Hoya.] xcv. ASCLEPUDEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) 55 



Follicles i in. long, very . slender.— This, approaches an unnamed Javanese species, hut 

 the leaves are more fleshy and the column different. • 



10. K. reyoluta, Wight mss. ; quite glabrous, leaves ovate or ovate- 

 lanceolate acuminate very thick and fleshy, margins strongly recurved, peduncles 

 long slender, corolla revolute villous within, column conical. H. ovalifolia, 

 Wall. Cat. 8160 b. 



Malacca, Griffith, Maingay (Ke-w Distrib. 1127). Singapore, Wcdlich. 



Stem climbing. Leaves lJ-3 in., midrib and nerves not visible, base acute ; 

 petiole |-J in., very thick. Feduncle equalling the leaves; pedicels very slender. 

 Sepals ovate. ^ Corolla ^ in. diam., pink. Coromal-processes membranous, united into 

 a conical vertically 5-lobed column, each lobed again, longitudinally folded and pro- 

 duced upwards into an acute point. 



11. K. micrantlia, Hook. f. ; quite glabrous, leaves ovate or elliptic- 

 lanceolate acute very thick and fleshy, margins flat, peduncle long or snort, 

 corolla revolute pubescent within, column conical. 



Tbn-asserim; Mergui, Griffith. 



Stem rather stout. Leaves 21-4 by Ij-lJ in., midrib and nerves not visible ; 

 petiole very short. Peduncle shorter than the leaves ; pedicels J-f in., filiform. 

 Sepals ovate, obtuse. Corolla J-j- in. diam. Coronal-lobes lanceolate, suberect, 

 outer angle 2-fid, back with a boss; anther-tip much longer than the process. 



12. K. lacunosa, Blume Bijd. 1063 ; quite glabrous, leaves ovate or 

 rounded-ovate acute base rounded margins thickened, nerves horizontal, peduncle 

 stout, pedicels very short. Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 525 ; Bene, in BC. Prodr. 

 viii. 638 ; Bot. Mag. t. 4826, 5272. Otostemma lacunosum, Blume Mus. Bot. 

 i. 69, t. 11. 



Malacca ; between Jarsing and Aya Bomboo, Maingay. — Disteib. Sumatra, Java, 

 Borneo. 



Stem slender, twining. Leaves 1-lJ in., very thick, but nerves distinct beneath, 

 3-5 pairs, base rounded ; petiole very short. Peduncle longer than the leaves ; 

 pedicels j— ^ in. Sepals very small, ovate, obtuse. Corolla §• in. diam., pubescent 

 ■within. Coronal-lobes ovate, inner angle produced into an ovate obtuse lobe almost 

 as large as the body, incumbent on the anther (which has no tip ?).■ — This differs from 

 the Javanese H. lacunosa, in the much larger inner produced angle of the coronal- 



tt CoroUa J in. diam. and upwards, rarely less ; lobes usually spreading 

 or incurved. Leaves flat in all. 



a. Leaves very small, rarefy more than 1 in. long. 



13. ZX. N ummularla, Bene. mss. ; stem slender minutely rough, leaves 

 very small orbicular shining, flowers many in very long-peduncled umbels. 



Keasia Mts. ; at Moosmai, Griffith. 



Stem creeping and rooting, angular (when dry). Leaves | in. diam., shining and 

 reticfllate on both surfaces ; petiole J in., rather slender. Peduncle 2 in. ; pedicels 

 |-| in. Sepals ovate-oblong. Corolla ^ in. diam., "white, pubescent," Griffith. 

 Coronal-processes too young for description. — Eesembles Dischidia khasiana. 



14. K. serpens, Bbo^.y. ; stem very slender minutely rough, leaves very 

 small suborbicular opaque papillose on both surfaces, flowers many on long 

 peduncled umbels, corolla tomentose vrithin, coronal-lobes ellipsoid. 



SiKKiM Himalaya {Herb. Griffith). 



Stem creeping and rooting. Leaves J-f in. diam., ovate or very broadly elliptic, 

 base rounded or suboordate, nerves obscure ; petiole very short, -^-^ in. Peduncle 



