24 Descriptions of Plants belonging to the Genus Hoya. 



Gardens at Kew, in 1818, having been sent from Calcutta, 

 by Dr. Wallich, under the name quoted above from his 

 MSS. with an additional note in his communication to 

 Mr. Aiton, respecting it ; " from the Delta of the Ganges." 

 This information was obligingly given to Mr. Sabine by 

 Mr. Aiton. From Kew, it became transferred to the gardens 

 of the nurserymen and collectors in the vicinity of London, 

 where it has been generally known under the name of H. lan- 

 ceolata. Mr. Ha worth, who had seen the plant at Kew, in 

 1819, published it in 1821 under the name of H. acuta, in his 

 work above quoted, which seems to have escaped the notice 

 of Mr. Lindley when he figured it in the Botanical Register 

 by the name of pallida, which now is generally applied to it. 

 A plant which is sold under the name of H. albens in the nur- 

 sery of Mr. John Miller of Bristol, is probably the same. 



The stem is slender; the leaves are ovate -lanceolate, 

 sharply acuminate, slightly recurved at the points, of a whitish 

 green colour beneath, above darker, with the midrib of rather 

 a lighter colour than the rest of the leaf, and from the midrib, 

 small veins sometimes diverge. The petioles are very thick 

 and fleshy in proportion to the leaves, and of the same colour 

 and texture as the stem. The umbels are semiglobose, some- 

 times produced in pairs. The flowers have only a moderate 

 fragrance, and are of a pale yellowish colour. The crown is a 

 little paler than the rest of the flower, purple in the centre, 

 with its divisions somewhat channelled. 



The plant blossomed for the first time at Sion House, in 

 1825, and was figured from thence in the Botanical Register, 

 the representation in which is excellent. The specific name 

 of pallida then applied to it, very properly distinguishes it 



