170 LXXXIir. ASCLEPIADACE.^. 



lobes ^ in. long, deltoid, acute ; corona of 5 fleshy lobes, stellately 

 radiating from the column, the broad end outside, subquadrate in trans- 

 verse section, the inner margin of each lobe with an obtuse process 

 which rests against the back of the anther. Pollen-masses clavate, com- 

 pressed, attenuated at the base into a distinct caudicle, waxy, without a 

 pellucid margin. Pollicles 3-4 by 5 in., slender, straight, cyhndric, very 

 slightly tapering towards the ends. Seeds lanceolate, ^ in. long, narrowed 

 at both ends ; coma nearly 2 in. long. Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 238 ; 

 AYoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 167. Hoya pendula, 

 Wight & Arn. in Wight, Contrib. p. 36 (exclud. syn.), not of Wight, 

 Icon. t. 575; Grab, Cat. p. 119. H. imllida, Dalz. & Gibs. p. 152. 

 H. parasitica, (j[YiA\. C?it. p. US) {not of Wall.). — Flowers: Oct.-Dee. 

 Yern. A'mbri ; Dudh-yel. 



KoNKAN : Law\, Stocks I, Dalzell\\ Nagotna jungles, Graham. Deccan: Lanoli, 

 Graham ; Mahableshwar, Graham, Cooke ! Kanara : common on the Supa Ghats, 

 Talbot ; Sampkhand (N. Kanara), Woodrow.—Di&'vinB. India (W. Peninsula). 



3, Hoya ovalifolia, Wight i^- Arn. in Wight, Contrib. (1834) p. 37. 

 A twining glabrous shrub. Leaves 2-4 by |-14 in., without recurved 

 margins, elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse or acute, very thick, glabrous, pale 

 beneath, base usually acute ; petioles l-\ in. long. Flowers greenish- 

 or purplish-white in lateral pedunculate umbels ; peduncles stout, |-1 in, 

 long, arising from between the petioles ; pedicels ^ in. long. Calyx 

 glabrous, divided almost to the base ; segments -^ in. long, ovate-oblong, 

 subacute. Corolla ^-| in. across when expanded, divided about | of 

 the way down ; lobes \ in. long, ovate, acute ; corona of 5 large lobes 

 JL in. long, radiating from the staminal-column, the narrow end outside, 

 the upper surface concave, the inner end prolonged into a cuspidate 

 point. Anther-appendages large, ovate, acute, membranous ; pollen- 

 masses erect, subsessile on the pollen-carriers, oblong, without a pel- 

 lucid margin. FolUcles 5-6 in. long, very slender, curved. El. B. I. 

 V. 4, p. 60 ; Wight, Icon. t. 847 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 162 ; Talb. 

 Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 239. 



Kanaka : N. Kanara, Talbot. 



This plant has been included on the authority of Mr. Talbot, who reports its 

 occurrence in N. Kanara. I have seen no specimens from the Bombay Presidency ; 

 there are none in Herb. Kew.— Distrib. India (W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon. 



4. Hoya pendula, Wight, Icon. t. 474 (not of W. & A. in Wight, 

 Contrib.). A twining shrub ; branches terete, sparsely hairy. Leaves 

 133 by 1-1| in., with recurved margins, ovate-oblong, acute or acu- 

 minate, thick, glabrous, base rounded ; petioles \ in. long. Flowers in 

 lateral pedunculate umbels ; peduncles k in- long, arising from between 

 the petioles, stout, pubescent : pedicels slender, |-1 in. long, sparsely 

 hairy. Calyx hairy outside, divided almost to the base ; segments g in. 

 louo-, lanceolate, acute. Corolla divided about ^-\yvt,y down, silky-villous 

 insule ; lobes \ in. long, broadly ovate-deltoid, acute, the inside faces 

 and margins silky-villous ; corona-lobes g in. long, ovate-lanceolate, the 

 outer end the nan-ower, subacute, the process from tlie inner margin 

 ov.ite, acute, short. Follicles not seen. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 61 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs.' p. 152; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 239; Woodr. in Journ. 



