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ON SOUTH-AMERICAN APOCYNACEX. 213 
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mucronate, glabrous, the superior ones spathulate, 14 in. long, 6-8 lines broad, on 
petióles 1 line long; peduncle terminal, 2 in. long, bearing a few purplish scarlet flowers 
yellow in the mouth, on bracteolate pedicels 4-6 lines long; sepals acuminate, 6 lines 
long; tube of corolla 1 in. long; segments 6-8 lines long, 2 lines broad; stamens inserted 
in the middle of the tube, with membranaceous tips; disk of 5 erect lobes, subciliate. 
12. TsMNADENIA PALUSTRIS, nob.: Echites palustris, Salzmann: Echites tomentosa, var. laticordata, 
A. DC. I. c. p. 463: Amblyanthera palustris, Müll. l c. p. 145. In Brasilia, prope Bahia (Salz- 
mann): non vidi. 
A climbing plant, with branches covered with yellow shaggy hairs, its axils remote ; 
leaves oblong-elliptic, openly cordate at the base, with a long acute acumen, membra- 
naceous, darkish above, sparsely hirsute, more densely hirsute beneath, 4-5 in. long, 
2 in. broad, on petioles 1 in. long; raceme lateral, on a long rigid peduncle, fulvo- 
hirsute, bearing about 12 large flowers on pedicels 3 lines long, with lanceolate-ovate 
bracts 3 lines long; sepals acuminately ovate, hirsute, 6 lines long, with an inner mul- 
tidentate scale; corolla yellow, 2 in. long; tube narrowly cylindrical for two thirds of 
its length, broadly campanulate above, sericeo-pilose within ; segments half its length ; 
disk sub-5-lobed, shorter than the 2 ovaries; follicles 2, terete, obtuse at the base, toru- 
lose, hirsute, 4 in. long, conjoined at the apex ; seeds 2-3 lines long, comose.. 
This species is near 7. lasiocarpa, and must not be confounded with the Rhabdadenia 
paludosa (Echites paludosa, Vahl) nor with the Echites paludosa, H. B. K. 
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13. TEMNADENIA srMIDIGYNA, nob.: Echites semidigyna, Berg, in Abh. Ulyssingen (Flushing), iii. p. 588, 
cum icone; Gmelin, Syst. Veg. iv. p. 436; A. DC. l. c. p. 474. In Guiana Batava: v. s. in herb. 
Mus. Brit. Surinam (Anderson, ex hb. Rudge). 
Anderson’s specimen agrees with the description and drawing of Berg. It is a climb- 
ing plant, having terete branches, roughly striate, with axils 13-2 in. apart; leaves 
elliptic-oblong, aeute at both ends, acuminate, chartaceous, green and concolorous on 
both sides, 4-6 in. long, 1-2 in. broad, on slender petioles 4-6 lines long; í— 
axillary and opposite, 4 in. long, on a very slender peduncle thiekened at the summit, 
minutely bracteolate at the base, 3 lines long; sepals obtusely oblong, imbricate, 2 lines 
long, with several inner basal scales; tube of corolla cylindrical, narrower below the 
middle, somewhat swollen in the mouth, 10 lines long; segments obliquely oblong, 5 
lines long, 2 lines broad ; stamens inserted on the contraction of the tube; filaments 
very short, pubescent ; anthers acuminate, sagittate at the base, pilose behind ; disk 
urceolate, cleft into 5 oblong, obtuse, emarginate lobes, longer than the 2 subglobose 
ovaries ; style slender, shortly bifid at the base; clavuncle oblong, 5-sulcate, expanded 
at the base, and adhering to the anthers. 
14. TEMNADENIA TOMENTOSA, nob: Echites tomentosa, Vahl, Symb. fasc. iii. p. 44, Icon. tab. 5; A. DC. 
l. c. p. 463; Benth. Journ. Bot. iii. p. 247: Amblyanthera tomentosa, Müll. in Linn. xxx. p. 450. 
Prope Cayenne: non vidi. 
A plant with tortuous, slender, hirsute branches, with axils 13-2 in. apart; opposite 
