Aganosma. | XCIV. APOCYNACEEX. (J. D. Hooker.) 665. 
3-1 in. eglandular, corolla-tube $ in., lobes ovate acute, ovary glabrous. Kurz: 
For. Fl. ii. 186. A. Roxburghii, G. Don ex Wight Ic. t. 440. A. Wallichii,. 
G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 77. Echites calycina, Wall. Cat. 1653. E. caryophyllata, 
Roxburgh Fl. Ind. ii. 11 (and drawings copied by Wight, t. 440). 
Tavor; Gomez, Kurz. 
Branches pubescent. Leaves 8-4 in., coriaceous; petiole 4 in. Cymes many-fid., 
tomentose. Sepals very narrow, rusty tomentose. Corolla-tube hoary, slender, cylindric, 
base hardly dilated, narrowed upwards to the mouth, villous within. Ovary quite 
glabrous ; style elongate-clavate, truncate, stigma columnar. Fruit unknown.—I have 
under A. caryophyllata stated my reasons for retaining that name for the plant of: 
Roxburgh's Herbarium, and thus avoiding an involved synonymy and the necessity 
of giving it a new name. 
5. A. cymosa, G. Don Gen Syst. iv. 77 ; glabrous or shoots and leaves 
beneath softly tomentose, leaves elliptic-oblong or oblong-lanceolate acute or 
finely acuminate, nerves 5-7 pairs, cymes dense rounded densely tomentose, 
sepals 1-3 in., corolla-tube 3-4 in., lobes }-} in. ovate acuminate, ovary hirsute. 
Sruet; Roxburgh, &c. Deccan PENINSULA; common from Bombay to Travan- . 
core, Heyne, &c. 
A stout rambling climber, very variable in size and habit, of which I am unable- ` 
to distinguish the following forms specifically. 
Var. 1. cymosa proper; shoots tawny-tomentose, leaves 4-5 by 2-23 in, elliptic 
or oblong abruptly acuminate glabrous or sparsely hairy above, pubescent or tomentose - 
beneath, nerves 7-9 pairs, sepals 4 in., corolla-lobes i in. long.—4A cymosa, G. Don 
Le: A. DC. Prodr. viii. 433.  Echites cymosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 16; Wight Ie. t.. 
395; Wall. Cat. 1654, in part.—Silhet. 
Van. 2. lanceolata ; shoots tawny tomentose, leaves 4-53 by 1-13 in. oblong lan- 
ceolate finely acuminate margins and midrib beneath sparsely hairy, nerves 7-9 pairs, 
sepals 4 in., corolla-lobes J in. broad, follicles 3 by 3} in. sessile linear-falcate, seeds 
ovate-lanceolate glabrous.—Echites cymosa, Wall. Cat. 1654, in part (specimens from 
Calcutta Botanic Gardens). 
Var. 3. conferta; shoots puberulous or hoary, leaves 2-3 by 11-2 in. elliptic- 
oblong acute obtuse or apiculate rarely acuminate, quite glabrous on both surfaces, 
nerves 3—4 pairs, flowers as in var. 2. Echites conferta, Wall. Cat. 1655.—Deccan 
Peninsula, Herb, Heyne. 
Var. 4. elegans; shoots puberulous or glabrate, leaves 13-24 b 1-1là acute. 
obtuse or acuminate, nervos 3-5 pairs, sepals 4-3 in., corolla-lobes 4-4 in., “ follicles 
5-9 by 1 in., terete, hairy at length glabrate, seeds linear-oblong shortly beaked 
glabrous " (Thwaites). Aganosma elegans, G. Don l.c.; A. DC. Prodr. vii. 433; 
‘ight Ic. t. 1804; Thwaites Enum. 194. A. Doniana, Wight Ic. t. 1306 (a small- 
flowered form); Dalz d Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 146. Echites elegans, Wall. Cat. 1656. 
E. bracteata, Herb. Heyne in Wall. Cat. under 1656.—Deccan Peninsula and Ceylon. 
DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 
A. LÆVIGATA, Grah. Cat. Bomb. Pl. 113 (Rheede Hort. Mal, ix. t. 9); without 
description. S. Conean. Is probably Parsonsia. 
34. EPIGYNUM, Wight. 
Climbing shrubs. Leaves opposite, nerves distant, arching. Flowers hoary, . 
in dense subcapitate corymbose or open paniculate cymes. Calyx small, 5-fid, 
lobes acute. Corolla salver-shaped, tube long, throat villous; lobes overlapping 
to the right, twisted to the left, or nearly erect. Stamens below the middle of 
the tube; anthers sagittate, acuminate, conniving around and hardly adhering ` 
to the stigma, cells spurred at the base. Disc lining the calyx-tube, fleshy, 
D-lobed. Carpels 2, distinct, many-ovuled, dorsally adnate to the disc and sur- 
mounted by its 5 connivent lobes; style long or short, top obovate or cupular,. 
