Hoy a.] xcv. ASCLEPIADE^B. (J. D. Hooker.) 61 



35. K. Thomson!, Ifook.f. ; petioles and leaves beneath sparsely pilose, 

 leaves 2-3 in. oblong or obovate-oblong acuminate very thick, umbels axillary, 

 peduncle short puberulous tip at length thickened and scarred, corolla-lobes 

 with fringed margins glabrous or pubescent within. Hoya, n. 12, II. f. Sf T. 



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



Stem slender, rooting. Leaves not very fleshy, |-l in. broad, midrib obscure, 

 base obtuse or rounded, nerves very faint, arched; petiole - in. Peduncle ^-1 in., 

 pubescent; pedicels glabrous or sparsely puberulous. Sepals glabrous, ovate, acute. 

 Corolla ^ in. diam., lobes acute. Coronal-processes obovate with the broad end out- 

 wards, concave above with a boss, inner angle produced into a short erect spur as long 

 as the anther-tip. The pubescence of the leaves is very obscure in dried specimens. 



:;(). H. diversifolia, Blume Bijd. 1064 ; quite glabrous, leaves 2-3 in. 

 broadly obovate or elliptic obtuse or apiculate very thick margins recurved, 

 nerve- indistinct, peduncles and short pedicels stout, corolla puberulous within, 

 follicles very thick. Miqud FL Ind. Sat. ii. 518 ; Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 

 637. H. orbiculata, Watt, in Wight Contrib. 36; Wall Cat. 8151 ; Dene. I.e. 

 Sussuela esculenta, Rumph. Herb. Amb. v. 467, t. 175, f. 2. 



BURMA; at Prome, Wallich. MALACCA, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1130). DISTRIB. 

 Java, Amboyna. 



A stout climber. Leaves l$-2 in. diam., base acute or rounded, nerves arched; 

 petiole 5~ in. Peduncle -- in., very thick; pedicels about \ in. Sepals small,, 

 elliptic, obtu" cis (ciliate, Maingay'). Corolla ^ in. diam., cream-coloured;, 



lobes broad. Coronal-processes pale pink, short, thick, ovate, with the broad end out- 

 wards concave above, with a boss near the centre, inner angle produced into a short, 

 erect spur shorter than the anther-tip. Follicles 6 in. long., f in. diam., falcate> 

 sublinear; pericarp thick, apparently in. or more. Seeds about in. long. 



37. H. coriacea, Blume Bijd. 1063; Rumphia, iv. 1. 187 ; nearly glabrous, 

 leaves 3-5 in. long-petioled elliptic or oblong or obovate-oblong acute or acumi- 

 nate thinly coriaceous reticulated, base rounded, midrib and slender nerves 

 very distinct, peduncles and pedicels long, sepals linear pubescent, corolla 

 villous within. Miquel FL Ind. Bat. ii. 521 ; Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 638; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 4518, copied in Fl. des Serres, t. 578; Paxt. FL Gard. i. f. 55; 

 Lemaire Jard. Fleur. t. 37. H. Brunoniana, Wight Contrib. 37 ; Wall. Cat. 

 8163 ; Dene. I. c. 636. 



PENANG, Wallich. MALACCA, Griffith, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1131, 1134). 

 DISTRIB. Java, Borneo. 



A stout climber. Leaves variable, l-2 in. broad, shining above, far more thia 

 than in any Indian congener; petiole -- f in. Peduncle 2-5 in.; pedicels f-1 in. 

 Sepals as long as the corolla-tube. Corolla f in. diam., dirty straw-colourecl OF 

 reddish ; lobes incurved when dry. Coronal-processes white, ovoid, inflated, subacute, 

 the narrow end outwards, inner angle cuspidate shorter than the anther-tip, " pollen- 

 masses very slender, with trigonous pedicels and minute corpuscles." Maingay. The 

 comparatively membranous leaves with conspicuous reticulate nervation, unlike that 

 of Hoya, at once distinguish this species. 



38. H. pendula, Wight Ic. t. 474 (not of Contrib.') ; branch lots and , 

 umbels sparsely hairy, leaves 1^-3 in. elliptic-ovate or -lanceolate acute thick 

 nerves distinct, margins recurved, peduncles short, pedicels longer, sepals lanceo- 

 late, corolla-lobes silkily villous. Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. FL ]52. Asclepias 

 pendula, Roxb. FL Ind. ii. 36. 



DECCAN PENINSULA; the Circars, Roxburgh; Western Ghats, and the Concan, 

 Nimmo ; Nilgherry hills, Wight. 



Stem rather slender, hairiness very inconspicuous. Leaves l\-1\ in. diam., like 

 those of H. ovalifolia, but margins recurved when dry, base narrow or rounded ; 



