60 xcv. ASCLKPiADEj;. (J. D. Hooker.) IHoya. 



31. K. caudata, Hook. f. ; glabrous, leaves ovate acuminate very stortly 

 petioled very thick margins corrugate, pedicels short filiform, coroUa puhescent 

 within lobes tailed. 



Malacca, Jfajjwoy (Kew Distrib. 1128). 



Stem rather slender but woody. Leaves 2-3 in. diam., sparsely papillose on both 

 surfaces, midrib and arching nerves faint; petiole ^ in., so thick as to appear globose. 

 Peduncle (one only seen) nearly 2 in., with a thickened scarred tip ; pedicels J in. 

 Sepals lineaivlaneeolate, glabrous. Coroll-a ^ in. diam., "white, suffused with pink, 

 Maingay ; lobes triangidar, ending in slender tails of their own length. Coronal- 

 processes horizontal, eUiptic-ovate, broadest end outwards, concave above, inner angle 

 produced into a long subulate spur, which is much shorter than the very long filiform 

 anthei>tips. 



32. H. Amottiana, Wight Cmtrib. 36 ; quite glabrous, leaves 3-8 in. 

 elliptic or lanceolate thick acute or acuminate, nerves distinct, peduncles long 

 or short stout, pedicels long, corolla glabrous within, coronal-processes large 

 exceeding the tube. Wall. Cat. 8161 ; Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 638.— Hoy a 

 n. 38, aa-6. Ind. Or. B.f. Sr T. 



Teopicai, Himalaya; Nepal, Wallich. Sikkim ; alt. 1-3000 ft., J. D. H. Uppeb 

 Assam; Suddya, Griffith. 



A lofty dimber. Leaves very variable, 2-4 in. diam. ; petiole ^1 in. Peduncle 

 1-3 in. ; pedicels 1 in. Sepdls broadly ovate, obtuse. Corolla | in. diam., scarcely 

 papillose within, cream-coloured, lobes spreading, subacute. Coronal-processes white, 

 ovate, subacute with the narrower end outwards, concave above, inner angle acute, 

 shorter than the anther-tip. 



33. K. ovalifolia, Wight ^ Am. Contrib. 37; quite glabrous, leaves 

 2-4 in. elliptic or elliptic-ovate or -oblong or -lanceolate obtuse or acute very 

 thick, nerves distinct, peduncles and pedicels stout, corolla glabrous within, 

 coronal-processes exceeding the tube. Wight Ic. t. 847 (not good) ; Wall. Cat. 

 8160 a; Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 638 ; Thwaites Enum. 198 ; Paxt. Fl. Oard. 

 t. 23, eopied in Zemaire Jard. Fleur. t. 64, f. 2. 



NiLGHEEET Mts. and Mangaloee, Wight. Ceylon, in the Ambagamowa district. 

 Walker, &c. 



Stem slender. Leaves often subfascided, 1-lJ in. broad, very variable, acute at 

 both ends; petiole' |^-j- in. Peduncle short; pediesls ^-| in. Sepals ovate, obtuse, 

 glabrous. Corolla ^-J in. diam., pale straw-coloared ; lobes broad acute. Coronal- 

 processes ovate, obtuse! broader end inwards, concave above, inner angle cuspidate. 

 Follicles 5-6 in., very slender, curved, pericarp thin. — The arching nerves, flat leaf- 

 margins and large corona distinguish this from H. Wightii. 



34. H. ^lobulosa, Hook.f. in Oard. Chron. 1882, ii. 732, f. 115; more 

 or less hairy, leaves 5-7 in. long-petioled elliptic or oblong cuspidate or acumi- 

 nate base rounded midrib very stout, nerves distinct, peduncle long, pedicels 

 villous, coroUa nearly glabrous within. Floral Magadne, 1860, t. 406. — Hoya 

 n, 30 and 33 ; Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. Sf T. 



SiKKiM Himalaya ; alt. 1-3000 ft., J. D. H., Clarke. Assam ; Muku hiUs, 

 SimMonds. Cachae, Keenan. Chittagong ; at Seetakoond. J. D. H. ^ T. T. 



A stout climber, more or less hairy, the hairs long but very deciduous. Leaves 

 2-3^ in. diam., much like those of H. fusca, but with arching nerves ; petiole ^1 in. 

 Peduncle 3-4 in. ; pedicels 1 in. Sepals rounded. Corolla J in. diam., cream- 

 coloured ; lobes short, incurved. Coronal-processes short, broadly elliptic, pink, 

 concave above, inner angle produced into an erect spur which is shorter than the 

 large broad anther-tips. Follicles 12-16 in. long, very slender, cylindric, pericarp 

 thin. Seeds \ in. long, sUnder. 



