APOCYNE./E. III. Acanosma. 
III. AGANO'SMA (from ayavne, aganes, mild, and oopn, 
osme, a smell; scent of flowers). Echites, sect. 2. Aganósma, 
Blum. bijdr. p. 1040. — Echites species of authors. 
Lin. syst.  Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx large, 5-parted, 
equal in length to the tube of the corolla, spreading. Corolla 
funnel-shaped, with an oblique 5-parted limb, and the tube gib- 
bous at the base. Stamens inclosed ; anthers sagittate, cohering 
with the stigma. Ovarium didymous, inclosed by 5 long 
combined hypogynous scales. Style thick; stigma conical, 
angular at the base, mucronate at top or bidentate.  Follicles 
cylindrical, divaricate. Seeds large.— Showy Asiatic shrubs, 
with opposite leaves and terminal corymbs of flowers. Bracteas 
deciduous, at the base of the pedicels and calyxes. 
1 A. cARYOPHYLLA TA; leaves oval, acutish at both ends, 
tomentose beneath as well as the branches ; corymbs terminal. 
k. S. Native of the East Indies. Echites caryophyllàta, Blum. 
bijdr. p. 1041.—Rheed. mal. 7. t. 103. t. 55. Flowers pale 
yellow, tinged with red, very sweet scented. 
Clove-scented Aganosma. Fl. Oct. Clt. 1812. Shrub tw. 
2 A. Roxsv'nonir ; leaves ovate-cordate, acuminated : having 
the petioles and veins red, glabrous, pale beneath and shining 
above: with the principal nerves running from the base to the 
apex of the leaves ; corymbs terminal; segments of corolla tri- 
angular. h.%.S. Native of the East Indies, in mountainous 
tracks only. LEchites caryophyllàta, Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 11. 
Sims, bot. mag. 1919. but not of Blume.—Rheed. mal. 9. t. 135. 
‘Perhaps Zchites costóta, Willd. is the same. Flowers large, 
pure white, delightfully fragrant. Nectary tubular, 5-toothed. 
Calyx and corolla hoary outside. 
Roxburgh's Aganosma. | Fl.Oct. Clt.1812. Shrub tw. 
3 A. cymosa; hairy; leaves elliptic, acuminated ; cymes 
terminal, shorter than the leaves; segments of corolla oblique, 
ensiform ; nectary cup-shaped, 5-toothed. kh. S. Native of 
Silhet. Echites cymósa, Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 16. Echites con- 
férta, Wall. cat. no. 1655. Leaves 3-4 inches long. Flowers 
small, dull white, fragrant. Calyx and corolla hoary outside. 
Cymose-flowered Aganosma. Shrub. 
4 A. Warricun; leaves elliptic-acuminated, shining above, 
and pale beneath, glabrous; veins parallel; corymbs terminal ; 
nectary tubular, 5-toothed. h.S. Native of the East Indies. 
Echites calycina, Wall. cat. no. 1653. Calyx and corolla downy 
outside. This species differs from A. Roxbirghii in the veins 
of the leaves being parallel, not longitudinal, from the base to 
theapex. Flowers white, fragrant. 
Wallich’s Aganosma. Shrub tw. 
5 A. ELEGANS; leaves elliptic, short-acuminated, glabrous ; 
corymbs terminal, crowded ; calycine segments lanceolate, linear, 
longer than the tube of the corolla. h. ^. S. Native of the 
East Indies. Echites élegans, Wall. cat. no. 1656. — Echites 
bracteàta, Herb. Heyne. Flowers small, apparently purple, 
being black in the dried state. Corolla downy outside, as well 
as the calyxes, bracteas, and pedicels. 
Elegant Aganosma. Shrub tw. 
6 A. acumtna‘ta; leaves from oblong to broad-lanceolate, 
acuminated, glabrous ; panicles axillary, longer than the leaves, 
trichotomous, diffuse; segments of corolla linear, falcate, curled. 
5.^.S8. Native of Silhet, where it is called Pingoree and 
Bengeree. Echites acuminata, Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 15. Leaves 
2-4 inches long. Panicles and bracteas smooth. Flowers 
large, white, fragrant. Calyx length of the tube of the corolla, 
‘smooth. Nectary cup-shaped, obscurely 5-toothed.  Follicles 
very long, slender. 
Acuminated-leaved Aganosma. Shrub cl. 
