Hoya."] xcv. ASCLEPIADE^. (J. D. Hooker.) 57 



-coronal -processes horizontal. Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 627 ; ? H. Shepherdii, 

 Hook. Hot. Mag. t. 5269. 



TROPICAL HIMALAYA ; from Kumaon to Sikkim, alt. 1-3000 ft. KHASIA MTS., 

 alt. 3-4000 ft., Griffith, &c. 



Stem stout, climbing ; branches long, pendulous. Leaves very variable in breadth, 

 j-li in., midrib obscure, base narrow acute or rounded; nerves hardly visible, very 

 oblique almost parallel to the midrib ; petiole very stout, -1 in. Peduncle some- 

 times 2 in. ; pedicels 1-1^ in. Sepals ovate, acute, glabrous. Corolla -1^ in. 

 diam., lobes subacute. Coronal-processes broadly ovate, flat above with a central 

 boss, convex beneath ; inner angle acute, shorter than the broad anther-tips. Follicles 

 4-6 in., slender, straight. Seeds in., lanceolate. 



21. ZZ. oblanceolata, Hook. f. ; glabrous, leaves 4-6 in. narrowly 

 oblanceolate acuminate very fleshy, peduncles very short and thick and pedicels 

 glabrous, corolla puberulous within, coronal-processes sub-erect. 



KHASIA MTS., alt. 3-4000 ft., J. D. H. $ T. T. 



Stem, stout, climbing. Leaves as in H. tongifolia, but smaller. Peduncles ^ 1 in., 

 clavate or cylindric, when old |-|- in. diam. and densely scarred ; pedicels slender. 

 Sepals ovate, acute. Corolla \ in. diam., pale flesh-coloured. Coronal-lobes broadly 

 oblong or subspathulate, inner angle produced into a short obtuse lamella which is 

 much shorter than the subulate anther tip. 



c. Leaves broad, ovate oblong elliptic or lanceolate, strongly 3-5-nerved from 

 the base to the middle or higher. 



22. H. latifolia, G. Don. Gen. Syst. iv. 127 ; glabrous, leaves 5-10 in. 

 ovate or oblong-ovate acute or acuminate very thick shining 5-nerved margins 

 recurved, peduncles solitary or fascicled very thick, pedicels very short puberu- 

 lous, flowers small, coronal-processes shorter than the corolla-tube. Dene, in 

 DC. Prodr. viii. 638. H. macrophylla, Wight Contrib. 38, not of Blume. 

 polystachya, Blume Mus. Bot. i. 45, t. 9. 



PENANG, Wcdlich. SINGAPORE, Maingay. DISTRIB. Java. 



Stem very stout. Leaves variable in breadth, 3-5 in., base rounded or cordate, 

 petiole very short and thick. Peduncles 1-2 in., at length cylindric and covered with 

 raised pitted tubercles. Sepals minute, ovate. Corolla^ in. diam., pubescent within. 

 Coronal-processes suberect, ovoid, apiculate, upper surface flattened, inner angle acute, 

 under surface deeply grooved. 



23. H. parasitica, Watt, in Wight Contrib. 37, and Cat. 8159; 

 glabrous, leaves 3-5 in. ovate elliptic or lanceolate acute or acuminate 3-5- 

 nerved, peduncles solitary or in pairs short or long slender or stout, pedicels 

 'slender long glabrous, coronal-processes longer than the corolla-tube. Wight 

 Ic. t. 587 { Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 637. H. Hookeriana, Wight Contrib. 37 ; 



Wail. Cat. 8153 ; Dene. I c. 636. Hoya sp. Wall. Cat. 8153. H. pallida, 

 Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 951 ; Paxt. Fl. Gard. t. 26, copied in Lemaire Jard. Fleur. 

 t. 64. Asclepias parasitica, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 20, and Fl. Ind. ii. 42. 



ASSAM ; Conulla, Clarke. KHASIA MTS. ascending to 2000 ft. SUNDERBUNDS, and 

 from CHITTAGONGUO SINGAPORE, MALACCA and the ANDAMAN ISLDS. 



A tall climber, stem stout or slender. Leaves extremely variable in length and 

 breadth, much the largest in Khasian specimens, nerves obscure; petiole - in., 

 very thick. Peduncles 1-3 in., slender or stout and becoming much thickened and 

 scarred; pedicels f-1 in. Sepals small, ovate. Corolla^ in. diam., pearly white; 

 lobes glabrous within, always inflexed in dried specimens with the coronal-processes 

 projecting between them ; these are ascending, ovate, acute, concave with a mesial 

 ridge above, with the narrow end outwards, and the inner angle very short, white, 

 pink at the junctures. I have seen no fruit. Except in the large leaves, sometimes 

 9 in. long. I can find no character for H. Hookeriana. H. cinnamomifolia, Hook. Bot. 



