286 SOUTH AMERICAN BOTANY. 
698. (1) Echites grandiflora, Desf. Mem. du Mus. v. v. 
p. 275. t. 20.— The segments of the corolla are equilateral, 
in which respect and in the remarkably long tube this 
plant differs from most species of the Genus. Our 
specimens exhibit two remarkable varieties, in relation to 
which the plant of Desfontaines is exactly intermediate :—«. 
major; folis late ovato-cordatis 11 unciam longis unciam 
latis, corolla dense lanata. Gravelly soil, La Goa de los 
Patos, and near Portalagre, in rocky mountainous places, 
Tweedie, (n. 214.)—8. minor; folis oblongis vix unciam 
longis 2—3 lineas latis, corolla minus lanata. ^ Echites 
Lambertiana, Gill. MSS.—Near Rio Quarto, province of 
Cordova, Dr. Gillies. Coast of La Goa, Rio Uraguay and 
Portalagre, T'weedie, (n. 213.) —Pods a span long, torulose, 
downy. : 
699. (2) Echites coccinea (Hook. & Arn.) ; erecta? radice 
tuberosa, foliis ellipticis glaberrimis basi obtusis apice acutis, 
pedunculo terminali, floribus corymbosis, pedicellis bracteatis, 
calycis laciniis profundis subulatis tubo corollæ duplo brevi- 
oribus, folliculis linearibus glabris.—Rocky places on the 
banks of the river Jacquy, S. Brazil, Tweedie, (n. 191.)—8. 
foliis latioribus subrotundo-ellipticis, floribus pallidioribus. 
(with n. 791.)—' The flowers of this are about the size of 
those of the Neriwm Oleander, and of a rich scarlet colour, 
visible at a great distance. The roots, Mr. Tweedie observes, 
bear 5 or 6 black tubers resembling potatoes. 
700. (3) Echites pubescens, Hook. & Arn. in Bot. of Beech. 
Voy. v. i. p. 34.— Conception, Lay and Collie. Woods near — 
Valdivia, frequent, Bridges, (n. 601.)—In Valdivia it is called 
by the name of * Boqui," a term applied to all climbers. 
The follicles are more than a span long, thicker than a goose- 
quill, torulose, and clothed with rusty down ; sometimes 3 
arise from the same calyx. ME 
"01. (4) Echites? ovalifolia (Hook. & Arn.) ; volubilis, 
foliis ovalibus subcoriaceis obtusis  brevi-petiolatis Supra 
glabris subtus pubescentibus venisque fuscis elevatis reticulatis, 
folliculis (biuncialibus) linearibus obtusissimis ferrugineo-pub- 
