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62 Mone't1a. Corolla of 4 petals? ; petals somewhat re- 
flexed, alternating with the segments of the calyx. Stamens 4, 
hypogynous ; anthers sagittate, incumbent. Stigma acute. 
Fruit rather fleshy, pea-formed, 2-celled ; cells 1-seeded. Seeds 
compressed or peltate.— Prickly shrubs. 
63 Araria. Corolla tubularly ventricose, with a 5-parted, 
twisted limb ; segments plicately sinuated on one side. Anthers 
acute, distinct, connivent ; filaments bound by the style, which 
is filiform, and furnished with 5 appendages. Stigma inclosed, 
capitate, acuminated. 
64 LrucowórI. Calyx 4-parted. Corolla tubular; limb 4- 
lobed. Stamens 4, inclosed. Ovarium 2-celled; cells bi-ovu- 
late. Stigma annular, conical at top. Berry 1-3-seeded. Seeds 
exalbuminous. 
Tribe I. 
ECHITIE/ZE. Seeds furnished with a tuft of hairs, at the 
superior or umbilical extremity. Fruit of 2 follicles. 
I. ECHI'TES (so named from exc, echis, a viper; perhaps on 
account of its deleterious quality, or from its twining habit; 
£xt71c, echites, is the serpent stone.) P. Browne, jam. p. 182. 
R. Br. in wern. soc. 1. p. 59.—Echites, spec. Lin. gen. no. 299. 
Jacq. amer. 29. 
Lin. syst. — Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx small, 5-parted. 
Corolla salver-shaped, with a naked throat and tube; segments 
of the limb unequal-sided. Stamens inclosed ; anthers sagittate, 
cohering by their middle to the stigma, having the hind lobes 
without pollen. Ovaria 2. Style 1, filiform. Hypogynous 
scales 5. Fruit of 2 slender follicles.— Twining shrubs. Leaves 
opposite, having the interpetiolar cilia glandular. Peduncles 
interpetiolar, many-flowered. Flowers showy, white, yellow, 
and purple. 
§ 1. Flowers umbellate or corymbose. 
1 E. uMBELLA' TA (Jacq. amer. p. 30. t. 22. ed. pict. t. 29. 
Lin. spec. 307.) leaves ovate-orbicular, cuspidately mucronate; 
glabrous, glandless at the base; umbels few-flowered ; calycine 
segments lanceolate. 5. ^. S. Native of St. Domingo, Cuba, 
and Jamaica, among bushes, and in hedges. Apócynum obli- 
quum, Mill. dict. no. 8.— Sloane, hist. 1.jp. 207. t. 131. f. 2. 
—Brown, jam. p. 182. Leaves 23 inches long. Interpetiolar 
cilia short, subulate. Corolla silky, villous inside the tube, 
large, with a white or pale yellow limb, and green tube. 
Umbellate-flowered Echites. Fl. July. Clt. 1733. Shrub tw. 
2 E. osroxcirFóLrA (Desf. herb. ex Hamilt. prod. fl. ind. occ. 
p. 30.) leaves ovate-oblong, auriculately cordate, bluntish, 
mucronate, shining above, quite glabrous on both surfaces, 
somewhat parallelly nerved ; peduncles one half longer than the 
leaves; flowers large, umbellate. b. ^^. $. Native of Guiana. 
Oblong-leaved Echites. Shrub tw. 
3 E. nirróngA (H. B. et Kunth. nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 212.) 
leaves oblong, cuspidately mucronate, glabrous, glandless at the 
— base ; umbels 2 or 5-flowered ; calycine segments ovate-lanceo- 
late. b.^. S. Native of Cuba, by the sea side, near Guana- 
vacoa. Branches filiform. Interpetiolar cilia subulate. Flowers 
white, like those of E. umbellàta. 
Sea-shore Echites. Shrub tw. 
4 E. Cumisrornonia'NA (Hamilt. prod. fl. ind. occ. p. 31.) 
stems fuscescent, red, with bitter bark ; leaves very bitter, turned 
to one side, on short petioles, roundish ovate, acute, pale green 
above, but paler beneath, with yellowish nerves; petioles 
incurvedly declinate, with axillary glands; peduncles axillary, 
interpetiolar, elongated, dichotomous, furnished with many 
bracteas beneath; pedicels crowded, 1-flowered. hk. ^, S 
APOCYNE. 
