrowly 
oblanceolate acuminate very fleshy, peduncles very short and thick and pedicels 
glabrous, corolla puberulous within, coronal-processes sub-erect. 
Kuasia Mrs., alt. 3-4000 ft., J. D. H. 4 T. T. 
Stem, stout, climbing. Leaves as in H. longifolia, but smaller. Peduncles 1—1 in., 
clavate or cylindric, when old 4-} in. diam. and densely scarred; pedicels slender. 
Sepals ovate, acute. Corolla 4 in. diam., pale flesh-coloured. Coronal-lobes broadly 
oblong or subspathulate, inner angle produced into a short obtuse lamella which is 
much shorter than the subulate anther tip. 
€. Leaves broad, ovate oblong elliptic or lanceolate, strongly 3-5-nerved from 
the base to the middle or higher. 
22. HL. latifolia, G. Don. Gen. Syst. iv. 127; glabrous, leaves 5-10 in. 
ovate or oblong-ovate acute or acuminate very thick shining 5-nerved margins 
recurved, peduncles solitary or fascicled very thick, pedicels very short puberu- 
lous, flowers small, coronal-processes shorter than the corolla-tube. Dene. in 
DC. Prodr. viii. 638. H. macrophylla, Wight Contrib. 38, not of Blume. H. 
polystachya, Blume Mus. Bot. i. 45, t. 9. 
Prnano, Wallich. Stxcarorr, Maingay.—Disrrin. Java. 
Stem very stout. Leaves variable in breadth, 3-5 in., base rounded or cordate, 
petiole very short and thick. Peduncles 1-2 in., at length cylindric and covered with 
raised pitted tubercles. Sepals minute, ovate. Corolla à in. diam., pubescent within. 
Coronal-processes suberect, ovoid, apiculate, upper surface flattened, inner angle acute, 
under surface deeply grooved. 
23. H. parasitica, Wall. in Wight Contrib. 37, and Cat. 8159; 
glabrous, leaves 3-5 in. ovate elliptic or lanceolate acute or acuminate 3-5- 
nerved, peduncles solitary or in pairs short or long slender or stout, pedicels 
slender long glabrous, coronal-processes longer than the corolla-tube. Wight 
Ie, t. 587; Dene. in DC. Prodr. viii. 637. H. Hookeriana, Wight Contrib. 37 ; 
Wall. Cat. 8153; Dene. Lc. 636. Hoyg sp. Wall. Cat. 8153. H. pallida, 
Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 951; Part. Fl. Gard. t. 26, copied in Lemaire Jard. Fleur. 
t. 64. Asclepias parasitica, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 20, and Fl. Ind. ii. 42. 
Assam ; Conulla, Clarke. Kuasa Mrs. ascending to 2000 ft. SuNDERBUNDS, and 
from Cuitracone to SixGAPORE, Matacca and the ANDAMAN Isrps. 
A tall climber, stem stout or slender. Leaves extremely variable in length and 
breadth, much the largest in Khasian specimens, nerves obscure; petiole 1-2 in., 
very thick. Peduncles 1-3 in., slender or stout and becoming much thickened and 
scarred ; pedicels 3-1 in. Sepals small, ovate. Corolla } in. diam., pearly white; 
lobes glabrous within, always inflexed in dried specimens with the coronal-processes 
projecting between them; these are ascending, ovate, acute, concave with a mesial 
ridge above, with the narrow end outwards, and the inner angle very short, white, 
pink at the junctures.—I have seen no fruit. Except in the large leaves, sometimes 
9 in. long, I can find no character for H. Hookeriana. H. cinnamomifolia, Hook. Bot. 
