Hoya.l xcv. ASCLEPiADEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) 53 



Quite glabrous. Stem stout, climbing. Leaves 3-8 by H to 2 in., linear-oblong, 

 acuminate, base acute ; petiole ^ in. Umbels terminal and axillary, very many-fld.,' 

 peduncle 1-2 in. ; pedicels slender, as long. Sepah smaU, oblong. Corolla-hbes J-f 

 m. long, tube bearded at the base. Column |- in. long, j^Vuit not seen. 



Sect. II. Pterostelma. Corolla reflexed, lobes longer than broad. 

 Column sessile, obcomc ; coronal-processes laterally compressed, semi-cordate, 

 2-winged, with an erect subulate point in the inner angle. Plocostbmma, Bl. 



2. K. acuminata, Benth. in Gen. PI. ii. 777. H. Griffithiana, Dene, 

 mss. Pterostelma acuminatum, Wight CmUrib. 39 : Wall. Cat. 8170 ; Dene, in 

 DC. Prodr. viii. 633. 



KaisiA Mts. ; alt. 2,000 ft., Wallich, &c. 



Quite glabrous. Stem stout, 1-2 ft., subecandent and pendulous. Leaves 3-4 by. 

 1-1 J in., elliptic-lanceolate, nerves obscure; petiole |— ^ in. Umbels terminal and 

 •axillary, few-fld. ; peduncle j in., pedicels 1 in. Sepals linear-oblong, obtuse, ciliolate. 

 CoroUa-lobes 1 in., glabrous, tube puberulous within. Corona shining. Fruit not seen. 



Sect. III. Anclstrostexnina. Corolla reflexed, lobes longer than broad. 

 Column sessile; coronal-processes gibbous and 2-lamellate below, produced 

 upwards into long erect points each with a 2-fid incurved hooked tip. 



3. K. Edenl, King in Herb. Sort. Calc. Centrostemma sp., Herh. Ind. 

 Or.SCf.SrT. 



SiKKiM Himalaya, alt. 3-6000 ft.. Herb. Griffith, J. D. H., &c. 



Stem rather slender, climbing and rooting. Leaves 3-4 by 1-1| in., elliptic- or 

 ■obovate-lanceolate, obtusely caudate-acuminate, base acute, thinly coriaceous, puberu- 

 lous or glabrate beneath ; petiole ^ in. pubescent. Umiels terminal ; peduncles ^J 

 in., pedicels 1 in. Sepals small, ovate, obtuse. CoroUa pubescent within ; lobes ^ in. 

 long, subacute. Coronal-processes horny, deeply grooved dovrn the back, much ex- 

 ceeding the anthers. Follicles 4 in. long, slender, straight. Seeds ^ in. long. 



Sect. IV. Eulioya. Corolla-lobes broader than long, spreading or re- 

 curved. Column sessile or subsessile; coronal-processes steUately spreading, 

 inner angle acute or produced into an erect or recurved simple spine. 



* Inflorescence terminal, or terminal and axillary. 



t Leaves terete. 



4. K. linearis, Wall, in Wight Contrib. 37, and Cat. 8155; ends of 

 branches and umbels hirsute, leaves 1-2 in. cylindric terete acute, umbels 

 terminal sessile many-fld., coroUa glabrous or papillose within, coronal-processes 

 horizontal. Don Prodr. 130; Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 637. 



StTBTEOPiCAL HiMAXATA ; Nepal, Wallich; Sikkim, alt. 3-6000 ft., J. S. H., 

 Treutler. 



Stem pendulous, 1 ft. and more, flaccid. Leaves 1-2 by J in. diam., straight, 

 midrib glabrous or hirsute; petiole very short. Pedicels 1 in., and lineai>oblong 

 calyx hirsute. CoroUa J-J in. diam., and corona white. Follicles 2^ in., slender, 

 straight, pericarp thin glabrous. Seeds ^ in. long. — The following varieties are so 

 identical in habit and inflorescence, that I cannot doubt their being conspecific. 

 Wight's character is drawn from specimens sent him by Wallich consisting of leaves 

 of one plant (linearis) and a detached flower of another, of which specimens (also 

 detached) are fastened on Wallich's sheet of linearis, and which have glabrous pedicels 

 ■and minute glabrous sepals ; these may belong to another species. 



Var. nepalensis ; corolla papillosely puberulous within, coronal-lobes ovate 

 flattened above concave beneath. — Nepal. 



Vae. si&kimensis ; coToUa, glabrous within, coronal-lobes longer narrower sub- 

 cylindric. Sot. Mag. t. 6682.— Sikkim. 