I. Ecnrrzs. 
Native of St. Christopher, by the sea shore. Flowers yellow, 
glabrous, having the throat marked with rufescent lines. 
St. Christopher Echites. Shrub tw. 
5 E. Cunv'na (Mart. ex Linnza. 6. p. 30.) stem arboreous, 
twining a little; leaves oblong, with a short acumen, acutish at 
the base, reticulately veined beneath ; racemes corymbose, 
many-flowered, axillary, and terminal ; calycine segments imbri- 
cate, ovate, obtuse; throat of corolla downy : segments obovate- 
roundish, bh.^. S. Native of Brazil, on the banks of Rio 
Negro. 
Curura Echites. Shrub tw. 
6 E. sca‘pra (Labill. sert. cal. p. 26. t. 31.) leaves elliptic, 
somewhat undulated, acuminated ; cymes axillary and terminal ; 
corollas hairy. À.^.S. Native of New Caledonia. Thenardia 
scàbra, Spreng. syst. addend. p. 65. Stem pilose at top. Co- 
rollas scabrous outside, from hairs. Anthers linear«sagittate. 
Scabrous Echites. Shrub tw. 
7 E. srriora (Jacq. amer. 38. t. 21. icon. pict. t. 28. Lin. 
spec. 307.) leaves oblong, obtuse, mucronate, glabrous; pedun- 
cles 2-flowered ; calycine segments small, ovate. kh. ^. S. 
Native of most of the West India Islands, in salt marshes. Swartz. 
obs. p. 103.—Plum. amer. 82. t. 96. Leaves attenuated at the 
base, obtuse, with a small mucrone, 3 inches long.  Corollas 
white, but with a yellow throat; tube narrow. 
Two-flomered Echites. Fl. July. Clt. 1793. Shrub tw. 
8 E. nummura`rra (Burm. ind. t. 28. f. 1.) leaves cordate, 
acuminated ; peduncles 2-flowered, bifid in the middle. h.%. 
S. Native of the West Indies. Probably only a variety of E. 
biflora. 
Money-wort-leaved Echites. Shrub tw. 
§ 2. Flowers racemose. 
* Leaves oblong. 
9 E. DowixcE' sis (Swartz, prod. p. 52. fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 
529.)leaves ovate-cordate, or ovate-oblong, acute, glabrous above, 
rather rusty, and somewhat downy beneath ; peduncles 1-2-3- 
flowered ; calycine segments subulate, hairy. ^.^. S. Native 
of Jamaica and Hispaniola, among bushes by the sea side. 
Jacq. coll. 1. p. 73. icon. rar. 53. E. heterophylla, Gmel. syst. 
l.p. 437. Stems downy. Flowers large, yellow ; throat villous, 
wide. Hypogynous glands yellow. 
St. Domingo Echites. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Shrub tw. 
10 E. parpa‘ta (Desv. herb. ex Ham. prod. fl. ind. occ. p. 
30.) stems weak ; branches downy ; leaves quite glabrous, obo- 
vate, mucronate, vaguely veined ; peduncles elongated; flowers 
panicled ; calycine segments subulate; corolla having the tube 
bearded with pili, contracted a short way at the base, and 
widened above the calyx. h.%.S, Native of the West Indies. 
Bearded Echites. Shrub tw. 
11 E. repens (Jacq. amer. 33. t. 28. icon. pict. t. 33.) leaves 
lanceolate-linear, or ovate-lanceolate, glabrous; peduncles race- 
mose; calycine segments lanceolate. 5 .^. S. Native of St. 
Domingo, among rocks, and on the edges of woods. Stems 
glabrous sarmentose, when old procumbent and rooting, and 
when young erectish. Peduncles usually bifid. Flowers elegant, 
red. Hypogynous glands roundish. 
Creeping Echites, Shrub tw. 
12 E. concotor (Desv. herb. ex. Hamilt. prod. fl. ind. occ. 
p. 31.) stems weak ; leaves thick, elliptic-lanceolate, rounded 
at the base, mucronate, of the same colour on both surfaces, 
almost veinless ; flowers axillary and terminal, twin; caly- 
cine segments lanceolate, bluntish ; tube of corolla inflated at 
top. k.^.S. Native of Hispaniola. Very nearly allied to 
E. repens. 3 
One-coloured-leaved Echites. Shrub twining. 
13 E. rinzariroxia (Desv. herb. ex Ham. prod. fl. ind. occ. 
