76 APOCYNE. 
Fraser’s Echites. Shrub tw. 
Cult. All the true species of this genus bear large, elegant, 
white or yellow flowers. They grow freely in a mixture of loam, 
sand, and peat ; and cuttings strike root readily under a hand- 
glass, if planted in sand. 
II. CHONEMO'RPHA (xev, chone, a funnel, and pop¢n, 
morphe, form; form of corolla). Echites species, Wall. Roth. 
Roxb., &c. 
Lin. syst. Pentándria, Monogiynia. Calyx small, 5-parted. 
Corolla funnel-shaped, with a naked throat, and a twisted limb ;. 
segments of corolla equal-sided?. Stamens inclosed ; anthers 
sagittate or lanceolate, adhering to the stigma. Ovarium didy- 
mous. Style filiform ; stigma somewhat conical, emarginate at 
apex. Hypogynous scales 5, distinct or connate.  Follicles 
distinct, slender. Seeds furnished with a tuft of hairs at the 
upper extremity.—Erect or twining shrubs, natives of Asia, with 
opposite leaves ; and interpetiolar glandular cilia ?. Peduncles 
interpetiolar, corymbose. Flowers showy, white or yellow. 
* Erect shrubs. 
1 C. crista‘ta ; stems erect ; leaves oval, mucronate, tomen- 
tose beneath, with horizontal ribs; corymbs axillary, dichoto- 
mous, divaricate, on short peduncles. h. S. Native of the 
East Indies. Echites cristata, Roth. nov. spec. Bracteas mi- 
nute, tooth-formed. 
Crested Chonemorpha. Shrub. 
2 C. DICHÓTOMA ; stems erect, dichotomous; leaves ovate, 
acuminated, downy beneath, when young clothed with silky 
tomentum ; corymbs axillary, dichotomous, on short peduncles, 
erect. h.S. Nativeof the East Indies. Echites dichétoma, 
Roth, nov. spec.  Echites Héynii, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 632. 
Leaves a hand long, downy on the veins and nerves above. The 
flowers are said to be salver-shaped, but are probably funnel- 
shaped, very like those of Jasminum odoratissimum, but a little 
larger, with the tube downy. 
Dichotomous Chonemorpha. Shrub. 
3 C. GRANDIFLORA; stem erect; leaves oval, acuminated, 
glabrous above, and rather tomentose beneath ; flowers terminal, 
by threes; peduncles as well as the calyxes downy; corolla 
glabrous. h. S. Native of the East Indies. Echites gran- 
diflóra, Roth, nov. spec. but not of Meyer. Echites macrantha, 
Spreng. syst. l. p. 632. Ribs of leaves almost horizontal, 
bifid at top. Flowers showy, size of those of Oleánder. Seg- 
ments of corolla ovate, mucronate. 
Great-flowered Chonemorpha. Shrub. 
4 C. vestira; stem erect, downy; leaves oval-lanceolate, 
downy above and tomentose beneath; corymbs axillary, almost 
sessile, dichotomous, somewhat divaricate ; corolla downy. h . S. 
Native of the East Indies. Echites vestita, Roem. et Schultes, 
syst. 4. p. 394. E. tomentosa, Roth, nov. spec. Bracteas lan- 
ceolate, concave. The corolla is said to be salver-shaped, but 
is probably funnel-shaped, like the rest. Perhaps a species of 
Aganésma. 
Clothed Chonemorpha. Shrub. 
5 C. ANTIDYSENTE RICA ; stem erect? angular; leaves ovate- 
lanceolate, with obsoletely crenulated edges, glabrous on both 
surfaces; corymbs axillary, dichotomous; calyx and corolla 
downy. h.S. Native of the East Indies. Echites antidys- 
entérica, Roth. nov. spec. Bracteas linear, downy. The corolla 
is said to be salver-shaped, but is probably funnel-shaped. 
Antidysenteric Chonemorpha. Shrub. 
* * Twining shrubs. 
6 C. nrTICULA TA ; stem twining, angular, roughish; leaves 
oval, mucronate, glabrous on both surfaces, reticulately veined ; 
II. CHONEMORPHA. 
corymbs axillary, pedunculate; bracteas imbricate. h. QS 
Native of the East Indies. Echites reticulata, Roth. nov. spec. 
