54 xcv. ASCLEPiADiiB. (J. D. Hooker.) [Hbj/a, 



5. K. teretlfolla, Oriff. mss. ; quite glabrous, stem very slender creeping 

 and rooting, leaves 5-7 in. very slender cylindric quite terete. 



Upper Assam ; Patkoy hills, alt. 4000 ft., Griffith. 



A very singular plant, mentioned nnder the above name by Griffith in his Journal 

 (p. 69). The leaves, which are rather distant, are curved and (as dried) about ^ in. 

 diam. I have seen no flowers. 



tt Leaves flat. 



6. K. lanceolata, Wall, in Wight Contrib. 33, and Cat. 8164 and 

 8156 6 (H. parviflora) ; nearly glabrous, leaves 1-2 in. subsessile lanceolate or 

 ovate-lanceolate fleshy, umbels terminal, peduncles and pedicels stout puberulous, 

 corolla puberulous within. Don Prodr. 130 ; Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 637. 



Teopical Himalaya ; from Kumaon to Bhotan and Khasia Mts., alt. 3-4000 ft. 



Stem stout, climbing; branches long, pendulous. Leaves close set, somewhat 

 elongate-trapezoid, base acute, midrib very obscure. Umbels 6-10-fld. Sepals 

 oblong-lanceolate, pubescent. CoroUa ^ in. diam., lobes acute. Coronal-lobes as- 

 cending, short, thick, obtuse, terete, with a short flat area above, inner angle erect as 

 long as the anther-tip. Follicles 5-6 in., very slender. 



7. K. XaObbii, Sooh.f.; quite glabrous, branches very stout, leaves 2-3 

 in. subsessile elliptic or ovate acute or acuminate very fleshy, nerves 6-8 pairs 

 arched spreading, umbels terminal and axillary subsessile, corolla puberulous 

 within, corona very large. 



Khasia Mts. ; Nowgong, alt. 1500 ft , Thos. Lohh. 



Branches as thick as a goose-quill, woody. Leaves 1-2 in. diam., base narrowly 

 cordate ; midrib rather slender. Pedicels 1 in. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, glabrous. 

 Corolla purple, \-^ in. diam., lobes subacute. Coronal-processes ascending, thick, 

 terete, obtuse or subacute, inner angle raised acute as long as the anther tip. 



8. K. polyneura, Kooh. f. ; quite glabrous, branches stout, leaves 3-4 

 in. subsessile rhombic-ovate or -lanceolate acuminate very fleshy, nerves very 

 many oblique straight parallel, umbels axillary very shortly peduncled, coroUa- 

 lobes papillose within. Hoya, No. 29. Herb. Ind. Or., H.f. 8f T. 



SiKKiM Himalaya; Herb. Griffith, alt. 3-5000 ft., J. B. H., Clarke. 



Branches long, flexuous. Leaves very variable in breadth, broadest 1-2J in the- 

 middle, base narrow but rounded ; midrib slender, nerves very close. Fedwncle at 

 length thickened and scarred; pedicels slender. Sepals oblong, obtuse, glabrous. 

 Corolla ^ in. diam., white, disc glabrous. Coronal-lobes red-purple, very short, orbi- 

 cular, flat above, inner angle produced upwards in some specimens into a stout, erect 

 beak which equals the long subulate anther-tip, and downwards into 2 auricles ; 

 other specimens have a very short inner angle and short anther-tips. Follicles 4 in., 

 slender, falcate, smooth. Seeds i in. long, ovate-lanceolate. 



** Flowers in axillary (rarely also terminal) umbels. (Solitary in Si >-efM«a.) 



t OoroUa small, less than \ in. diam., revolute, villous within. Staminal 

 column conical. 



9. K. parviflora, Wight Cmtrih. 37 ; quite glabrous, leaves lanceolate 

 acuminate very thick and fleshy, peduncles long slender, corolla revolute villous, 

 within, column conical. WaU. Cat. 8156 A ; Dane, in DC. Prodr. viii. 637. 



Tbnassbrim ; Moulmein, Wallich. 



Stem climbing, slender. Leaves 2^ by ^-J in. ; petiole short, thick. Peduncles 

 almost as long as the leaves; pedicels ^ in., very slender. Sepals ovate, glabrous. 

 Corolla J-l in. diam. Coronal-processes membranous, united into a conical vertically 

 5-lobed column, each lobe again longitudinally folded and bifid at the spreading tip. 



