Hoya.~\ XC7. ASCLEPIADEJ:. (J. D. Hooker.) 59 



MALACCA, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1137). 



Stem rather slender, twining. Leaves 1-1^ in. diam., intramarginal nerve very 

 distinct ; petiole - ^ in. Peduncles ^ in., pedicels l-l in. Sepals ovate, obtuse, 

 puberulous. " Corolla white," Maingay ; lobes obcordate, apiculate, inflexed (when 

 dry). Coronal-processes longer than the corolla-tube, suberect, laterally subcom- 

 pressed, ovate-oblong, obtuse, upper (inner) surface grooved, inner angle produced 

 into a short subulate erect point. 



28. K. Griffith!!, Hook. f. ; glabrous, leaves 6-9 in. narrowly oblanceo- 

 late or linear-oblong acute or acuminate very thick, nerves nearly horizontal, 

 peduncle long stout, sepals large coriaceous, corolla 1 in. diam. glabrous 

 within. 



KHASIA MTS., Griffith ; Nowgong, alt. 2-4000 ft. J. D. H. $ T. T. 



A stout climber. Leaves distant, 12 in. diam., midrib stout, nerves quite obscure 

 in some, in others distinct and forming large areoles ; petiole | 1 in., very thick. 

 Peduncle 2-4 in., as thick as the branch ; pedicels 1-1^ in., very stout. Sepals -^ 

 in., oblong, obtuse, coriaceous. Corolla purple ? glabrous within, lobes acute. Coro- 

 nal-processes produced upwards from a suborbicular base into an erect stiff obtuse 

 spur as long as the anther-tip, the orbicular base is 2-lamellate below. In the large 

 calyx this approaches H. coronaria. It has been flowered at Fallowfield (Manchester) 

 by Mr. Swan. 



29. H. imperialis, LindL in Bot. Reg. 1846, t. 68 in note, and in Journ. 

 Hort. Soc. v. 80, with woodcut ; leaves 6-9 in. elliptic or linear-oblong obtuse 

 apiculate very thick puberulous or glabrate beneath, peduncles and pedicels 

 long stout, sepals rounded-ovate, corolla 2^-3 in. diam., follicles stout woody. 

 Hook. Sot. May. t. 3397, copied in Fl. des Serres, iv. t. 393, 394 ; Ann. de Gand, 

 1848, t. 228. ? H. speciosa, Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 635. ? Asclepias Sus- 

 suela, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 31, excl. syn. 



MALACCA, Maingay. DISTKIB. Borneo, ?Amboyna. 



A lofty stout climber. Leaves l^-2 in. diam., rarely acute, shining, base often 

 narrowed and cordate, midrib very stout, nerves quite horizontal ; petiole - in. 

 Peduncles 3-10 in.; pedicels 2-3, and sepals pubescent. Corolla leathery, dull 

 purple, puberulous near the corona, lobes triangular acute. Coronal-processes white, 

 laterally compressed, erect, turgid, obtuse, inner angle shortly produced into a subu- 

 late point. Follicles 9 in. long, by 1^ in. diam., straight, lanceolate, finely acuminate, 

 pubescent; pericarp thickly coriaceous, endocarp hard. Seeds % in. long. 



30. XX. Wig-htii, Hook.f. ; quite glabrous, leaves 3-4 in. loug-petioled 

 elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate rarely orbicular acute at both ends thick, margins 

 recurved, nerves distinct horizontal or nearly so, peduncles much shorter than 

 the pedicels, sepals linear-oblong, follicles slender. H. pendula, Wight fy Am. 

 Contrib. 36 (excl. syn.} ; Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 635 ; Grah. Cat. Bomb. FL 

 119. H. pallida, Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 152. Hoya, n. 27, Herb. Ind. Or. 

 H.f. $ T. 



DECCAN PENINSULA ; from the Bombay Ghats to the Nilgherry Mts. 



A stout climber. Leaves 1^-2 in. broad, margins often revolute, tip obtuse often 

 produced, nerves loosely netted ; petiole -1 in. Peduncles - in. ; pedicels stout, 

 1 in. Sepals glabrous. Corolla |-f in. diam., cream-coloured, glabrous within, margins 

 puberulous. Coronal-processes ascending, short, inflated, obtuse, concave above, inner 

 angle produced into a short erect spur. Follicles 4 in. long, slender, straight, pericarp 

 thin. For the distinctions between this and H. ovalifolia see the latter plant. The 

 vars. Eheedei and nilgherrensis, Wight, are not distinguishable. 



e. Leaves orbicular ovate-oblong or broadly elliptic, rarely lanceolate, penni- 

 nerved, nerves arching (not prominently 3-5-nerved from the base). See also 

 H. polyneura and H. Lobbii. 



