Hoya apiculata Scheffler 1876

Type description:

In Annales du Jardin Botanicique de Buitenzorg 1 (1876) 37.   R. H. C. C. Scheffler. Hoya apiculata Scheff. Hoya (Eu-Hoya) apiculatum, nov. spec. — Folia glabris, e basi subcordata, suborbicularia, apice apiculata, uninervia, ad basin callo granuloso instructa; pedicelli umbellata, graciles; calycis laciniae extus velutinae, lanceolatae, acutae; corollae laciniae extus glabrae, intus velutinae, ovatae acutae; coronae stamineae phyla suberecta, supra concava, subtus sulcata et lacunosa, ovata, obtusa, angulo interiore acutissimo, stigma apiculatum.
Nouvelle-Giunée, dans le Humboldtsbaai (Teysmann). — Petiole 1/2 pouce de long. Feuilles longues de 3, larges de 2 1/2 pounces. Pédoncules longs de 6 - 9 pouces, pédicelles de 1 pouce. La corolle ouverte a un diamètre de 8 lignes.

Translation: Leaves glabrous at the base almost cordate, somewhat orbicular, tips apiculate, one nerved,  with gland inserted at the base; pedicels ambulate, narrow; leaflets of the corolla  glabrous outside, inside velvety, lanceolate, acute; leaflets of the staminal corona suberect, above concave, below grooved and pitted, ovate, obtuse, interior angle very acute; stigma apiculate. New Guinea from the Humboldtsbaai (Teysmann) — Petiole .5 inch long. Leaves 3 inches long, widest 2.5 inches. Peduncles 6 - 9 inches long, pedicels 1 inch. The corolla open 8 lines in diameter.