| slightly differing from Hoya, appears peculiar to the Malay 
a ac : Islands. 
- Descr. A glabrous climber, with terete stems, and opposite, 
_ subcoriaceous, oval or subelliptical, penniveined /eaves, shortly 
-acuminated at the apex, and more or less attenuated at the base. 
Petiole short. Peduncles interpetiolary and terminal, shorter 
than the leaves, bearing a moderately spreading, many-rayed, 
slightly drooping wmbel: the pedicels or rays as long as the pe- 
duncle. Calyx small, five-parted. Corolla rotate, white, deeply 
five-lobed ; lobes linear-oblong, singularly deflexed, tipped with 
buff-colour, the margins revolute. Gynostegium and folioles of 
the corona staminea as in the genus. 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Folioles of the corona staminea :—magnified, 
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