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ovate-oblong, bluntish ; crown short, creiralate. — Habit of G. undulatus, R. Br., nearly 

 allied to the preceding, but a shrubby climber; leaves 3"-2", petiole 4"'-3"'long; corymbs 

 5-10-flowered; corolla veiny, 4'" diam., reflexed. — Hab. Jamaica!, Al., S. Anns, near 

 Moneague. 



11. IBATIA, Bros. 



Calyx 5-partite. Corolla rotate, 5-partite, slightly contorted : crown scutellate, 15- 

 crenate, inserted iuto the short column. Anthers transversely dehiscent : pollinaria ovoid- 

 oblong, parallel to the oblong gland, tailed at the middle : tail short, transverse, inserted 

 into the base of the gland. Stigma flat, with a central, long, subuliform point. Follicles 

 ventricose: seeds comose. — Densely pubescent climbers ; leaves cordate ; flowers fascicled. 



22. I. muricata, Gr. Leaves cordate-deltoid, cuspidate, hispidulous above, hoary- 

 toincntose beneath; fascicles much exceeded by the petiole; corolla pubescent : segments 

 ovate, blunt ; stigma subentire at the thickened point ; follicles ovate, echinate, glabrescent. — 

 Bot. Reg. t. 931 ; Besc. Fl. 3. t. 189.— Echites, A. DC. Gonolobus maritimus, Bot. Reg. 

 (nou Cynanchum,Jacq.). G. floccosus, Wickslr. J. maritima, Decs. ! exparte. — Pedicels 

 2"'-3" / , follicles 3" long ; corolla 3'" diam.— Hab. Antigua !, Wullschl, Dominica !, Imr. ; 

 [Guadeloupe ! ; Venezuela Q. 



12. FISCHERIA, DC. 



Calyx 5-partite. Corolla rotate, 5-partite, contorted : crown annular, simple, or " double," 

 inserted into the base of the column. A nthers transversely dehiscent, produced into a dorsal, 

 fleshy appendage : pollinaria obovate, horizontal. Stigma depressed. Follicles " ventri- 

 cose." — Climbers ; flowers in peduncled corymbs : corolla usually crisped at the margin. 



23. P. scandens, DC. Branches velvety ; leaves ovate, mucronate, minutely cordate 

 at the base with superincumbent auricles, slightly hairy above, velvety beneath ; corymbs 

 many-flowered ■. peduncle equalling the leaf; calyx-segments ovate, pointed, half as long as 

 the corolla ; corolla-segments ovate, bluntish, pubescent, crisped ; crown simple, subentire ; 

 appendages of the anthers obovoid. — Be/ess. Ic. 5. t. 77- — Cynanchum crispiflorum, Sw. 

 (Gonolobus, R. Br.). — Leaves G "-3", petiole 18"'-6'" long; corolla 6'" diam.; pollinaria 

 tailed, opaque nearly to the base of the tail. — Hab. Jamaica !, all coll., among shrubs ; 

 [Cuba !]. 



24. P. multiflora, Bees. Branches hispid; leaves elliptical, pointleted, minutely 

 cordate at the base with a narrow sinus, velvety -pubescent ; corymbs many-flowered: pe- 

 duncle exceeding the leaf; calyx-segments lanceolate-linear, exceeded by the corolla; 

 corolla-segments ovate-oblong, bluntish, internally jdlose, crisped ; appendages of the 

 anthers obovoid. — Leaves 4"-3", petiole 1" long ; corolla 8'" diam. — Hab. Trinidad !, Pd., 

 Cr., rare in woods, Arima; [Brazil]. 



25. P. cincta, Gr. (n. sp.). Branches sparingly pilose; leaves lanceolate-elliptical, 

 pointleted, callous at the tapering base, revolute at the margin, glabrescent with scattered 

 hairs above : under side pale, pilose on the midrib and the costate distant veins ; peduncles 

 2-1-flowered, exceeding the petiole ; calyx-segments lanceolate, half as long as the corolla ; 

 corolla-segments ovate-oblong, bluntish, glabrous, furnished with a prominent, tomentose 

 ring around the throat, slightly crisped near the top ; anthers obliquely transverse, as long 

 as their oblong, blunt, flattish appendage. — Imperfectly known from a single incomplete 

 specimen. Leaves 2i"-2" long, 10'" broad : petiole 5"'-6"', bifid peduncle 1'' long ; corolla 

 reflexed : segments 4"'-5"' long ; pollinaria horizontal, clavate, pellucid nearly to the middle, 

 subsessile, inserted into the contracted minute base of a deltoid gland ; stigma flat. — Hab. 

 Jamaica !, Higson. 



13. MACROSCEPIS, Klh. 



" Calyx 5-partite. Corolla rotate, 5-partite, contorted : crown 5-leaved. Anthers of 

 Gonolobus: pollinaria clavate-oblong, horizontal, subsessile, laterally inserted into the 

 gland. Stigma depressed. — Hispid climbers ; peduncles short, few-flowered ; corolla scarcely 

 exceeding the calyx." 



26. M. obovata, Kth. " Leaves obovate, pointleted, minutely cordate at the base with 

 a narrow sinus ; calyx-segments ovate-lanceolate, acuminate." — Kth. N. Gen. t. 233. — 



