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HOYA cinNAMOMIFOLIA. 
Cinnamon-leaved Hoya. 
Nat. Ord. AscLEPIADEH.—PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
Gen. Char. Calyx brevis, pentaphyllus. Corolla rotata plus minusve alte 
5-fida, laciniis planis v. reflexis wstivatione valvata. Corona staminea 5-phylla, 
foliolis depressis patentibus v. plus minusve gynostegio verticaliter adnatis car- 
nosis angulo interiore in dentem anthere incumbentem producto. Gynostegium 
breve. -4nthere membrana terminate. Masse pollinis basi affixee, oblonge, 
compresse, conniventes, seepius margine pellucide. Stigma muticum cum 
papilla media obtusa v. subapiculatum. Folliculi leeves v. appendiculis instructi, 
subpolypteri.  Semina comosa.—Frutices v. suffrutices Indici v. Moluccani 
rarissime Africani, volubiles, scandentes aut decumbentes, foliis carnosis v. coriaceis 
v.membranaceis, floribus umbellatis, umbellis extra-axillaribus sepius multifloris. D.C. 
Hoya cinnamomifolia; glaberrima, volubilis, caulibus ramisque teretibus, foliis 
carnoso-coriaceis crassis ovatis acuminatis utrinque 5-nerviis, nervis su- 
perne prominentibus supra petiolum calloso-glandulosis, pedunculis bre- 
vibus, umbellis compactis multifloris, corolla glabra pallide flava, corona 
stam. foliolis ovatis acutis atro-sanguineis supra planis medio linea elevata. 
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To Messrs. Veitch and Sons, again, we are indebted for the 
introduction to our stoves of this new and handsome species of 
Hoya, from Java, whence it was sent by Mr. Thos. Lobb. It 
flowered in July, 1847. It belongs to the same group of the 
genus with Hoya Pottsiz, figured in our Magazine, Tab, 3425 ; 
but it has much more showy flowers, and the nervation of the 
leaves is considerably different. 
Descr. Stem long, branched, twining, terete, glabrous, here 
and there sending out short roots from various portions of its 
length. Leaves. opposite, on short, very thick petioles (which 
have a callosity on the top), large, ovate, slightly peltate, acumi- 
nate, thick, between coriaceous and fleshy, the margins recurved, 
five-nerved ; the three central nerves very conspicuous both above — 
and below, extending nearly to the summit, the lateral ones less 
evident. Peduncle not half the length of the leaf, bearing 
a dense hemispherical wmbel of flowers. Flowers large, rather — 
showy from the effect of the different colour of the staminal crown. 
JANUARY lst, 1848. sa 
