APOCYNEZ. 
p. 31.) stems perennial, funicular, glabrous, lactescent; leaves 
linear, mucronate, on short petioles ; peduncles axillary, filiform, 
bifid, shorter than the leaves; follicles torulose, linear. h. 
u: S. Native of St. Domingo. Flowers small, white. Nearly 
allied to E. répens, in which the flowers are red. 
Linear-leaved Echites. Shrub cl. 
14 E. asperu’cinis (Swartz. prod. p. 53. fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 
531.) leaves oblong, acute, glabrous beneath, and rather rough 
above; peduncles racemose. h. ^. S. Native of Jamaica 
and Hispaniola, among bushes, in dry places.  Apócynum scán- 
dens, &c. Plum. ed. Burm. icon. t. 26. E. lappulàcea, Lam. 
dict. 2. p. 340.— Plum. spec. mss. 2. t. 70. Stem purplish, his- 
pid. Follicles rough, filiform. Flowers white. 
Rough Echites. Shrub tw. 
15 E. ronósA (Jacq. amer. 33. t. 27. ed. pict. t. 34.) leaves 
lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous ; peduncles sub-racemose ; caly- 
cine segments lanceolate. h. ^. S. Native of Jamaica, in 
woods, on the mountains. Swartz. obs. p. 105. Lam, ill. t. 
174. f. 1.—Browne, jam. 181. t. 16. f. 2. Leaves 2 inches 
long. Flowers small, yellow. Tube of corolla ventricose in the 
middle, obsoletely pentagonal ; segments broad, and truncate at 
top. Follicles tomentose, long, erect. E. torósa, Lam. ill. 2. 
p. 389. no. 5. f. 1. which is the plant figured in Plum. ed. Burm. 
t. 27: is probably E. répens, as the flowers are said to be 
white or red, and the follicles in that, as in this, are torulose. 
Torose-follicled Echites. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1770. Shrub tw. 
16 E. acumina‘ra (Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 19. t. 134. f. a.) 
glabrous; leaves ovate and oblong, acuminated, furnished with 
5 glands at the base of each; racemes short; pedicels twin. 
h.©.S. Native of Peru, in the woods of Chincao, at Macora. 
Leaves emarginate at the base, shining above. Stipulas trun- 
cate, furnished with a small tooth on each side. Bracteas small, 
trifid. Flowers white. 
Acuminated-leaved Echites. Shrub tw. 
** Leaves cordate at the base. 
17 E. Ricua’rpu (Reem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 391.) leaves 
oblong-ovate, acutely mucronate, cordate at the base; corolla 
and fruit hairy. h. ^. S. Native of Cayenne or Guiana. 
E. hirsüta, Richard, in act. hist. nat. par. p. 107. but not of 
Ruiz. et Pav. 
Richard's Echites. Shrub tw. 
18 E. uigTE/rrLA (H. B. et Kunth. nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 213.) 
hairy ; leaves oblong, acutely mucronate, narrowed a little at the 
base, cordate, and furnished with one gland, hairy ; peduncles 
racemose; calycine segments ovate, acuminated. h. ™. S. 
Native of New Granada, near Mariquita and Santanna. Inter- 
petiolar cilia obsolete. Corollas yellow, hairy outside, and 
dotted with silky pili inside. The specimens collected about 
Santanna differ from those collected about Mariquita, in the 
branches being smoothish, and in the leaves being lanceolate 
and smaller, &c. This is probably a species of Prestónia, the 
throat being furnished with a red ring, according to Bonpland. 
Hairy Echites. Fl. June. Shrub tw. 
19 E. TnírIDA (Jacq. amer. p.31. t. 24. H. B. et Kunth. 
l. c.) leaves elliptic, short-acuminated, rounded at the base, and 
furnished with 2 glands; racemes trifid; calycine segments 
oblong, obtuse. h. ^. S. Native of New Spain, in woods, 
near Cumana and Cumanacoa. E. cuspidàta, Willd. herb. ex 
Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 796. Stems glabrous, purplish. 
Glands on the petioles ovate, acuminated, bifid at apex, and 
rather concave. Corolla glabrous, milk-coloured ; upper part 
of tube red inside. 
Trifid-racemed Echites. Fl. Sept. Shrub tw. 
