ASCLEPIADE.E. XXIII. HOYA. 



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few-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; corolla downy inside : with 

 obtuse segments ; leaflets of corona convex above, with recurved 

 edges : having the inner angles elongated, obtuse, and erect, 

 exceeding the apiculated stigma, fj . '"*. S. Native of Nipaul 

 and Silhet. Nearly allied to H. carnosa, but very much smaller. 

 Lanceolate-leaved Hoya. Shrub tw. 



* * * * Leaflets of corona elongated, triangular. 



21 H. LATIFOLIA : twining; leaves broad-ovate, acuminated, 

 obtuse or sub-cordate at the base, 3-nerved, fleshy, glabrous; 

 peduncles many-flowered; segments of corolla obtuse, cuspidate ; 

 leaflets of corona nearly equal in length to the corolla, coriaceous : 

 having the inner angles erect, terete, obtuse ; follicles subulate, 

 slender. Tj.. S. Native of Penang. H. macrophylla, Wight, 

 contrib. ind. bot. p. 38. Wall. ascl. no. 138. unnamed. This is a 

 magnificent plant ; but the specimens from which the character 

 is drawn up was so much mutilated, as to be impossible to say 

 with certainty that it belongs to the genus. Ltares 7-10 inches 

 long, and 4-10 broad. 



Bread-leaved Hoya. Shrub twining. 



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Corolla 5-parted, flat or reflexed. Segments of 

 corona quite entire on the inner angles. Perhaps specks of 

 Tylophora. 



22 H. MACROPHY'LLA (Blum, bijdr. p. 1063.) leaves 3-nerved, 

 ovate or oval-oblong, acuminated, fleshy ; corolla silky inside. 

 tj . *^. S. Native of Java, in calcareous soil, about Kuripan, 

 and at the bottom of Mounts Cede and Salak, where it is called 

 Aroy Kilampahan, and Aroy Kikandel lalakkie. It differs from 

 H. carnosa, in the leaves being nerved, larger, acuminated ; and 

 in the flowers being smaller. 



Large-leaved Hoya. Fl. year. Shrub tw. 



23 H. CORIA'CEA (Blum, bijdr. 1063.) leaves almost veinless, 

 oval, acute or acuminated, coriaceous, glabrous; corolla silky 

 inside. t? . *"*. S. Native of Java, among bushes, at the foot 

 of Mount Salak. 



Coriaceous-leaved Hoya. Fl. Oct. Shrub tw. 



24 H. COROXA'RIA (Blum, bijdr. p. 1063.) leaves veinless, 

 oval, acute, with recurved edges, coriaceous, villous beneath; 

 corollas glabrous. ^ . ^. S. Native of Java, on the mountains 

 and banks about Rompien, where it is called Aroy Kilampahan. 

 Corona Ariadna, Rumph. amb. 5. t. 172. 



Garland Hoya. Fl. year. Shrub tw. 



25 H. LACUNOSA (Blum, bijdr. p. 1063.) leaves veinless, ovate, 

 acuminated, glabrous, lacunose above, and convex beneath ; 

 corolla revolute, velvety-villous inside ; leaflets of corona with- 

 out furrows beneath. J; . ^. S. Native of Java, about Buiten- 

 zorg, on trees. 



Lacunose-leaved Hoya. Fl. year. Shrub tw. 



26 H. DIVERSIFOLIA (Blum. bijdr. p. 1064.)leaves veinless, oval, 

 acutish, or orbicular, fleshy, glabrous ; corollas silky inside. ^ . 

 '"X S. Native of Java, in calcareous soil, about Kuripan and 

 Batavia. 



Dicers-leaved Hoya. Fl. year. Shrub tw. 



* Corolla 5-cleft, reflexed. Stamineous corona tubular 

 at the base ; leaflets of corona quite entire, hating both the in- 

 terior and exterior angles dran-n out a considerable length. 



27 H. MULTIFLORA (Blum, bijdr. 'p. 1064.) stem shrubby, 

 climbing ; leaves rather coriaceous, veiny, cuneate-oblong, or 

 oblong-lanceolate, glabrous, paler beneath ; corolla bearded at 

 the base. fj . ^. S. Native of Java, on the west side, on the 

 mountains, among bushes, where it is called Tjunkankan. 



Many-flowered Hoya. Fl. year. Shrub tw. 



* Corolla campanulate, angular, with 5 plaits ; 

 leaflets of corona quite entire, with the inner angles ascending. 



