Tas. 4402. 
HOYA BEu.a. 
Beautiful Hoya. 
Nat. Ord.. AScLEPTADE&Z.—PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 4397.) 
Hoya dela; suffruticosa diffusa (vix scandens) copiose foliosa, foliis parvis ovatis 
acutis brevissime petiolatis uninerviis supra intense viridibus subtus pallidis, _ 
wnbellis lateralibus brevi-pedunculatis, calycis foliolis ellipticis, corolla 
_ Totata acute 5-angulato-lobata, corone staminew foliolis ovatis truncatis 
supra concavis purpureis subtus pallidis. 
The most lovely of all the Hoyas, to which a figure (as in the 
case of most flowers with much white) is little calculated to do 
justice. It cannot be called a climber, but the branches are 
diffuse, copiously leafy, so that the leaves (unlike those in 1. 
carnosa) form a dark back-ground to the delicate umbels of 
flowers, with leaves in shape resembling those of a Myrtle, 
and flowers more lively and differently formed from those 
of Hoya carnosa, and most deliciously scented. The corolla 
is a purer white, and the corona a deeper purple: resembling 
an amethyst set in frosted silver. It is a native of the Taung 
Kola mountain, Moulmein, and has been imported, through 
their collector, Mr. Thomas ‘Lobb, by Messrs. Veitch and Sons of 
Exeter, where treated like an Zschynanthus, or an epiphyte,we 
had the pleasure of seeing this “ first gem of the air” blossoming 
in great perfection, in June, 1848. It is a free bloomer, and 
the flowers last many days in high beauty. _ 
Descr. Stems branching, weak, but copiously leafy ; /eaves 
opposite, scarcely so big as those of the large-leaved Myrtle, and 
nearly of the same shape, ovate, but fleshy, one-nerved, dark green 
above, paler beneath. Peduncles lateral, about as long as the 
eaf, each bearing a corymb of from eight to ten flowers. Caly« 
“alittle downy, of five elliptical, spreading sepals. Corolla rotate, 
_ Convex, neatly white, sas, with five acute angles rather than 
OCTOBER Ist, 1848. 
