XCII. ASCLEPIADACEjE. 
400 
[Hoy a. 
obcordate apiculate. Corona, lower lobes sub-erect, bladder-like 
ovate; upper lobes short, covering anthers. Hab. Malacca (Main- 
gay). Perak (Scortechini). A rare and very little known plant. 
(19) H. coronaria Bl. Bijdr. 1063; Riimph. iv. 31, t. 182,/. 2, 
and t. 184. 
A long twiner, velvety pubescent. Leaves thick coriaceous, 
light green, elliptic to ovate-oblong, short acuminate, base round, 
velvety beneath, 3 to 4 in. long, 1 to 2 in. wide; petioles -75 in. 
long. "Peduncles 75 in. long, velvety; rachis thick with large 
tubercles, *5 to 1*5 in. long; pedicels 1 in. long. Flowers few in 
an umbel. Calyx thick velvety, lobes orbicular. Corolla fleshy, 
star-shaped, villous outside, lobes triangular acute, waxy white 
then becoming spotted with pink, finally all pink, 1*5 in. across. 
Corona flat spreading. Follicle oblong blunt; pericarp very thick, 
6 to 10 in. long. Hab. Very common in mangrove swamps, 
river banks, etc. Singapore, Kranji; Jurong; Serangoon; Pulau 
Tekong. Johor, Scudai River; Kwala Batu Pahat (Kelsall). 
Pahang, Kwantan, Kwala Pahang. Selangor, Sepang. Bindings, 
Lumut (Curtis). Perak, Matang (Wray); Coping (Scortechini). 
Penang, Telok Bahang (Curtis). Tringganu, Bundi (Rostados). Dis- 
irib. Malay isles, Sumatra to Papua. Native name : Akar Setebal. 
(20) H. Scortechinii King and Gamble, l.c . 567. 
Climbing and rooting. Leaves fleshy ovate or ovate-lanceo¬ 
late acuminate, round or cordate, 2 to 3-5 in. long, 75 to 1*25 in. 