28 H. CAMPANULA*! A (Blum, bijdr. p. 106*.) stem shrubby, 



climbing ; leaves coriaceous, almost veinless, oblong, acumi- 

 nated, glabrous ; corolla campanulate, glabrous. fj . ^. S. 

 Native of Java, with the preceding. 



Campanu/ate-flowered Hoya. Fl. year. Shrub tw. 



* Corolla 5-parted, Jlat, or reflexed. Leaflets of 

 corona emarginate on the outer angles. Acanthottemma. Blum, 

 bijdr. p. 1065. 



29 H. RU'MPHII (Blum, bijdr. p. 1065.) leaves veinless, ob- 

 long-lanceolate, acuminated, fleshy, glabrous, flat, and paler be- 

 neath ; corolla rather silky inside, fj . '\ S. Native of Java, 

 and the Moluccas, on the mountains. Rumph. amb. 5. t. 175. 

 II. 



Var. /3, longifblia (Blum. 1. c.) leaves long-acuminated, with 

 recurved edges ; corolla glabrous. Jj . r \ S. Native of Java, 

 near Tuju, on the mountains of Megamendung. 



Jlumphius's Hoya. Fl. year. Shrub tw. 



SO H. PU'BERA (Blum, bijdr. p. 1065.) leaves small, veinless, 

 oval-oblong, acute, fleshy, downy ; corolla hairy inside. V} . / "\ 

 S. Native of the Island of Nusae-Kambanga, on trees by the 

 sea-side. 



Downy Hoya. Fl. Oct. Nov. Shrub tw. 



f The Jloners of the following three sjiecies are unknown ; 

 but, nevertheless, it is probable they belong to the section Hoyae 

 terae. 



31 H. FINLAYSONIA^NA (Wight, 1. c.) twining, glabrous ; 

 branches terete ; leaves oblong- lanceolate, bluntly acuminated, 

 reticulated above in the dried state, veinless beneath, on short 

 petioles. T? . ^. S. Native, probably, of Penang. Hoya, 

 Wall. ascl. no 42. Leaves 5-7 inches long, and l- broad. 



Finlaysons Hoya. Shrub twining. 



32 H. OBTUSIFOLIA (Wight. 1. c.) twining, glabrous ; leaves 

 fleshy, oval-oblong, obtuse at both ends, cuspidate, shining 

 above, transversely and obscurely veined beneath, in the 

 dried state ; peduncles almost one-half shorter than the leaves, 

 many-flowered. f? . . S. Native of the East Indies. H6\a, 

 Wall. ascl. no. 38. From the variation of the leaves, this species 

 would appear to rank near H. fusca. 



Obtuse-leaved Hoya. Shrub tw. 



33 H. ANGUSTipbLiA (Trail, in hort. trans. 7. p. 29.) leaves 

 narrow-lanceolate. I; . ^. S. Native of China. 



Narrow-leaved Hoya. Shrub twining. 



2. Leaves membranous. Leaflets of corona without any 

 furrow beneath, 



34 H. VIRIDIFLORA (R. Br. in mem. wern. soc. 1. p. 26.) 

 twining; leaves ovate, or cordate, acuminated, membranous, 

 glabrous ; corolla glabrous : with ovate, acutish segments ; leaflets 

 of corona flat above, oboval, very blunt, with the inner angles 

 short and obtuse ; follicles thick, divaricate, obtuse, clothed 

 with rusty mealiness. (7 . rN . S. Native -on the coast of Coro- 

 mandel, frequent ; and at Morang and Gongachora, and Silhet. 

 Wall. ascl. no. 24, exclusive of f. 26. and 60 c, Wight, in 

 Hook. bot. misc. 2. p. 98. suppl. t. 1. Asclepias volubilis, Lin. 

 suppl. 170. Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 36. Asclepias viridiflora, 

 Roxb. in. mus. or. t. 611. Apocynum tiliaefolium, Lam. diet. 

 1. p. 214. Rheed. mal. 9. t. 15. Flowers green. 



far. a, alptna (Wight, and Arnott, contrib. ind. bot. p. 39.) 

 flowers larger ; segments of corolla obtuse, b r> . S. Wight, 

 cat. no. 1523. b. Wall. ascl. no. 25. Native of the Neel- 

 gherries. 



Green-Jlowered Hoya. Fl.? Clt. ? Shrub tw. 



35 H. LACU'KA (Ham. herb, ex Wight, and Arnott, contrib. 

 ind. bot. p. S9.) twining ; leaves between coriaceous and mem- 

 branous, cordate or ovate, acuminated, downy above, and velvety 

 beneath ; segments of corolla obtuse ; leaflets of corona with 



