Eoya.] XOT. asclepiade^. (J. D. Hooker.) 61 



35. B. Thomsonl, Hook.f. ; petioles and leaves beneath sparsely pilose, 

 leaves 2-3 in. oblong or obovate-oblong acuminate very thick, umbels axillary, 

 peduncle short puberulous tip at length thickened and scarred, corolla-lobes 

 ■with fringed margins glabrous or pubescent within. — Hoya, n. 12, H.f. 8f T. 



Khasia Mts. ; Churra, alt. 3-4000 ft., J. B. H. S; T. T. 



Stem slender, rooting. Leaves not very fleshy, |-1J in. broad, midrib obscure, 

 base obtuse or rounded, nerves very faint, arched; petiole \-\ in. Peduncle ^-1 in., 

 pubescent ; pedicels glabrous or sparsely puberulous. Sepals glabrous, ovate, acute. 

 Corolla 5 in. diam., lobes acute. CoronaPprocesses obovate -with the broad end out.- 

 •wards, concave above ■with a boss, inner angle produced into a short erect spur as long 

 as the aAther-tip. — The pubescence of the leaves is very obscure in dried specimens. 



36. H. diversifolia, Blume Bijd. 1064 ; quite glabrous, leaves 2-3 in. 

 broadly obovate or elliptic obtuse or apiculate very thick margins recurved, 

 nerves indistinct, peduncles and short pedicels stout, coroUa puberulous -within, 

 follicles very thick. Miguel Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 518 ; Dene, in DC. Prodr. yiiu 

 637. H. orbiculata, Wall, in Wight Contrib. 36 ; Wall. Cat. 8151 ; Dene. I. c. 

 — Sussuela esculenta, Humph. Serb. Amb. v. 467, t. 175, f. 2. 



Buema; at Prome, Wallich. Malacca, Maiiigay (KeTir Distrib. 1130). — Disteib. 

 Java, Amboyna. 



A stout climber. Leaves lj-2| in. diam., base acute or rounded, nerves arched; 

 petiole j-4- in. Teduncle \-\ in., very thick ; pedicels about \ in. Sepals small, 

 eUiptie, obtuse, glabrous (cillate, Maingay). Corolla j in. diam., cream-coloured; 

 lobes broad. Coronal-processes pale pink, short, thick, ovate, ■with the broad end out- 

 wards concave above, ■with a boss near the centre, inner angle produced into a short, 

 erect spur shorter than the anther-tip. Follicles 6 in. long., | in. diam., falcate^ 

 sublinear ; pericarp thick, apparently \ in. or more. Seeds about \ in. long. 



37. K. coriacea, Blume Bijd. 1063; Rum/phia, iv. 1. 187 ; nearly glabrous, 

 leaves 3-5 in. long-petioled elliptic or oblong or obovate-oblong acute or acumi- 

 nate thinly coriaceous reticulated, base rounded, midrib and slender nerves 

 very distinct, peduncles and pedicels long, sepals linear pubescent, coroUa 

 villous ■within. Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 521; Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 638; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 4518, copied in Fl. des Serres, t. 578; Paxt. Fl. Gard. i. f. 55;. 

 Zemaire Jard. Fleur. t. 37. H. Brunoniana; Wight Contrib. 37 ; Wall. Cat. 

 8163 ; Dene. I. c. 636. 



Fbnasb, ■ Widlich. Maiacca, Griffith, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1131, 113i). — 

 DisTBiB. Java, Borneo. 



A stout climber. Leaves variable, 1^-24 in. broad, shining above, far more thin 

 than in any Indian congener; petiole \-\ in. Fednncle 2-5 in.; pedicels f-1 in. 

 Sepals as long as the corolla-tube/ Corolla J in. diam., dirty stra-w-coloured or 

 reddish • lobes incurved -when dry. Coronal-processes white, ovoid, inflated, subacute, 

 the narrow end out-wards, inner angle cuspidate shorter than the anther-tip, " pollen- 

 masses very slender, ■with trigonous pedicels and minute corpuscles," Maingay. — The 

 comparatively membranous leaves with conspicuous reticulate nervation, unlike that 

 of Hoya, at once distinguish this species. 



38. K. pendula, Wight Ic. t. 474 (not of Contrib.) ; branchlets and 

 umbels sparsely hairy, leaves 1^-3 in. elliptic-ovate or -lanceolate acute thick 

 nerves distinct, margins recurved, peduncles short, pedicels longer, sepals lanceo- 

 late, coroUa-lobes silkily villous. Dah. ^ Oibs. Bomb. Fl. 152. Asclepias 

 pendula, Boxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 36. 



Decoan Peninsula ; the Circars, Roxburgh ; Western Gbats, and the Concan,. 

 Nimmo ; Nilgherry hills, Wight. 



Stem rattier slender, hairiness very inconspicuous. Leaves 1^-2^ in. diam., hke 

 those of H. ovaUfolia, but margins recurved vhen dry, base narro^w or rounded ;, 



