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* ECHÍTES stellâris. 
Star-flowered Echites. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. APOCYNEm. Juss. (Introduction to the Natural System of 
Botany, p. 210). 
ECHITES Linn. Corolla hypocrateriformis, fauce tubogue esguamatis, 
laciniis limbi quinquepartiti inzquilateris. Stamina inclusa. Anthere Sagittate, 
medio stigmati coherentes, lobis posticis polline vacuis. Ovaria 2. Stylus 1, 
filiformis. Squame 5, hypogyne. Folliculi graciles. Frutices volubiles 
(Americe meridionalis). ' Folia opposita, ciliis interpetiolaribus glandulosis. 
Pedunculi interpetiolares, multiflori. Flores utplurimum speciosi, albi, lutei 
et purpurei. R.Br. in Wern. Trans. I. 59. 
E. stellaris; tota pubescens; racemis corymbosis longé pedunculatis horizon- 
talibus v. recurvis, foliis ovato-oblongis acuminatis, corolle tubo basi ventri- 
coso conico medio constricto fauce stellatim coloratâ, caule volubili, 
Caulis volubilis omnesque alie partes, salvis corollá calycisque laciniis, 
piis brevibus densis mollibus holosericeus. Folia ovato-oblonga, acuminata, 
brevi-petiolata, supra atro-viridia, subtus lutescentia ; inter folia adsunt, 
stipularum loco, cilia breves recte parum pilose, decidue. Racemus multi- 
florus, corymbosus, umbellam referens, longè pedunculatus, horizontalis ; 
pedicellis sepe refractis v. tortuosis. Calyx 5-partitus, laciniis ovatis acu- 
minatis ; inter calycem et corollam adsunt squama 5, breves, sepalis oppo- 
site, deltoidee, 5-partite glabre, cum squamis hypogynis alternantes. 
Corolla odorata, carnea, carnosa : tubo medio constricto, basi ventricoso glu- 
tinoso, apice infundibulari ; fauce notatá stellâ latâ, 5-lobá, purpureá, 
ochraceo colore limbatá ; laciniis contortis inequilateris rotundatis. Anthere 
Supra stricturam tubi inserte, cartilaginee, acuminate in conum supra 
stigma conniventes, intra tubum omnino incluse. Squame hypogyne 5, ob- 
longe, rotundate, sepalis alterne. Ovarium subrotundum. Stylus filifor- 
mis. Stigma inerassatum, basi truncatum, apice abrupt? acutatum. 
A tender stove climber, introduced from Rio Janeiro to 
the Horticultural Society by the Hon. Robert Gordon. In 
the month of August, its flowers perfume the part of the 
hothouse in which it is placed, with a delightful smell of 
* The Latin name of the Birthwort, one of the twining T of Aristo- 
lochia. Its meaning being “ serpentine,” from exıg a snake, Linnaeus applied 
it to the present twining genus. 