20 E. cRANDIFLORA (Meyer, esseq. p. 131.) leaves obovate, 
attenuated at the base, quite glabrous; flowers corymbose ; co- 
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rymbs shorter than the leaves, branched; calycine segments 
roundish-ovate, 3 of which are larger than the other 2. h.%. 
S. Native of the Island of Arrowabisch, climbing on trees. 
E. insignis, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 632. Pedicels sub-bracteate. 
Flowers large, reddish yellow; tube 5-angled. 
Great-flowered Echites. Shrub tw. 
21 E. nHvwcospPE'RwA (Wall. pl. rar. asiat. 1. p. 43. t. 49.) 
leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, glabrous; flowers loosely 
cymose; limb of corolla longer than the tube: with falcately 
obovate segments ; follicles slender, very loag, parallel, pendu- 
lous; seeds ending in a long beak, and a tuft of hairs at the top 
of the beak. | $. ^. S. Native of Martaban, along the rivers 
Saluen and Atran. Flowers large, sweet-scented, white ; 
tube and limb red towards the throat. Corolla salver-shaped. 
Perhaps a species of Kitabàlia. 
Beaked-seeded Echites. Shrub tw. 
22 E. rA'xa (Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 19. t. 134. f. b.) 
rather villous; leaves cordate, acute, furnished with many 
glands at the base; peduncles long, loose, racemose, few- 
I. EcurrEs. 
flowered. h. ^. S. Native of Peru, in woods. E. glandu- 
losa, Poir. suppl. 2. p. 557. Stem glabrous, angular, often 
granular. Branches rather villous. Stipulas toothed. Brac- 
teas small, subulate. Corollas large, yellow. 
Loose-flowered Echites. Shrub tw. 
23 E. PUBIFIÒRA ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, cordate at the 
base, acuminated, glabrous above, but tomentose beneath; ra- 
cemes many-flowered ; corolla hairy outside. 5. ^. S. Native 
of Maranham, in low bushy places. Flowers large, yellow. 
Downy-flowered Echites. Shrub twining. 
24 E. monta'na (H. B. et Kunth. 1. c.) leaves elliptic-oblong, 
acute, cordate, roughish above from hairs, but soft and canescent 
beneath, glandular at the base; peduncles racemose; calycine 
segments ovate-lanceolate, much shorter than the tube. hk. S. 
Native of the Andes, about Pasto, in bushy places, in the valley 
of the river Guaytara. Leaves 2l inches long. Interpetiolar 
cilia obsolete. Calyx hairy at the base. Corolla glabrous 
outside and inside, yellow above, and white beneath.  Follicles 
smooth. 
Mountain Echites. Fl. Dec. Shrub tw. 
25 E. rrpa‘ria (H. B. et Kunth. nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 214.) 
leaves ovate-oblong, acute, cordate, smoothish above, but 
clothed with soft, hair-like down beneath, and canescent, glan- 
dular at the base; racemes usually 6-flowered ; calycine seg- 
ments lanceolate, hardly one half shorter than the tube. k. 
^. S. Native of New Granada, in hot places, near Teneriffe, 
on the banks of the river Magdalena. Branches glabrous. 
Peduncles and calyxes downy. Corollas white, glabrous inside 
and outside. Very nearly allied to Æ. montana, from which it 
chiefly differs in the form and size of the calyx, and in the 
colour of the flowers. 
River-side Echites. Fl. May. Shrub tw. 
26 E. cowcE'srA (H. B. et Kunth. l. c.) leaves roundish- 
ovate, short-acuminated, cordate, rather pilose above, clothed 
with soft down beneath, and canescent; flowers racemose, 
capitately crowded; calycine segments lanceolate-linear. k. 
^. S. Native of South America, in the province of Popayan. 
Branches hairy, and besprinkled with white warts. Leaves 3 
to 3$ inches long, and 2 or 2] broad. Flowers white, very like 
those of Jasminum sámbac. Corolla glabrous, but with the 
tube downy inside. 
Cromded-flowered Echites. Shrub tw. 
27 E. Bocorre'wsis (H. B. et Kunth. l. c. p. 215. t. 243 ) 
leaves oblong, acuminated, obsoletely cordate, glabrous above, 
but clothed with powdery down, and glaucescent beneath, fur- 
nished with 2 bifid glands toward the base; racemes bifid; 
enses segments ovate-oblong, acutish. h.%™.S. Native of 
