98 86. APOCYNACEH : ECHITIDE E. 
1. Ecdysanthera micrantha, 4. DC. Prodr. viii. p. 442 ; Benth. 
Fl. Hongk. p. 222 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iti. p. 662. 
Ecdysanthera brachiata, A. DC. Prodr. viii. p. 443; Kurz, Forest Flora 
Burma, ii. p. 189. 
Honexona (Wright!) Herb. Kew. 
Common in Eastern India and Burma. 
2. Ecdysanthera rosea, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 198, 
t. 42; DC. Prodr. vii. p. 442; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 222. 
Ecdysanthera pedunculosa, Mig. FI. Ind. Bat., Suppl. i. p. 557? 
Curna: without locality (Millett !); Formosa (Oldham, 328 !); 
Kwanerunea : Macao and neighbourhood ( Fachell!) ; HoxakosG 
(Wilford! Champion! Wright!) Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 
Java and Sumatra. 
1. Apocynum venetum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 213 ; DC. Prodr. 
viii. p. 440; Mazim. Ind. Fl. Pek., in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 474; 
Hance in Journ. Bot. 1883, p. 323 ; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 206, 
et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 234; Hook. f. Fl. 
Brit. Ind. iii. p. 657 ; Aitch. in Trans. Linn. Soc: 2nd series, 
Bot. iii. p. 87, t. 87; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. iii. p. 43; Franch. et 
Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 316; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 95. 
Apocynum sibiricum, Pallas; Ledeb. Ic. Pl. Fl. Ross. t. 240; Bunge, 
Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 43. 
Cumi: near Peking (Bunge! Swinhoe! David! Bretsch- 
neider!); Suinextne: Talienhwan (Swinhoe !) ; SHANTUNG: 
Chefoo (Perry!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 
Southern Europe and Asia Minor through Siberia and Northern 
India to Mandshuria and Japan. 
[Apocynum alternifolium, Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. p. 168), is an 
obscure plant recorded from the islands near Canton.] 
,5"^1. Anodendron? Benthamianum, Hemsl., n. sp. 
Frutex, ut videtur, scandens, undique glaber, ramulis teretibus 
resiniferis. Folia breviter petiolata, subcoriacea, oblongo-lanceo- 
lata, cum petiolo 3-5 poll. longa, acute acuminata, basi cuneata, 
subtus pallidiora, venis primariis lateralibus utrinque 8-10 sat 
conspicuis. Flores pro genere magni (circiter 1 poll. longi dia- 
metroque), in cymas parvas compactas terminales quam folia 
breviores dispositi, pedicellis brevibus juxta flores bibracteolatis, 
