114 ME. H. X. RIDLEY ON PLANTS 



Prom tlie description, H. exilis, Sclilechter, is probably nearest to tliis ; but its larger 

 leaves are of thinner texture, the peduncles twice as long or nearly so, the somewhat 

 larger corollas having glabrous lobes, and its coronal leaves a different shape. 



The material consists of a piece of stem 20 cm. long, bearing two pairs of leaves and 

 one peduncle. In a cajisule are 9 flowers. 



HoYA (§ Eu-Hota) Klossii, S. Moore, sp. nov. 



Caulis volubilis, distanter foliosus, glaber. Folia brevipetiolata, ovata, longiuscule 

 caudato-acunainata, apice obtusa, subrotundata, margine recurva, coriacea, glabra, 

 pagina utravis nitentia et (prsesertim in pagina superiore) prominenter reticulato- 

 nervosa, 4-6xl'5-2'5 cm. Flo7'es inter minores ; umbelli3e verisimiliter circa 

 6-flor8B, pedunculo glabro foliis breviore 23-25 mm. longo insidentes ; pedicelli 

 filiformes, quam flores manifeste longiores, 18-20 mm. longi. Calycis segmenta 

 parvula, ovata, obtusa, glabra, 1 mm. longa. Corolla rotata, usque ad f divisa, 

 crassiuscula, extus leviter piloso-puberula, intus omnimodo puberula ; lobi tri- 

 angulari-rhombei, acuti, vivi verisimiliter recurvi, 6 mm. longi. Cororne phylla 

 2 mm. longa, radiatim patentia, apice ipso ascendentia, obtusa, sujierne elliplica, 

 medio late concava, extus obtusissima, lateribus rotundis, crassiuscula. Pollinia 

 oblongo-pyriformia, retinaculis perbrevibus glandulee parvulse lineari adjuncta. 

 Camp VI b, 3900 ft. 

 Stems somewhat angular, so far as the material shows, unbranched, about 1-5 mm. in 



diameter. Leaves brownish green when dry; reticulum very open; petioles stoutish, 



slightly puberulous, 3-4 mm. long. Flowers when expanded rather more than 1 cm. in 



diameter. Pollinia 0-6 mm. long, gland barely \ as long. 



Apparently the place of this is near H. exilis, Schlechter, which has dissimilar leaves, 



much longer peduncles, and flowers in several respects different. 



HoYA (§ Physostelma) apoda, S. Moore, sp. nov. 



Planfa scandens, freqvienter ramosa. Eami hac atque iliac radicantes, sat bene foliosi, 

 glabri. Folia breviter petiolata, ovato-oblonga, sursum caudato-acuminata, apice 

 obtusa, basi subrotundata, tenuiter coriacea, glabra, ssepissime 8-10 cm. longa, 

 4-4*5 cm. lata. Umbelhe sessiles, oliganthte. Pedicelli filiformes, floribus certe 

 longiores, glabri, circa 2 cm. longi. Calycis segmenta oblongo-ovata, obtusa, 

 glabra, 1 mm. longa. Corolla ad normam generis mediocris, pansa fere 20 mm. 

 diam., late canipanulata, ad quartam partem 5-loba, utrinque glabra; lobi tri- 

 angulari-deltoidei, obtusiusculi, 4 mm. longi. Corona phylla carnosa, paullum 

 ascendentia (vix horizontalia), apice erecta, superne elliptica, medio concava, 

 extus obtusa, fere 3 mm. longa, lateribus late ohlongis crassiusculis. Pollinia 

 ambitu oblonga, utrinque obtusa ; caudiculae su.bnull8e ; glandula oblonga. 

 Canoe Camp, 500 ft. 



A scandent shrul) or a subshrub, the freely-produced comparatively slender branches 

 occasionally jmtting out one or more longish, very sleuder, wiry, seldom-branching 

 rootlets. Leaves very pale when dry, particulai'ly on the under side ; midrib impressed 

 on the ujjper, prominent on the lower side ; nervation more prominent on the upper 



