Tab. 5820. 

 HOYA Australis. 



Australian Hoya. 



Nat. Ord. Apocyne^;. — Gynandria Pentandria. 

 Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tab. 5272). 



Hoya Australis ; glabra, foliis breviter petiolatis ovatis obovatis v. suborbi- 

 culatis obtusis v. breviter acuminatis basi rotundatis v. subcordatis, 

 floribus umbellatis, pedunculis petiolos subfequantibus, corolla late 5-loba 

 glabra marginibus planis papillosis, coronas segmentis in laminam con- 

 cavam horizontal! ter patentem dilatatis margine exteriore obtuso inte- 

 riore acuminato incurvo dorso bicarinato. 



Hoya Australia, Br. Traill, in Trans. Hort. Soc, vol. vii.p. 28. Benth.Fl. 

 Austral., vol. iv. p. 346. 



H. bicarinata, A. Gray, in Proc. Amer. Acad. Sc., vol. v. p. 335. 



H. Dalrympliana, F. Muell, Rep. Burdek Expd., p. 16. 



A handsome, free-growing species of Hoya, first detected 

 a century ago by Sir Joseph Banks during Captain Cook's 

 voyage on the Endeavour Eiver in Queensland, and after- 

 wards collected by Brown, Backhouse, Mueller, and others, 

 at Moreton Bay, Rockhampton, the Clarence River, and 

 elsewhere in New South Wales and Queensland. It is also 

 a native of the Fiji and Samoan groups. It was introduced 

 into this country by the late James Backhouse, who 

 collected it on the banks of the Brisbane, and who sent 

 flowering specimens to Kew in 1863. The specimen from 

 which the accompanying drawing was made, was presented 

 to the Royal Gardens by George Macleay, Esq., in 1864. 

 It flowers annually in the month of October, and diffuses a 

 rich honeysuckle-like scent. 



FEBRUARY 1ST, 1870. 



