EcftituJe(B,] CVI. APOCYNACE^, 72^ 



loculis basi in appendicular s<Tpiiis brevea adnatas obtnsasque productis. Discus 6-lobua 

 V, 5-sqiiamatiis. Ovarii carpella 2^ distincta ; stylus filiformis ; atigma craasunij ssepius 

 5-co3tatum, basi in membranam roflcxam 5-lobam v, 5-cuspidataiiidiIatatum, apiculobrevi 

 snbintcgro ; ovula in quoque cari>ello numerosa. Folliculi erccti subrectique v. parum 

 divergentes incnrvi et apice din cohrerentes, teretes v, angulatij tennes v. diu'i, continui 

 v< tgjrijlosir Semina linearia v. oblonga, apice truncata v. breviter contracta vix tameu 

 rostrata, coma decidua v. subpersistento coronata, — Frutioes alte scandentes. Folia 

 opposita, penniveniaj venis primariia nunc disaitis venulia reticulatisj nunc rarixia ap- 

 proximatis tranaversis parallelisque. Racemi semper simplices, saepius unilaterales, laxi 

 densi V. ad flores 2-3 reducti, Flores siepiua am^jlij flavi albi v, rarius vi<jlacei. 



Species ad 45, Aniericic tropicse imprimis oricntalis incola^ usque ad Indlam occidentalem et 

 Mexicum extensre. A* DC* Prod, \\n, 458 {Eckitis sp, coroUis infuTidibularibus), Muell. Arg. in 

 Linnma, sxx. 417 et seq, (excb A. microcalyce speciebuaquo paucis aliis ad fc/uto;* referendis). Buiz 

 €t Pai\ FL Per, et Chit t 134, h (Echites). Sot Mag, t. 3797- Fl. d-\'^ Serres, t 3^0, 



IVIiiell. Arg. A^Myaniheram ab Echite distinxit antheris basi obtnsis et inflorcsccntia racemosa 

 nee bostrycina (simplici nee bifida), sed character ex anthcris uimis artificiaUs .et Ht^^ de^pecie in 

 speciem variare videtur, uti monuit Grisebach, et inflorescentia, etsi in Mandevilla constanter Bim- 

 plicem yidimiis, in pluribus speciebus Echitis (ag, E. varia) variat simplex v, bifida. Si genera 

 revera distiognenda, nee pro sectionibus habf^nda^ corollre forma cbaractcrcm me-liorem pnebere vide- 

 tiir, Non patet cur MuelL Arg, nomeu Lindleyanum neglexit et novum proposiiit, 



Heierothriv Vti'ihenrckiiy 3IueIL Arg. in v- Heurck. PI. Nov. 164, et Echites siibcarnosa^ Benth,, 

 utraque ad MandeviUam referenda, distinguunturfolioTum venis primariistenmbns'transvorsis paml- 

 lelis, in priore creberrimis, in posteriore paucioribus. ■ -^ 



100, Rhabdadenia, MuclL -Arg, in Mart. Fh Bras. vi. 1*13^ L 52, ei iti Linncea, xXx. 

 J55-, — Calyx 5-partitus, basi intua eglandulosus v, glandulis paucis niinutis instructxis, 

 lobis obtusiusculis. Corolla infundibularisj tubo Qy}xt^div,ceo , fauQe hmgc campj-ivul^ta 

 eaquamata intus basi pilosa ; lobi 5, lati, contorti, dextrorsum obteg<>nies, parum totti. 

 Stamina summo tube affixa, fauce inclusa, filamentis brevissimia ; antherre oblongjB, ob- 

 tus3e V. penicillat£e, circa stigma conniventea et ei i^edio adhserentes, loculia basi in appen- 

 dicnlas breves adnatas obtusas productis. Disci squanire 5, Ovarii carpella 2, distincta ; 

 stylus filiformis ; stigma crassnm, basi in membranam reflexam dilatatum ; ovula in 

 quoque carpello numerosa, Folliculi teretes, lineari-subfuaifornies, erccti v. vix diver- 

 gentes, Semina lincaria, utrinque attenuata, apice coma terminata, comeepilis secus axin 

 longum plumosis ; albumen "tenue ; embryo teres, radicula longiuscula, — SufFmtices v. 

 frutices volubilea v. suberecti, glabri. Folia opposita, pennivenia, Racemi simplices, 

 sajpius pauciflori, rarius hinc inde 2-fidi. Flores saepius amj^li, rnbri (v- flai'i ?), 



Species ad 7, Americse tropica^ incolEc. Jacq, Stlrii. Amer, t. 21 {Echites). 

 S. Wrightiana, Muell, Arg», e Cuba, ad Mandevillam referenda est, 



101. Hrecliites, MuelL Arg. in Bot. Zeit 1800^ 22, et in LinncBcij xxx. 440. — Calyx 5- 

 partitna, basi intus co-glanduloaus, lobis angustia. Corolla infundibularis, tube brevi 

 cylindraceo, fauce longe tubuloso-campanulata esquamata ; lobi 5, lati, contorti, dextror- 

 sum obtegentes, sinistrt^rsum tortL Stamina summo tuboaftixa, fauce inclusa, filamentis 

 brevissimis ; antherre RagittatJCj apice ligulis longis lineari-filiformibns subtortis appendi- 

 culatse, circa stigma conniventes et ei medio adhterentes, loculis basi in appendiculas 

 acutas prodiictis. Discus cupulatus, 5-lobu3 v. subinteger. Ovarii carpella 2^ distincta ; 

 stylus filiformis ; stigma crassuni, basi in membranam reflexam dilatatum; ovrda in quoque 

 carpello numerosa. Folliculi teretes, lineari-subfusiformes, recti v, parum divergentes. 

 Semina linearia, utrinque attenuata et apice in rostrum longimi tenue producta, coma 

 terminata, comae pilis secus axin filiformem elongatnm plumosis. — SufFmtices proatrati 

 y, volubiles, glabri v. puberuli. Folia opposita, pennivenia, Racemi simpliceji, surplus 

 paucifluri, v, ad flores 2 redncti. Flores s^piua ampli. 



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