ON SOUTH-AMERICAN APOCYNACEZ, 199 
16. EcurrEs sUBSESSILIS, A. DC. /. c. p. 451. In Peruvia: non vidi. 
A species near C. glandulosa, with glabrous branches ; leaves broadly elliptic, cordate, 
acuminate, membranaceous, glabrous above, with 4-5 acutely subulate glands near the 
sinus, puberulous below, with prominent nerves, 5 in. long, 3 in. broad, on thick petioles, 
shorter than the basal lobes, which are thus somewhat amplexicaul; raceme lateral, 
as long as the leaves, glabrous, with alternate pedicels 6 lines long, each with a basal 
bracteole half its length; sepals obtusely ovate; tube of corolla 8 lines long, 3 times 
as long as the sepals, cylindrical, somewhat contracted below the middle; segments 
ovate-oblong, half the length of the tube; stamens seated in the contraction of the tube 
on a pilose ring; anthers obtusely bilobed at the base; disk of 5 roundish, free lobes, 
half as long as the 2 ovaries. 
17. Eens montana, H. B. K. iii. 213; A. DC. Z. c. p. 465. In Peruvia, circa Pasto : non vidi. 
A climbing species, with hirsutulous branches ; axils with several not very prominent 
interpetiolar glands; leaves elliptic-oblong, cordate, shortly acuminate, submembra- 
naceous, green above, scabridly hirsutulous, with 3 or more subulate glands near the 
base of the midrib, beneath softly cano-hirtulous, 24-24 in. long, 15-16 lines broad, on 
channelled pubescent petioles 6 lines long; raceme lateral, near 1 in. long, on a hirsute 
peduncle 5 lines long, bearing upwards 4-8 flowers on pubescent pedicels 4-5 lines long; 
bracteole small; sepals ovate-lanceolate, hirsute at the base, 13 line long; corolla 
salver-shaped, glabrous; tube 7 lines long, constricted in the middle ; segments obliquely 
ovate, roundish, crispate, rotate, yellow above, whitish below ; stamens seated on a pilose 
ring in the contraction of the tube; anthers cohering, acuminate, obtusely bilobed at the 
base; disk of 5 short truncated lobes, shorter than the 2 oblong ovaries; follicles slender, 
terete, glabrous, fuscous, 74 in. long, enclosing many comose seeds. 
18. Ecartes Gong, H. B. K. l.c. p. 212; A. DC. lc. p. 448. In. ins. Cuba: non vidi. 
A climbing plant with umbellate flowers, as in the typical species; it has slender, 
terete, glabrous branchlets, its axils furnished with many glabrous subulate glands in 
the place of stipules ; opposite leaves oblong, rounded at both ends, with a short acute 
mucronate point, submembranaceous, glabrous, green above, with parallel nerves and 
much reticulated veins, paler beneath, 15-16 lines long, 7-8 lines broad, on channelled 
petioles 13 line long; raceme lateral, on a glabrous peduncle 4-1 in. long, bearing on 
its summit 2-5 subumbellate flowers on pedicels 4-6 lines long, bracteolate at their base; 
sepals ovate-lanceolate, 14 line long; corolla salver-shaped ; tube constricted in the 
middle; segments obliquely ovate, crenulate, one third the length of the tube; stamens 
inserted in the constriction of the tube; disk of 5 roundish lobes, one third shorter than 
the 2 oblong ovaries ; style slender ; clavuncle agglutinated to the connivent anthers. 
19. Ecartes rrearia, H. B. K. l c. p. 214; A. DC. l.c. p. 466. In Nova Granada, fluv. Magdalena : 
non vidi. 
A species closely allied to Z. montana, with slender hirtellous branchlets, its axils 
charged with many subulate, ciliate glands in lieu of stipules; leaves ovate-oblong, 
