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HOYA VIRIDIFLORA. 
. PENTANDRIA Dieynia. Nat. Ord. AscLEPIADEEX. 
Gen. Cuar. Cor. rotata, 5-fida. Corona staminea 5-phylla, 
foliolis depressis, carnosis, angulo interiore producto in 
dentem antherae incumbentem. Anthere membrana ter- 
minate. Masse pollinis basi affixee, conniventes, com- 
presse. Stigma muticum.  Folliculi leves. Semina 
comosa, Br. 
Hoya viridiflora; foliis ovatis (cordatisve) acuminatis mem- 
branaceis corollisque glabris, coronæ foliolis exsulcis, 
(folliculis pulverulento-tomentosis.) Br. (Surrr. Tas. I) 
Hoya viridiflora. Br. in Wern. Trans. v. 1. p. 91. Roem. et 
Sch. Syst. Veget. v. 6. p. 51. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 1. 
p. 343. 
Asclepias volubilis. Linn. Suppl. p. 170. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. l. 
— p. 1269. 
Watta-kaka-codi. Rheede; Hort. Mal. v. 9. p. 25. & 15. 
A milky shrub. Stems twining: the bark rough and cracked; 
on the branches about one year old, cinerous and tubereu- — 
lated. Petioles 1-2 inches long, round, smooth, and with the — 
young shoots and peduncles sprinkled all over with an im- | 
palpable whitish powder. Leaves sometimes ovate, sometimes — 
deeply cordate and acuminate, (perhaps these constitute — 
different species,) of a thin membranous texture, and, like the ` 
other parts, sometimes powdery. Flowers green, in lateral — 
simple umbels; peduncles about as long as the petioles: pedi- 
cels nearly the same length. Calyx patted, small, Corolla 
rotate, 5-cleft, divisions obtuse. Crown of the stamens of E 
fleshy truncated bodies, attached to the top of the column, - 
each fürnished with a little tooth, projecting from the interior — 
angle, which rests on the adjoining anther. Anthers ter^ 
minated by a membrane, resting on the stigma. Pollen-masse$ — 
erect, compressed. Pistil: Germens 2: Styles short and - 
very thick: Stigma slightly convex. Pericarp; 2 follicles — 
adhering at the base, and diverging, ventricose in the middle, 
