Hoya.] Lxxvi. asclepiade^. 



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Queensland. Endeavour river, Banks and Solander, It. Brown; Port Denison, 

 Fihalan ; Eockhampton, Rocl<ingham and Edgeeorobe Bays, DaUachy ; Bnsbaue river, 

 Moreton Ray, BanUouse, F. Mueller ; Ugly Creek, C. Stuart. 



N. S. Wales. .Clarence river. Herb. F. Mueller. 



The species is also in the Fiji and Samoa Islands. 



3. H. Nicholsoniae, F. Muell. Fragm. v. 159. A glabroussucculeut 

 epipli.vte clinging to the trunlcs of trees, tlie branches often twining aiul 

 emitting fibres not confined to the nodes. Leaves ovate or elliptical, aenrai- 

 nate, contracted into a rather short petiole, tMck and fleshy, very obliquely 

 peuuiveiiied and 3-nerved at the base or almost quintuplinerved, 2 to_ 3 in. 

 long or when luxuriant above 4 in. Flou-ers vcIIonv rather numerous iii^ the 

 iimbel, the pedicels i to f in. long. Corolla if spread open nearly ^ in. 

 diameter, deeply lobed, quite glabrous, the lobes acute and curved over the 

 gvnostegium in the dried specimen. Corona-segments expanded into ovate 

 siightlv concave disks, the outer margin almost acute, the inner margin very 

 broad short and obtuse, the back with 2 broadly-prominent involute keels. 



Queensland. Rockingham Bay, Ballachy. The foliage is that of /T. dlptera, Seem 

 from the Fiji Islands, which is also said to have yellow flowers, but the very impeifect 

 flowers on our specimens appear to have the corolla pubescent, with broader loDes. 



13. THOZETIA, ^. Muell. 



Corolla nearly rotate, decplv divided into 5 lobes induplicate-valvate in the 

 bud. Corona of 5 erect membranous segments, peltately attached to the 

 back of the anthers, the upper end free. Anthers terminating m a meinbrane. 

 Pollen-masses 2 to each antlier, obovate-oblong, erect. Stigma conical.- 

 Tall twiner. Leaves berbaceous. Llowers in reflexed mtei-petiolar racemes. 

 <be persistent rhachis raucb lengthened and_covered with the scars ot tallea 

 pedicels. 



The genus is limited to a single Australian species, aUied to Hoi/a in its flowers, with the 

 corona of Marsdenia. 



, L T.racemosa, F. Muell. Serb. Apparently a tall woody twiner, the 

 branches and petioles hirsute with spreading hairs. Leaves cordate-o^ ate, 

 rather narrow. 4 to 5 in. long, glabrous above, more or less hirsute under- 

 i^eath. riowers rather larger dark coloured, in reflexed intcrpetio ar nea K 

 sessile racemes, the rliachis lengthening to 2 in. or more and densely covered 

 ^vith the prominent scars of the fallen pedicels, interspersed witli small per- 

 sistent bmcts. Pedicels 3 to 5 lines long. Calyx slightly nrsute, the eg- 

 ments lanceolate, about 2 lines long. Corolla-lobes narrow-lanceolate, about 

 5 lines long. Corona-segments peltate, tlie lower ree por'on broad the 

 ^pper free portion oblong,^ truncate or sinuate, rather longer than the antlieis. 

 Stigma narrow-conical. Follicles glabrous, acuminate. 



Queensland. Near Rockhampton, T/wzet. The corollas I have seen are already ex- 

 P't'^led, but thev have every apneaiauce of having been mduplicate-valvate m the bud, a. 

 described m F. Mueller's notes. 



14. CEROPSG-IA, Linn. 

 Corolla with a distinct oflen elongated tube usually swoUen at the base; 



