662 XCIV. ApocyNACER. (J. D. Hooker.) [Chonemorpha. 
Branches glabrous, puberulous, or pubescent, soft, stout. Leaves 6-18 by 5- 18 in., 
ovate elliptic obovate or orbicular, acute or cuspidate, base acute rounded or cordate, 
glabrous pubescent or tomentose beneath; nerves 10-12 pairs; petiole 4-2 in., stout 
„or slender, Cymes on long or short stout pedicels; bracts ovate, acute. Calyx 4-4 
in., coriaceous, terete, base truncate; lobes rounded or subacute. Corolla white, 
_ 2-3 in, diam., lobes }-} in. diam.; mouth glabrous, throat with 5 villous bands 
. within. Stamens y in. Follicles 12-18 by 3-1 in. Seeds 3 in. 
2. C. Griffithii, Hook. f.; calyx 5-partite, 
Ex Hmaraya and Kuasa Mrs., alt. 2-4000 ft., Griffith, &c. 
Branches often hispid. Leaves smaller than in C. macrophylla, Flowers quite as 
large, but differing so much in the calyx as to suggest its belonging to a different genus. 
Fruit unknown. 
DOUBTFUL SPECIES, 
C. MALABARICA, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 76 (excl. syn. E. Pala), Echites malabarica, 
Lamk. Dict. ii. 842 ; A. DO. Prodr. viii. A77.— Pal. Valer, Rheede Hort. Mal. ix. t. 19. 
C. vestira, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 76. Echites vestita, Roem d Sch. iv. 394; 
A. DC. Prodr. viii. 477. E. tomentosa, Roth Nov. Sp. 137, non Vahl.—This is possibly 
Wrightia tomentosa, 
31. ECDYSANTHERA, Hook. et Arn. 
Climbing glabrous shrubs. Leaves opposite, acuminate, nerves distant. 
Flowers minute, in terminal trichotomous panicled cymes. Calyx small, 5- 
partite, glandular or not within. Corolla suburceolate, throat naked, lobes very 
short, obtuse, overlapping to the right. Stamens at the base of the corolla ; 
anthers sagittate, conniving over and adhering to the stigma, cells spurred at 
the base. Disc annular. Carpels 2, distinct, longer than the disc, many-ovuled, 
hairy ; style short, top large cupular, stigma obpyriform. Follicles spreading, 
terete, acuminate, Seeds few, oblong or linear, compresssd, tip narrowed with 
a long coma and a short persistent ring of hairs, albumen scanty ; cotyledons 
thin, radicle short superior.— DISTRIB. Species 4 or 5, Malayan and Chinese, 
E. micrantha, 4. DC. Prodr. viii. 442; leaves glabrous ovate-lanceolate 
obtusely acuminate, nerves 3-5 pairs, cymes long-peduncled glabrous or puberu- 
lous. E. brachiata, A. DC. Prodr. viii. 448; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 189. Echites 
? micrantha and brachiata, Wall. Cat. 1667, 1668. 
Stxxim Hmaraya (alt. 355000 ft.), Assam, St nrr, Kuasta Mrs, (alt. 2-4000 ft.), 
Cacuar, Ava Hitts, Kurz, 
A very tall climber; branches slender, pendulous, pustular, ultimate sometimes 
puberulous. Leaves 2-7 by 1-2 in., thinly coriaceous ; nerves very oblique, slender ; 
petiole}-4in. Comes brachiate; bracts minute; flowers gq to 75 in. long; pedicels slender 
or short. Calyx not half the length of the corolla, segments ovate. Corolla glabrous 
within and without, lobes faleate, spreading. <Anthers obtuse. Follicles 3-4 in., $ in. 
broad near the base, horizontal, slightly incurved, narrowed from above the base to 
the point, thickly coriaceous with a shining crustaceous endocarp. Seeds $ in. long, 
elliptie-lanceolate, compressed, pubescent, bearded at the constricted tip, coma three 
times as long. 
32. BAISSEA, 4A. DC. 
Climbing shrubs. Leaves opposite ; nerves distant, straight. Flowers small, 
in dense or lax axillary or terminal panicled or corymbose cymes, Calyx small, 
5-partite, glandular or not within; segments obtuse. Corolla salver-shaped, 
ai overlapping to the right, not twisted (in the Indian species). Stamens 
below the middle of the corolla; anthers sagittate, conniving over the stigma 
and adhering to it, cells shortly spurred at the base. Dise cup-shaped. Carpels 
2, distinct, sunk in the disc, many-ovuled ; style short, top cup-shaped, stigma 
