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membranaceous, subpubescent above, with many glands on the midrib, scabridly pubes- 
cent beneath, 2 in. long, 10-12 lines broad, on petioles 2 lines long; raceme lateral, 
tomentous, longer than the leaves, bearing many alternate flowers on pedicels 2 lines 
long; sepals ovate, subulate, gibbous at the base, glabrous, with an inner basal acutely 
ovate scale; tube of corolla 9 lines long, subcylindrical, hirsute; segments oblong- 
ovate, shorter than the tube; anthers obtusely subbilobed at the base; dis’. of 5 obtuse 
lobes, a little shorter than the two glabrous ovaries. 
93. Ecnrres Mansoana, A. DC. I. c. p. 448: Mesechites sulphurea, Müll. l c. p. 151, tab. 46 (excl. syn. 
Velloz). In Cuyaba et Matto Grosso: non vidi. ; 
As stated elsewhere, this is a species certainly different from the Echites sulphurea. 
It is a climber, with slender terete branches, their axils being 42-53 in. apart; leaves 
oblong, obtuse at the base, roundish, with a short obtuse acumen, coriaceous, margins 
revolute, spreading nerves and veins scarcely visible, having a broad gland divided into 
4 or 6 obtuse lobes at the base of the midrib, 3-4 in. long, 10-18 lines broad, on petioles 
4-5 lines long ; raceme lateral, shorter than the leaves, subcapitate, on a peduncle 5 lines 
long, divided at the apex into two branches, each bearing many approximate flowers, 
on twisted pedicels 3-5 lines long, supported by short acutely oval bractlets; sepals 
obtusely elliptic, ciliolate, 24 lines long, each with an internal tridentate scale; tube of 
corolla 8 lines long, contracted in the middle; segments roundish, 3 lines long and broad, 
dextrorsely convolute; stamens seated in the contraction of the tube; anthers linear, 
with a short incurved apex, shortly and obtusely 2-lobed at the base; disk of 5 obtusely 
ovoid lobes as long as the ovaries; style filiform; clavuncle incrassate, oblong, with a 
basal membranaceous appendage. 
24. Ecurres Vaurnrert, A. DC. l c. p. 457: Echites coalita, Müll. (non Vell.) l. c. p. 155, tab. 50. fig. 4 
(semen): Echites sulphurea, Vell. Fl. Flum. p. 109, Icon. iii. tab. 26: Mesechites sulphurea, Müll. 
in parte, l.c. p. 151. In prov. Rio de Janeiro, in montib. Organ. (Vauthier 78) ; Velloz: v. s. in 
herb. Mus. Brit. prov. Rio de Janeiro (Bowie et Cunningham, in fructu). 
A climbing species with slender, terete, twice trichotomous branches, with axils 2-4 in. 
apart; leaves lanceolate-oblong, subacute at the base, acutely acuminate, mucronate, 
subcoriaceous, with revolute margins, pale green above, finely corrugulate, with about 
6 pairs of divergent subimmersed nerves, charged beneath with several ovate-oblong and 
subulate fleshy glands, yellowish opake beneath, nerves scarcely visible, 23-33 in. 
long, 2-1} in. broad, on petioles 2-3 lines long; racemes axillary, 2 in. long, on a bare 
peduncle 3 lines long, bearing about 7 subapproximate flowers on pedicels 3-6 lines long, 
supported by short lanceolate bracteoles; sepals oblong-acute, 3 lines long, gibbous at 
the base, with an inner ovate denticulate scale; corolla yellow; tube cylindrical, 6 lines 
long ; segments obovate, inequilateral, 3 lines long; stamens seated on a pilose ring in 
the middle of the tube; disk of 5 obtuse lobes, somewhat conjoined at the base, shorter 
than the ovaries ; follicles 2, on a short stout peduncle, horizontally spreading, cylin- 
drical, subobtuse at the base, straight, fuscous, striolate, 5} in. long, 4 lines broad below 
the middle, tapering upwards to a breadth of 2 lines at the rounded apex ; gg many, 
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