Var. B, tomentósa (Roth. 1. c.) leaves tomentose on the ribs 
and veins, especially beneath. 
Reticulated-leaved Chonemorpha. Shrub tw. 
7 C.? MarasBA'RICA ; stem scandent; leaves ovate, acumin- 
ated; flowers disposed in axillary cymose racemes, villous. 
b. S. Native of Malabar. Echites Malabárica, Lam. dict. 
9. p. 343.—Pal-valli. Rheede, mal. 9. t. 12. Stem slender, 
kneed. Flowers light green, reddish outside, with a whitish 
neck.  Follicles stiff, narrow, rather flattened. 
Malabar Chonemorpha. Shrub cl. 
8 C. MACROPHY'LLA ; stems twining; leaves large, roundish, 
acuminated, downy beneath; cymes terminal. kh. U.S. Na- 
tive of Silhet. Echites grandis, Wall. cat. no. 1658. Echites 
macrophylla, Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 13. Leaves from oval to 
roundish, 10-12 inches long, and 7-10 broad. Flowers very 
large, white. Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed. Filaments hairy. 
Follicles pendulous, about a foot long. Seeds spatulate. Em- 
bryo inverted. Habit of Beaumóntia grandiflora. 
Large-leaved Chonemorpha. Shrub cl. 
9 C. DENsIFLÒRA (Blum. bijdr. p. 104. under Echites) leaves 
on short petioles, oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, glabrous; co- 
rymbs axillary and terminal, fastigiate, subumbellate, many- 
flowered; corolla funnel-shaped: having the tube angular at 
bottom.  5^.,,.S. Native of Java, about Kuripan, where it 
is called Tjunkankan. Flowers white. Hypogynous scales 
acute, distinct. Stamens inclosed. 
Dense-flowered Chonemorpha. Fl. March. Shrub cl. 
10 C. Banrame’ysis (Blum. bijdr. p. 1040. under Echites) 
leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminated, rather attenuated at the 
base, glabrous, reticulately veined beneath, tomentose on the 
midrib and veins beneath, as well as on the petioles and branch- 
lets; corymbs axillary and terminal, trichotomous, on long 
peduncles; corolla funnel-shaped, hairy. h.. S. Native of 
Java, among bushes, in the province of Bantam. E. ferruginea, 
Horsfield, in Roem. Schultes, syst. 4. p. 796. Hypogynous 
scales acuminated, distinct. Stamens inclosed. 
Bantam Chonemorpha. Fl. Feb. Shrub cl. 
11 C. corra‘cea (Blum. bijdr. p. 1039. under Echites) leaves 
lanceolate, coriaceous, glabrous; corymbs axillary or terminal, 
bifid or trifid; pedicels usually 3 together; corolla funnel- 
shaped, hairy inside. h.. S. Native of Java, in mountain 
woods, where it is called Ojot-tjum-pol-kikis. Flowers small, 
yellowish. Stamens inclosed. Hypogynous scales connate. 
Coriaceous-leaved Chonemorpha. Fl. year. Shrub cl. 
12 C.ineza‘ta (Blum. bijdr. p. 1039. under Echites) leaves 
elliptic-lanceolate, bluntly acuminated, coriaceous, glabrous, 
full of parallel reticulated veins ; corymbs axillary and terminal, 
bifid or trifid; pedicels 3 together; corolla funnel-shaped: 
having the tube widened and 5-angled downwards. k. S. 
Native of Java, at the foot of Mount Tjerimai. Flowers white, 
but the throat is yellow. Hypogynous scales roundish, distinct. 
Nearly allied to E. reticuldta, Roth., from which it differs 
in the anthers being inclosed, and in the tubeof the corolla 
being 5-angled above. 
Inflated-flowered Chonemorpha. Fl. August. Shrub cl. 
13 C.? coxvorvvLolpzs; leaves sagittately cordate, acumin- 
ated, glabrous, on long petioles; racemes terminal and axillary, 
4-5-flowered, on short angular, thick peduncles; tube of corolla 
very long. 5h.^. S. Native of Africa, in the island of St. 
Thomas, on the banks of rivers. Corolla funnel-shaped, with 
a naked throat, white. Anthers conniving into a cone. Lobes 
at base of leaves distant. Follicles long. 
Convolvulus-like Chonemorpha. Shrub tw. 
Cult. See Echites above for culture and propagation. 
