414 APOCYNEjE. 



sixth as long as the corolla-tuhe ; corolla orange-coloured : tube cylindrical, slightly enlarged 

 from the middle, twice as long as the lobes ; anthers oblong, blunt, mucronate, cordate at 

 the base, glabrous ; follicles torulose — E. hirtella, Kth. in PI. Schiede! E. microcalyx, 

 A. DC.! (Ainblyanthera, /.J/m«.)-— Leaves 2"-l"(-3"), calyx H'", corolla-tube 9"'-12"' 

 long.— Hab. Trinidad !, Lockh., Pd., Sieb. Tr. 92, ou dry banks and in hedges; [Mexico ! 

 to Venezuela and Peru !]. 



*** Anthers rigid, tapering from the hastate or cordate base : point acuminate. 



36. E. Brownei, /. Mull. Glabrous ; leaves small, ovate or oblong-lanceolate, pointed ; 

 cymes corymbiform : pedicels few, inferior single ; calyx-segments glandular, devoid of an 

 interior scale, lanceolate-linear, recurved, one-third as long as the corolla-tube ; corolla- 

 tube cylindrical, slightly enlarged at the middle, scarcely longer than the obliquely appendi- 

 culate lobes ; anthers small, acuminate from the cordate base, glabrous ; follicles linear, 

 torulose. — Br. Jam. t. 16./. 2. — E. torulosa, L. {exclus. syn. Jacq.). — Leaves l"-2", calyx 

 1 V", corolla-tube 4'", seeds 4'" long : coma white. — Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., in arid places ; 

 [Haiti ! ; Venezuela!]. 



37. E. repens, Jacq. Glabrous, trailing or prostrate ; leaves lanceolate or oblong- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, simply arch-veined : arches juxtamarginal ; cymes few-flowered : pe- 

 dicels geminate ; calyx-segments glandular, devoid of an interior scale, ovate-lanceolate, 

 pointed, one-eighth to one-tenth as long as the corolla-tube ; corolla rosy : tube cylindrical, 

 abruptly enlarged above the middle, twice to thrice as long as the obversely deltoid lobes ; 

 anthers rigid, acuminate from the hastate base, glabrous ; follicles " torulose." — Jacq. 

 Amer. Pict. t. 35. Desc. Fl. 3. I. 192.— Leaves l"-3", calyx 1'", corolla-tube 9'" long.— 

 Hab. Jamaica!, M'Nab ; [Haiti!]. 



38. E. circinalis, Sto. {non J. Mull). Glabrous; leaves elliptical-oblong, bluntly 

 pointleted : veins costate, prominent beneath ; cymes many-flowered, corymbiform ; calyx- 

 segments glandular, devoid of an interior scale, ovate, bluntish, one-fourth as long as the 

 corolla-tube ,• corolla white : tube cylindrical, abruptly enlarged near the summit, twice as 

 long as the obloug undulate lobes; anthers acuminate from the hastate base, glabrous. — E. 

 adglutinata, Jacq. {Amer. Pict. t. 30), of which it is perhaps a variety, has mucronate blunt 

 leaves, and longer corolla-lobes. — Leaves 6"-3", calyx 1'", corolla-tube 4'" long. — Hab. S. 

 Vincent !, Guild. ; [Haiti !]. 



39. E. umbellata, Jacq. Glabrous; leaves ovate or ovate-roundish, mucronate, reti- 

 cnlated-archveined : arches juxtamarginal ; cymes axillary, umbelliform, peduncled ; calyx- 

 segments glandular, devoid of an interior scale, subulate, one-eighth to one-twelfth as long as 

 the corolla-tube ; corolla greenish-white : tube cylindrical, enlarged below the middle, ta- 

 pering again above, thrice as long as the stamens and 3-4 times as long as the obliquely 

 obovate lobes ; disk 5-lobed ; anthers rigid, acuminate from the hastate base, glabrous : 

 appendages and point somewhat bluntish ; follicles compressed-cylindrical. — Jacq. Amer. 

 Pict. t. 29. SI. t. 131./. 2. Catesb. Carol. 1. t. 58 inf.— Leaves 4"-!*", calyx H'", co- 

 rolla-tube 14"'-18'", follicles 6" long.— Hab. Bahamas {Catesb.) ; Jamaica !, Mac/., Wull- 

 schl., March ,• [Cuba !, Haiti !, Portorico !]. 



Sect. 2. Synechites. — Corolla-tube infundibular above a cylindrical base, hispid within 

 below the stamens. Anthers oblong, bluntish, cordate at the base. Follicles " united 

 at the summit before expansion " (Benth.J .- seeds o/"Euechites. — Climbers ; cymes spici- 

 form. 



40. E. symphytocarpa, Mey. ! Branches pubescent ; leaves oblong, mucronate, cor- 

 date with a narrow sinus at the base, pubescent beneath or nearly glabrous, archveined ; 

 pedicels alternate, exceeded by the lanceolate bract ; calyx-segments furnished with a short 

 interior scale, subulate, much shorter than the narrow part of the corolla ; corolla yellow : 

 tube enlarged from or above the middle ; anthers cordate, oblong, glabrous ; follicles toru- 

 lose. — E. brachystachya et rugosa, Benth. E. versicolor (Amblyanthera, J. Mull.) E. 

 teuuicanlis, Sladelm.— Allied to E. tomentosa, V. (Ic. t. 4. : syn. E. lasiocarpa, Stadelm., 

 Seem. Panam. 1), which has a much longer calyx. Very variable in the down, the form of 

 the leaves, and the size of the flowers. Leaves 5"-2'', calyx IV", corolla-tube \\"-2" long.— 

 Hab. Trinidad !, Pd., Cr., at Irais; [Guiana! to Brazil!]. 



