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ON SOUTH-AMERICAN APOCYNACEÆ. 205 
concave glands at the base of the midrib; raceme lateral, short, or longer, with twisted 
pedicels 3 times as long as the calyx; sepals ovate, somewhat acute, ciliolate; tube 
of corolla cylindrical, somewhat funnel-shaped in the mouth, with shortish segments; 
follicles terete, subcurving, 3 in. long; seeds with a yellowish coma. 
34. EcurrEs vENENOsA, Stadelm. Bot. Zeit. 1841, p. 66; A. DC. l.c. p. 470. In Brasilia, prov. Bahia : 
non vidi. 
A pubescent shrub, with broadly ovate leaves, rounded at the base, shortly cuspidate, 
with membranaceous ciliate margins, glaucous green above, velvety hirsute, with about : 
20 pairs of nerves, furnished near the base with several stipuliform glands, 2] in. long, 
15-20 lines broad, on petioles 13 line long; peduncle terminal, sub-2-flowered, on pedicels 
4-5 lines long, with a pubescent bract of the same length, cristate along the middle; 
sepals lanceolate, membranaceous, 4-5 lines long, ciliate above, with an inner bifid 
scale; corolla large, rose-coloured ; tube contracted in the middle, funnel-shaped above; 
segments inequilateral, broadly obovate, subacute ; stamens inserted in the middle of the 
tube; disk of 5 trapezoidal lobes, half as long as the 2 ovate-oblong ovaries. The plant 
is poisonous to cattle. 
35. EcHITES JAPURENSIS, Stadelm. Z. c. p. 19; A. DC. l c. p. 454: Mesechites Japurensis, Müll. l. c. 
p. 152. Inter fluv. Japuré et Negro, in sylvis: non vidi. 
A climbing species, with slender, glabrous, flexuose branches and remote axils; leaves 
broadly ovate or oblong, narrowed and obtuse at the base, cuspidately acuminate, sub- 
coriaceous, with a single gland at the base of the midrib, 4-44 in. long, 2-25 in. broad, 
on petioles 3-4 lines long; raceme terminal, subsessile, bearing many flowers on minutely 
bracteolate pedicels, 3-4 lines long; sepals obtusely oblong, as long as the pedicels, 
with 2 inner trapezoidal crenato-dentate scales 1 line long; tube of corolla 1 in. long; 
segments obovate; stamens inserted in the middle on the contraction of the tube; disk 
of 5 lobes, half as long as the 2 oblong puberulous ovaries. 
36. Ecurres Mexicana, nob. : Amblyanthera Mexicana, Müll. Linn. xxx. p. 424. In Mexico, prope Vic- 
toria (Karwinsky 9) : non vidi. 
This species is placed in this genus, as it is said by Müller to be close to Æ. microcalya 
and Z. Andina; but no mention is made of any glands upon the leaves or axils. It is 
suffrutricose, with suberect branches, and very slender, flagelliform branchlets; leaves 
ovate-lanceolate, narrowed and subcordate at the base, subacuminate, membranaceous, 
puberulous or glabrous, with 4-5 pairs of nerves, and others shorter and intermediate, 
reticulately veined, midrib flattened, 13-2 in. long, 93-103 lines broad, on petioles 2 
lines long; raceme lateral, 2 in. long, on a slender peduncle 5-73 lines long, bearing 
many flowers on slender pedicels 44-5 lines long, supported by linear-lanceolate bracteoles 
14-13 line long; sepals ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, subrecurvingly spreading at the apex, 
as long as the pedicels, with 4-6 inner subulate scales; tube of corolla narrowly cylin- 
drical for one third of its length, swelling above; segments narrow, obliquely obovate ; 
stamens seated on the contraction of the tube; anthers glabrous; disk of 5 lobes, as 
long as the 2 obtusely ovoid glabrous ovaries. 
