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mouth.—About 40 species, idus Ameri- 
1. E. Echites (L.) Britton. Stem from a 
tuber-like root, widely twining: leaf-blades 
ovate to oval, 4-9 em. long: calyx-lobes 
triangular, 2.5-3.5 mm. long: corolla white 
m. | 
or greenish-white; tube 5-6 cm. long; lobes 
1.5-2.5 em. long: follicles 15-20 em 
i b pe Jacq. ]—(DEVIL’S-POTATO 
Keys.— (WV. I.)—All year. This vine, par- 
E in the EET I is s often very vigor- 
Its stems and numerous branches are 
ets intertwined. 
11. eae a alata Lemaire. Vines with slender woody stems. 
Leaves opposite. Flowers eM small. Calyx with glands within. 
Corolla Fi M —About 6 species, North 
American and Asiatic. 
ee Stem ex- 
tensively twining: leaf-blades ovate or a 
to elliptic or el ate, 3-9 em. long: calyx- 
lobes lanceolate- subulate, sa cm. long; 
corolla greenish; tube 5-6 . long; lobes 
m shorter than the tube: ‘follicles 15-22 
ong. DC 
rmis A. ] 
Pire r-banks, low grounds, and swamps, 
CT Plain, and adj. provinees, Fla. to 
— (Mex 
pre 
S are in eastern Asia; the id of. Seema. a genus in which it is 
sometimes inque are South Ameri 
12. ALLAMANDA L. Shrubs, trees, or woody vines. Leaves opposite, 
sometimes whorled Flowers large, often showy. Calyx-lobes rather narrow. 
sule subglobose, more or less compressed, 
echinate.—About 12 species, Bep 
1. ~ e ica L. Shrub mostly 1 
tall the twigs finely pubescent: leaf- blades 
AE to elliptic, 5-12 em. long, mo Ern 
abruptly short-acuminate, gla except 
the veins beneath: flowers em P 
calvx-lobes eu to elliptic-lanceolate: 
corolla yellow, 7-10 em. long, the tube and 
ae any E in d the es 
4—6 in 
wide: caps 
Dum Su C ou )- Bosdsides E | hammocks, pen. Fla. Nat. of 
. Am. and cult.—(W. I., Mex., C. 4.) —All y 
