Echites. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. ll 
the corol immediately above the stamina ; each divided in- 
to two long, filiform, cdloured segments. Filaments short, 
inserted on the contracted base of the tube of the corot. 
Anthers cordate, incurved in form ofa dome over the stig- 
ma, Germs two, one-celled, each containing many ovula 
attached to a large projecting fleshy receptacle on the in- 
‘side. Style at the base double and coalescing into one 
body near the top. Stigma single, large, globular, with 
the vertex two-toothed, and five glands round the side, 
which are firmly attached to the inside of the five anthers 
near their base, between these are five dark-coloured, 
spoon-shaped scales, which become detached by age. 
Follicles horizontal, three sided, with the angles sharp ; 
tapering toa long, incurved, rather obtuse beak, 
ECHITES. ‘4 
[By some accident the Gikesin Character of Echites, wat the 
description of the three first species, viz: Antidysenterica, Tincto- 
ria, and Scholaris are wanting in my copy of Dr. Roxburgh’s work; 
The two first of these are now removed to Wrightea, and the last 
to Alstonia. It is thought better to print the genus as it stands 
with this deficiency, than to insert a generic character of the ge- 
nus, and a description of the three species which would not be Dr. 
Roxburgh’s. W. Carey.] “ 
=: z. caryophyllata, R. Ef ok q r 
ee ag. Leaves ovate-cordate, pointed. Cymes termi- 
5 Tube gibbous at top. Nectary ile ma oat 
Segments of the corol, triangular. ; a 
Sans. Malati. See. Asiat. Res.ivy. 246. — 
Kemetti valli. Rheed. mal. ix. t. 135. 
Compare with E. costata Willd. 
This is a large twining shrub, a native of moantata? 
ous tracts only. It flowers during the wet season : the 
. flowers are delightfully fragrant, partaking much of the 
smell of cloves. Stem woody, tyiining, as thick as aman’s 
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