7 A. MARGINA'1A ; leaves lanceolate, smooth : having the tops 
of the veins forming a waved line within the margin of the leaf’; 
panicles terminal, lax, corymbose, at first sub-trichotomous, and 
then dichotomous, glabrous; segments of corolla linear, falcate ; 
IV. Beaumontia. 
ae 
nectary annular. h.,,.S. Native of Silhet, where it is called 
Dood-luta. Echites marginata, Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 16. Flowers 
numerous, large, white, fragrant. 
Marginate Aganosma. Shrub cl. 
+ A species hardly known. 
8 A. arriwis; erect, tomentose; leaves oval, mucronate; 
corymbs terminal; segments of calyx equal in length to the 
limb of the corolla. h.S. Native of the East Indies. Echites 
caryophyllata, Roth. nov. spec. E. affinis, Roem. et Schultes, 
syst. 4. p. 393. Leaves densely clothed with soft down above, 
V. Pacnypopium. 
‘and grey tomentum beneath. Corolla with a glabrous tube, 
which is said to be twice as long as the calyx, in the description 
by Roth ; it is consequently not a true species of 4 ganósma. 
Allied Aganosma. Shrub erect. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Echites, p. 76. 
IV. BEAUMO'NTIA (named in compliment to the late 
Mrs. Beaumont, of Bretton Hall, Yorkshire). Wall. tent. fl. 
nep. p. 14. t. 7. Bot. reg. 911.  Echites species, Roxb. 
Lin. syst. — Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx of 5, folia- 
ceous, unequal, erect segments. ^ Corolla with a short tube 
and a large campanulate 5-lobed limb; lobes erect, ovate, 
acute; throat destitute of scales. Stamens 5, inserted in the 
throat of the tube, exserted; anthers sagittate, beardless, co- 
hering to the stigma : hind lobes without pollen ; filaments free. 
Style twisted. Ovarium 2-celled, surrounded by a hypogy- 
nous 5-lobed ring. Stigma oblong, with a bifid point. Follicles 
2, large, combined, but at length separating. Seeds furnished 
with a tuft of hairs at the umbilical end.—Large twining shrubs, 
with permanent opposite leaves: having the axillary and inter- 
petiolar cilia subulate and sphaceolate. Corymbs axillary and 
terminal, many-flowered. This genus agrees wtth Lyénsia on 
one hand and Parsénsia on the other. 
1 B. erannirròra (Wall. I. c.) leaves broad, oblong-obovate ; 
witha little point, tapering towards the base, smooth and shining 
above, but rather downy beneath; calyx downy. h. ^. S. 
Native of Chittagong and Silhet. Echites grandiflora, Roxb. fl. 
ind. 2. p. 14. Corolla large, white, greenish outside near the 
base, and dark throat. Young leaves and branches rusty. 
Great-flowered Beaumontia. Fl. Ju. Clt. 1820. Shrub tw. 
2 B. rowciFüLiA (Lodd. bot. cab. p. 6. for 1830.) nothing 
more than the name is known of this species. 5. ^. S. Na- 
tive of the East Indies. 
Long-leaved Beaumontia. Shrub tw. 
Cult. See Echites, p. 76. for culture and propagation. 
V. PACHYPO'DIUM (from zaxvce, pachys, thick, and rove 
z080c, pous podos, a foot ; in reference to the thick fleshy roots). 
Lindl. bot. reg. 1321.—Echites species, Thunb. and Haw. 
Lin. syst.  Pentándria, Digynia. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla 
salver-shaped ; with a somewhat curved pentagonal tube ; throat 
and tube scaleless; segments of the limb obtuse, equal. Sta- 
mens inserted in the middle of the tube; anthers sagittate, sub- 
sessile. Ovaria 2. Styles 2. Hypogynous scales none. Follicles 
twin, ovate.—Fleshy, lactescent, spiny shrubs, with the habit 
of some species of Euphérbia. Spines 2-3-lobed, infra-petiolar. 
Leaves scattered. Flowers axillary or terminal, solitary or ag- 
gregate. Peduncles 1-flowered. 
1 P. cra'snuM ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, or obovate-lanceo- 
late, glabrous. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, 
in arid places. Echìtes bispinósa, Thunb. prod. 37. nov. act. 
petrop. 14. p. 505. Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 2. p. 69. Lin. 
suppl. p. 167. Prickles connate. Leaves acute, paler beneath, 
hardly an inch long. Corolla with a somewhat curved, greenish 
rufescent tube, bearded with white hairs, and an inflated cam- 
panulate limb, which is reddish outside, and purplish inside at 
the base; segments ovate, obtuse, white. 
