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Tylophora moUissima Wight, Herb. Prop. 1540!, 

 " 1837 " ! ; F.B.L iv 43, XXXVI 16. 



Softly hairy in all green parts. Leaf-stalks ^ to 

 J^ inch : blades lYz to 2^ by V^, to I inch, oblong 

 lanceolate, acute. Racemes 2 to 4 inches, zigzag, with 

 two or more flowers at the bends on very slender ^-inch 

 pedicels. Flower Ye inch. Fruit not seen. 



Nilgiris : Kotagiri. Pulneys : shola by Pamban stream. 

 Possibly not truly above the 6,500 feet level. Fyson. Bourne 

 209, 1135.* 



Gen. Dist Nowhere else, but closely allied to T. hirsuta of Assam, 

 Khasia and Himalayas. 



Tylophora tenuis Bl; F.B.L iv 42, XXXVI 13. 



Stems slender, quite glabrous. Leaf-stalks % inch : 

 blades lanceolate with rounded base, I to 2^ by ^ to 

 % inch : nerves few, indistinct. Racemes 2 inches with 

 two or three bunches of small dark purple flowers on 

 stalks of ^ to ^ inch. Follicles 3 inches, slender. 



Pulneys : Kodaikanal and below. Properly belongs to 

 lower levels, e.g., Kotagiri, Shembaganur. Fyso?t 1490, 1913. 

 Bourne 275, 464. 



Gen. Dist. On the plains of Bengal near Calcutta, to Ceylon, Burma 

 and Malacca. 



HOYA. F.B.I. 95 XLIV. 



Woody climbers with thick leaves, and umbels stalked 

 in one only of a pair of opposite leaf-axils. Flowers 

 medium or large sized, not small : corolla lobes valvate 

 (not overlapping) in bud and spreading out flat 

 (stellate), very thick and waxy. Corona of five thick flat 

 lobes. Anthers with membranous erect or inflexed tip. 

 Polliniums solitary (ten in all), erect. Pods slender, 

 pointed. 



Species about 60 in the hotter parts of Asia and Australia, 

 most abundant in the Malay Archipelago. Some cultivated in 

 gardens for their waxy-looking flowers. 



