-Eoya.] xcv. AsCMPUDEJi!. (J. D. Hooker.) 57 



■Goronal-processes horizontal. Bene, in DC. Prodr. Yui. 627 ; ? H. Sheplierdii, 

 Hooli. Bot. Mag. t. 6269. 



Tbopioal Himalaya ; from Kumaon to Sikkim, alt. 1-8000 ft. Khasia Mrs., 

 .alt. 3-4000 ft., Griffith, &c. 



Stem stout, climbing ; branches long, pendulous. Leaves very variable in breadth, 

 |-lj in., midrib obscure, base narrow acute or rounded ; nerves hardly visible, very 

 oblique almost parallel to the midrib ; petiole very stout, J-1 in. Pedvjiide some- 

 times 2 in. ; pedicels 1-lJ in. Sepals ovate, acute, glabrous. Corolla f-lj in. 

 diam., lobes subacute. Coronal-processes broadly ovate, flat above with a central 

 bOBS,_ convex beneath ; inner angle acute, shorter than the broad anther-tips. Follicles 

 4-6 in., slender, straight. Seeds ^ in., lanceolate. 



21. K. oblanceolata, ITook. f. ; glabrous, leaves 4-6 in. narrowly 

 oUanceolate acuminate very fleshy, peduncles very short and thick and pedicels 

 glabrous, corolla puberulous within, coronal-processes sub-erect. 



Khasia Mts., alt. 3-4000 ft., J. D. H. ^ T. T. 



Stem, stout, climbing. Leaves as in H. longifolia, but smaller. Fedimcles j-1 in., 

 clavate or cylindric, when old ^-\ in. diam. and densely scarred ; pedicels slender. 

 Sepals ovate, acute. Corolla \ in. diam., pale flesh-coloured. Coronal-lobes broadly 

 ■oblong or subspathulate, inner angle produced into a short obtuse lamella which is 

 much shorter than the subulate anther tip. 



c. Leaves broad, ovate oblong elliptic or lanceolate, strongly 3-5-neii>ed from 

 the base to the middle or higher. 



22. K. latifolia, G. Don. Oen. Syst. iv. 127 ; glabrous, leaves 6-10. in. 

 ovate or oblong-ovate acute or acuminate very thick shining 5-nerved margins 

 recurved, peduncles solitary or fascicled very thick, pedicels very short puberu- 

 lous, flowers small, coronal-processes shorter than the coroUa-tube. i>cne. in, 

 DC. Prodr. viii. 638. H. macrophylla, Wight Contrib. 38, not of Blume. H. 



■ polystaohya, Blume Mus. Bot. i. 45, t. 9. 



Penang, Wallich. Singapore, Maingay. — Distrib. Java. 



Stem very stout. Leaves variable in breadth, 3-5 in., base rounded or cordate, 

 petiole very short and thick. Peduncles 1-2 in., at length cylindric and covered with 

 raised pitted tubercles. Sepals minute, ovate. Corolla^ in. diam., pubescent within. 

 Coronal-processes suberect, ovoid, apiculate, upper surface flattened, inner angle acute, 

 under siufaee deeply grooved. 



23. H. parasitica. Wall, in Wight Contrib. 37, and Cat. 8169; 



■ glabrous, leaves 3-5 in. ovate elliptic or lanceolate acute or acuminate 3-5- 

 nerved, peduncles solitary or in pairs short or long slender or stout, pedicels 

 slender long glabrous, coronal-processes longer than the corolla-tube. Wight 

 Ic. t. 587 ; Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 637. H. Hookeriana, Wight Contrib. 37 ; 



Wall. Cat. 8153 ; Done. I. c. 636. Hoya sp. Wall. Cat. 8153. H. pallida, 

 Lindl. in Bot. Meg. t. 951 ; Paoct. Fl. Gard. t. 26, copied in Lemaire Jard. Fleur. 

 t. 64. Asolepias parasitica, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 20, and Fl. Ind. ii. 42. 



Assam ; ConuUa, Clarice. Khasia Mrs. ascending to 2000 ft. Sundeebuhds, and 

 :from Chittagong to Singapoeb, Malacca and the Andaman Islds. 



A taU climber, stem stout or slender. Leaves extremely variable in length and 

 breadth, much the largest in Khasian specimens, nerves obscure ; petiole J-f in., 

 very thick. Peduncles 1-3 in., slender or stout and becoming much thickened and 

 scarred; pedicels f-1 in. Sepals small, ovate. Corolla^ in. diam., pearly white; 

 lobes glabrous within, always inflexed in dried specimens with the coronal-processes 

 projecting between them ; these are ascending, ovate, acute, concave with a mesial 

 ridge abbve, with the narrow end outwards, and the inner angle very short, white, 

 pink at the junctures. — I have seen no fruit. Except in the large leaves, sometimes 

 S in. long, I can' find no character for H. Hookeriana. H. cinnamomifoUa, Hook. Bot. 



