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ECHITES RHYNCHOSPERMA. Tab. 49. 



FoLiis ovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis, glabris ; floribus laxe cymosis, limbi coroUae tubo longiorls laciniis falcato- 

 obovatis ; folliculis gracilibus, longissimis, parallelis, pendulis ; seminibus longe rostratis, coma maxima. 



Habitat in Martabania secus ripas fluminum Saluen et Attran, adque Moalmyne, Amberst, &c. Floret fructificat- 

 que mensibus Martio — Majo. 



Frutex magna, volubilis, ramosa, trunco diametrum pollicarem 2-pollicaremve emetiente, cortice fusco, calloso-punctato, Isevi. Rami 

 teretes, glaucescentes. Folia patentia, opposita, approximata, ovata vel oblongo-lanceolata, attenuato-acuminata, leviter undulata, basi 

 acuta, nunc rotundata, laet^ viridia, glaberrima, subtils nervosa et reticulata, axillis nervorum concavis, puberulis ; 3 — 5-pollicaria, ad 

 palmaria. Petioli glabri, teretes, supr^ plano-sulcati, ciliis axillaribus subulatis, carnosis, seriatis, ramum utrinque ambientibus. Cym/E 

 terminales, et in ramis junioribus infra folia ssep^ oppositcc, lato-ovatee, pollices 5 — 6 emetientes, laxse, multiflora;, irregulariter t^r 

 quatferve dichotomse. Pedunculi complanati, glabri ; universalis 2-pollicaris ; ultimi pedicellique unguiculares, rufescentes, puberuli. 

 Bracte^e oppositce, lanceolatse, ciliatee, 2 — 3-lineares. FIores magni, pulcherrimi, odorati, albi, tubo limboque versus faucem rubris. 

 Calyx oblongiis, puberulus, ultra medium 5-fidus, laciniis ligulatis, obtusis, fundo extra coroUam corpusculis 5-planis, carnosis. Corolla 

 hypocrateriformis ; tubus quinquangularis, semiunguicularis, basi parfim ventricosus, exttis glaber, inttis praecipufe ad faucem contractam 

 munitus pilis canis, brevibus ; limbus plano-patentissimus, tubo dupl6 longior, profundi partitus in lacinias 5, obovato-falcatas, obtusissimas, 

 basi angustatas. Stamina 5 inclusa ; Jilamenta carnosa, puberula ; antherce sagittatee, acuminatse, invicem stigmatique subcapitato cohae- 

 rentes, lobis posticis longis, polline vacuis. Ovarium glabrum, ovatum, annulo carnoso, 5-partito, brevissimo, circumdatum. Stylus 

 longiusculus. Folliculi 2 pendxUi, paralleli et approximati, pedales ad sesquipedales, cylindracei, acuminati, sessiles, glabri, basi 

 attenuati, setate compressi, coriacei, fusci, intus Isevissimi, nitidi, ferruginei. Semina ovata, plana, ferruginea, semiunguicularia, Isevia, desi- 

 nentia in rostrum planum, angustissimum, poUicare, basi leviter dilatatum, apice articulatlm adfigens comam splendidissimam, amplani, 

 bipoUicarem. 



This is an exceedingly handsome climber, and certainly the most ornamental of the genus to which it belongs. 

 The flowers are not unlike those of Cerhera fruticosa Roxb. 



Plate XLIX. Fig. 1. Calyx opened showing the pistil. 2. Corolla opened. 3. Anthers viewed from two sides. 4. Follicles. 

 5. Seed with its remarkable beak and long coma. 



CHIRITA GRANDIFLORA, Tab. 50. 



FoLiis ovatis, acuminatis, pilosis ; pedunculis axillaribus paucifloris, nunc I-floris ; caule adscendente. 



Habitat in montibus altissimis Napaliae ad loca umbrosa, humida, super rupibus. Floret tempore pluviarum, 

 mensibus Julio et Augusto. 



