664 XCIV. APOCYNACEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) [Aganosma.. 
211. E.apoxys, Voigt Hort. Sub. Cale, 522. ? E, cristata, Roth Nov. Pl. 135. 
P Chonemorpha cristata, G. Don l c. 76. 
From Sumer and Currracone to Maracca and SixcAPORE,—DisTRIB, Java, 
Sumatra, Philippine Islds. 
A stout scandent or subscandent shrub. Leaves 9.4 by 1-14 in., coriaceous, hard, 
polished above, dark brown when dry ; petiole } in. Cymes chiefly axillary ; peduncle- 
slender, 1-2 in.; bracts deciduous ; flowers white. Corolla-tube i-) in. slender; 
lobes twice as long, mouth glabrous, throat not dilated. Ovary glabrous, Follicles 
6-18 by } in., straight or flexuous, cylindric, Seeds linear-oblong. 
Srcr. II. Meiadenia, 4. D.C. Calyx large ; lobes long, ovate or lan- 
ceolate. Ovary wholly included in the tubular 5-lobed disc. 
2. A. caryophyllata, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 77; leaves ovate or elliptic 
acute obtuse or acuminate glabrous or tomentose beneath, nerves 3 pairs very 
oblique, cymes lax pubescent, sepals linear-lanceolate glandular within, corolla- 
lobes obliquely orbicular, ovary hairy at the tip, follicles 3-5 in.— A. DC. Prodr. 
viii. 432 ; Dalz. E Gibs. Bomb. FI. 113; A. Blumei, Wight Ic.t. 1305, not of 
A, DC. Echites caryophyllata, Wall. Cut. 1651; Bot. Mag. t. 1919. SE 
Heynei, Spreng. Syst. i. 632. E. dichotoma, Roth Nov. Pl. 136. Chonemorpha. 
dichotoma, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 76; A. DC. lc. 477. 
Lower BENGAL; Monghir, Hamilton; common on rocks at Risikund, Wallich. 
Deccan PENINSULA, Heyne, &c. 
A large climber, stem very stout, shoots pubescent. Leaves 4-6 by 2-2 in., 
coriaceous, base rounded acute or subcordate, nerves strong beneath and all running 
towards the point; petiole 1-3 in. Cymes terminal, lax, white-tomentose ; pedicels 
shorter than the calyx-lobes, which are hoary without. Corolla-tube and throat both 
cylindric, subequal ; limb 14 in. diam. Ovary pubescent ; style slender, top urceo- 
late, stigma columnar, to the tip of which the anthers are attached. Follieles stout, 
nearly $ in. diam., pericarp thickly coriaceous. Seeds (unripe) ovate-oblong, 4 in. 
long, flat.—I have retained Roxburgh's specific name for this plant, because it is that 
of his Herbarium, of Rottler's Herbarium, of the Botanical Magazine, of the Caleutta 
Botanie Gardens, and of DeCandolle's Prodromus ; but it is not the Echites caryophyllata 
of Roxburgh’s Flora, which is A. calycina, and is described as having subglobular 
cymes; nor of his drawing, repeated by Wight (Ie. t. 440), which agrees with his 
description and represents the leaves as having many spreading veins and ovate acute 
corolla-lobes and glabrous ovary. Nor have I quoted Rheede's figure (vii. t. 55) 
which is referred to as E. caryophyllata in the Botanical Magazine; nor Rheede's 
“ Kemetti Valli " (ix. t. 14, not 135 as quoted by Roxburgh), which Roxburgh cites 
for his caryophyllata, as neither of these is a good representation of this or any other 
plant, and they both differ totally from Roxburgh's and the Bot. Mag. figure and 
description, Though evidently a commonly (cultivated?) plant in India, its only 
presumably native habitat is the Monghir one given above; its few red nerves and 
rounded corolla-lobes at. once distinguish it from its congeners. 
3. A. gracilis, Mook. f.5; branches very slender, leaves elliptic oblong 
acuminate membranous glabrous, nerves 8-10 pairs, very slender en fuf cymes 
terminal corymbose glabrate, peduneles and pedicels long slender, sepals 1} in. 
hoary eglandular, corolla-tube 3 in., lobes 1} in. obliquely oblanceolate, 
Brea Hiaraya, alt. 2-4000 ft.; J. D. H. Kuasa Mrs., alt. 1-3000 ft.; Lobb. 
A very beautiful and distinct species, at once distinguishable by the slender stem 
and branches, membranous leaves, few-flowered spreading glabrous cymes, very long 
sepals, and long narrow calyx-lobes. 
4. A. calycina, A. DC. Prodr, viii. 432 ; branches stout, leaves elliptic 
or oblong-lanceolate acuminate glabrous, nerves 7-10 pairs arching slender, 
cymes terminal lax densely rusty-tomentose, peduncle and pedicels stout, sepals 
