112 MR. H. N. RIDLEY ON PLANTS 
This resembles F. lanceolata, Blume, in the s rcm parts; but is distinguished by 
the flowers. 
ASCLEPIADEA. 
(By S. Moore.) 
MARSDENIA KLossti, S. Moore, sp. nov. 
Frutex scandens. Caulis subteres, longitrorsum  pluristriatus, distanter foliosus, 
sparsim puberulus. Folia petiolata, cordato-ovata, apicem versus subito cuspidato- 
acuminata, apice obtusa, membranacea, in nervis pagine utriusvis subtiliter 
pubescentia puberulave, ceterum glabra, summum 14 x 10 em. sepe 9 x 6 em., 
petiolis 4-6 em. longis. Cyme axillares, pedunculate, pedunculo circa 1 cm. longo, 
ramose, pluriflore, minute fulvo-pubescentes, 5 x 4 cm. Flores pedicellati, 
pedicellis breviores. Calycis segmenta suborbicularia, obtusissima, corolle tubum 
medium excedentia, extus minute pubescentia, 2:2 x 2:2 mm. Corolla urceolata, 
triente superiore fissa, 4 mm. diam.; lobi triangulari-deltoidei, obtusiusculi, 
incrassati, 1'5 mm. longi. Corone phylla gynostegio breviora, oblonga, erecta, 
apice libera, obtusa, crassiuscula, basi dilatata, circa 1 mm. longa. Antherarum 
appendices rotundate, stigmati applicate. Pollizia oblongo-pyriformia, caudiculis 
brevibus glandule parve anguste rhomboidee adjuncta ; stigma brevissime exsertum, 
convexum. 
Canoe Camp, 500 ft. 
Cymes with very flexuous branches.  Bracís linear, + 5 mm. long. Flowers 
brownish red, on pedicels 5 mm. long or sometimes less. Gynostegiwm rather more 
than 2 mm. long. Pollinia 05 mm., gland 0'2 mm. long. Marsdenia papuana, 
Schlechter, to which this is evidently allied, is described as having smaller leaves soltly 
pubescent above and villous-hairy below, villous inflorescences, flowers with a smaller | 
densely villous calyx, a corolla 3 mm. long, and a shorter gynostegium. 
STEPHANOTIS, sp. nov. A small fragment consisting of a piece of a slender stem, à 
sparsely pubescent peduncle 5°5 cm. in length, and three flowers on filiform pedicels 
rather more than 1 cm. long. The segments of the calyx are 2 mm. long, and linear 
lanceolate. The pale primrose corolla is 18 mm. long, with a 6 mm. long tube gue 
broadly linear reflexed lobes which are 12 mm. long. 
Camp III, 2500 ft. 
Schlechter has described (under Marsdenia) two Papuan species of this genus, both 
entirely different from the one under notice. 
Hoya ($ Eu-HoyA) SCHLECHTERIANA, 8. Moore, sp. nov. | 
Rami scandentes, sparsim ramulosi, distanter foliosi, radicantes. Folia petiolata, 
elliptica, sursum obtuse caudato-acuminata, basi obtusa, carnosa-coriacea, utrobique 
glabra, 10-11 x 3:8-4'5 em. — Umbelle verisimiliter pluriflorze, pedunculis ramis fere 
equilatis quam folia brevioribus glabris fere 6:5 cm. longis insidentes. Pedicelli 
filiformes, floribus plane longiores, circa 2 em. longis. Calyx parvulus, glaber; 
