58 xcv. ASCLEHADEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Hoy a. 



Mag. t. 4347, has very similar flowers and leaves. Lindley figures the flower of H. 

 pallida as nearly white, Paxton both figures and describes them as yellow. 



d. Leaves elliptic, oblong, or linear-oblong, penni-nerved, nerves very horizontal 

 {sometimes oblique in H. Griffithii). 



24. H. fusca, Watt. PL As. Ear. i. 68, t, 75, and Cat. 8157 ; glabrous, 

 leaves 6-9 in. linear-oblong acuminate fleshy midrib very thick, peduncles 

 short and pedicels very stout, corolla pubescent within. Wight Contrib. 87 ; 

 Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 639. 



NEPAL, Wallieh; SIKKJM, alt. 1-4000 ft, KHASIA MTS. and PEGU. 



A stout climber. Leaves 1^-2^ in. diam., sides nearly parallel ; nerves numerous, 

 quite horizontal ; petiole thick, -1 in. Peduncles sometimes terminal, ^-1 in., pedi- 

 cels as long. Sepals broadly ovate, obtuse. Corolla \ in. diam., yellow-brown, lobes 

 spreading. Coronal-processes short, very thick, obtuse, concave above, inner angle 

 ending in an erect or recurved spur as long as the anther-tip. Follicles 4-5 in. long 

 by ^ in. diam., rather thick-walled, straight. Seeds % in. long. 



25. H. obtusifolia, Wight Contrib. 38 .; more or less puberulous, stem 

 very stout, leaves 4-6 in. oblong rounded at both ends or tip acute or apiculate 

 very thick, margins flat, midrib stout, peduncle stout, pedicels and calyx pubes- 

 cent, corolla coriaceous pubescent without glabrous within. Wall. Cat. 8167 ; 

 Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 638; Bot. Mag. t. 4969 (excl. syn. H. velutina). H. 

 Teysmanniana, Miquel Fl. 2nd. Sat. 522. 



TENASSERIM or ANDAMAN ISLDS., Heifer. PENANG ? Wallieh. DISTEIB. Sumatra, 

 Java. 



Branches as thick as the little finger or less. Leaves 1^-2^ in., broad, shining, 

 nerves visible only when dried ; petiole very thick, ^-1 in. 'Peduncle 1-3 in., at 

 length terminating in a cylindric mass of scarred close set tubercles ; pedicels |- 1 in. 

 Sepals large for the genus, oblong, obtuse, coriaceous. Corolla dull yellow, \\ in. 

 diam. ; lobes erect, acute. Coronal-processes short, obtuse, suberect, concave in fruit, 

 inner angle ending in an erect or recurved spine longer than the anther-tip. Follicles 

 not seen. 



26. H. coronaria, Blume Bijd. 1063, and Humph, iv. 31, t. 182, f. 2 and 



t. 104 ; leaves 3-4 in. elliptic or elliptic-ovate abruptly acuminate very thick 

 pubescent beneath, base rounded, margins recurved, peduncle stout and pedicels 

 large, sepals pubescent, corolla coriaceous pubescent without glabrous within, 

 follicles very thick. Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 516. H. velutina, Wight Contrib. 

 35 ; Wall. Cat. 8150. Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 635. 



MALACCA, Griffith, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1125), PENANG, ? Wallieh. DISTRIB. 

 Sumatra, Borneo. 



Stem stout, twining; young shoots, petioles, leaves beneath and inflorescence 

 finely tomentose. Leaves 1-2 in. diam., nerves very obscure; petiole thick, - 1 in. 

 Peduncles ^-1 in., pedicels as long. Sepals rounded, thick. Corolla 1-H in. diam., 

 thick, " cream white or yellowish speckled with purple," Maingay; lobes erect or 

 incurved. Coronal-processes small, waxy, white, nearly hemispherical,. very concave 

 above and convex beneath, the inner angle shortly horizontally produced, obtuse. 

 Follicles 6-8 in. long by 1^-2 in. diam., subcylindric, obtuse, base gibbous, walls very 

 thick, endocarp hard. Seeds % in. long. The smaller shorter leaves with revolute 

 margins distinguish this at once from H. obtusifolia ; Wallich's habitat of Silhet is 

 probably an error for Penang, from which islan^i there is a drawing of this species in 

 Herb. Kew. Perhaps two species mixed here, a purple- and white-flowered. 



27. H. elliptica, Hook.f. ; glabrous, leaves 1-2| in. elliptic obtuse at 

 both ends thin in texture nerves very prominent, peduncle very short, pedicels- 

 long slender, sepals very small, corolla glabrous without puberulous within. 