Planta gracilis, adscendens, carnosa, pilis moUibus, patulis, hyalinis conspersa, pedalis, basi repens, radiculis filiformibus, fuscescentibus, 



ramulosis Caulis teres, pennam anserinam crassus, ssepiiis simplex, nunc pari uno duobusve ramorum oppositorum, brevium. Folia 



paribus paucis opposita, patentia, oblonga vel ovato-oblonga, acuminata, acut^ serrata, basi obtusa et obliqua, leviter ina^quilatera, , 



3-6 poUicaria carnosa, saturate viridia, utrinque pilosula, suprk parum rugosa, subt^s reticulato-venosa, costa elevata, nervisque alternis, 



arcuatis Petiolus teres suprk leviter sulcatus, folib terti6 vel dimidi5 brevior. Flores magni, speciosi, rosei, axiUares, solitarii, rarifls 



in pedunculo communi geminati, vel temati, tuncque brevfe pedicellati, inodori, 2i-pollicares, erectiusculi. Pedunculus teres, carnosus, 



exalbido dilute roseus, pilosulus, longitudine ferfe petioli, supra medium, vel dum adsunt flores 2 vel 3 infra pedicellorum bases hractds 



2 oppositis foliaceis, lanceolatis, acutis, semiunguicularibus, ciliatis. Calyx membranaceus, deciduus, pallidus, amplus, oblongus, 



aestivatione inflato-ovatus, subvalvatus, H-poUicaris, 5-nervius, subquinquangularis, pilosus, erubescenti-striatus, 5-fidus, obsoletiss.mfe 



2labiatus- lacwice erecta., lanceolata., attenuato-acuminatae, inferiores 3 paull5 latiores, sinubus recurvato-porrectis. Corolla in- 



fundibuliformis calyce dupl6 longior, extiis pilosula, basi calyce ang-ustior, striata, sensim ampliata in Urnhum patentem, 2-labiatum 



5.1obum • hU ovati, obtusi,/a«.que pervia, flava venis rubris reticulati ; suiperiores 2 breviores ; ir^eriorran intermedins major. Stamina 



5 medio' corollae inclusa ; /er^z7m 2, longa distantly infra sinus loborumlabii inferioris inserta, parallela, approximata, glabra ; >/«me;z^a 



clmosa filiformia, supra basin complanato-dilatata et spiraliter torta, apice incurva; anther, majuscule, reniformes, nutantes, contigu^ 



etZern' coh.r ntes, 1-loculares, rim^ communi hiantes, poU^e pallid^ flavo. Stamina 3 ster.Ua subulata, pilosula, subcapitata ; 2 



ns rtione interlabialia tertium hisce intermedium, obsoletum. Ovarium gracile, subcylindncum, glabrum subpedicellatum, basi cmctum 



Z brevissimo, carn;so, flavo, crenulato, pseudo-quad riloculare, polysporum, ^Zace... ne.p^ 2 panetahbus, opposes, ad axm ovarn 



cl".^s blobi , marginibus libcris, par.^m recurvis ovuliferis. Stylus carnosus, cylmdricus, pdosus, ovano brevior^ Stioma infra 



aucTf0l^ceu„^, dimkto-infundibuliforme, bilobum, supra antheras elevatum, incurvato-descendens, lobis planis, ob longis, obtusis 



ra»^^^^^^^ parallelis. Capsula graciUima, l.vis, digitum longa, stylo cmarcido pdosulo termmata, utrmque meola 



rsltsiirsulcata, 2.1ocularis, longitudinaliter bivalvis, valvulis angustissimis, membranace.. Dissepimenta 2 opposita, 2-juga, 



marginibus seminifera. Semina minuta, subulata, calva, utrinque acuta, fusca. 



This Charming plant belongs to the family of Didymocrape. . I have retained Dr. Hamilton's name for the genuss 

 in preference to that of Calolcrne, under which I sent it to the Hon. East India Company's Museum m 1824, although 

 it is founded on a fictitious native name, furnished to my late friend while he was in N.pal. • 

 Plate L. Fig. 1. Calyx opened. 2. Corolla opened. 3. Stamens. 



