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* HOYA coriacea. 

 Thick-leaved Hoy a. 



PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Asclepiadace^e. 



HOY A. R. Br. Corolla rotata, 5-fida, Corona staminea 5-phy: 

 foliolis depressis patentibus carnosis, angulo interiore producto in dentem ; 

 theras incumbentem. Antherce membrana terminatas. MasscB pollinis b 

 affixse, conniventes, compressEe. (S^z^ma muticum, vel subapiculatum. Follic 



Iseves. Semina comosa. Frutices aut sufFrutlces, volubiles, scandeni 



aut decumbentes . Folia opposita, carnosa v. membranacea. Umbellae lac 

 rales, multifiorcE. Wight Contributions to the Botany of India, p. 35. 



H. coriacea ; foHis subvenosis ovalibus acutis v. acuminatis corlaceis glahns 

 corolla intiis sericea. Blume Bijdr. 1063? 



Suffrutex. Caulis teres, glaber. Folia glabra, subcoi'iacea, ovaini, 

 acuta, venosa nee nervata, siiprd atroviridia, infrd pallida. Umbellae mul- 

 tijiorce, pedunculat(E,pendulce, axillares ; pedicellis glabris ; hid.cte\s minutb, 

 squamceformibus, tomentosis involucratce. Flores albidi ; corolla rotatd, 

 reflexd, xntus pubescente, bast tomentosd, laciniis linearibus acuminatiy,. 

 Corona staminea glaberrima ; foliolis utrinque acuminatis . Antherae obloiiija , 

 obtusce, membrand brevi bidentatu terminatce. Pollinia erecta, glannul 

 simplici exsulcd. 



A very pretty stove plant, sent by Mr. Cuming to Messrs. 

 Loddiges, from Manilla; it flowered for the first time ir 

 August 1838. 



The genus Hoya is a large one, the species of whici 

 abound in the southern parts of India, and are but imper 

 fectly known to Botanists. Dr. Wight mentions twent}^ at 

 found in Hindostan and the neighbouring islands ; to which 

 Dr. Blume adds nine more. The characters of the latter 

 are so very short that it is impossible to ascertain, in the 



* Named in compliment to Mr. James Hoy, for many years tlie Botanica' 

 Gardener to the Duke of Northumberland at Syon House. 



Ajjril, 1839. h 



