APOCYNACEAE. 475 



LXXXYIII. (3418. ECDYSAXTHERA Hook. et Arn. 

 (Alpfc DC. Prodr. VIII. 442. 

 E. BCANDENS Hsskrl. = ANODENDBON INFLATUM. 



LXXXIX. AXODEXDROX Alph. DC. 



(Alph. DC. Prodr. VIII. 443.) 

 1. A. INFLATUM Hsskrl. Flora (B. Z.) XXVHI. 269. f — Frutex alte scandcns: ramis 

 foliisquc glaberrimis lucidis; foliis subcoriaceis oblongis vel elliptico-oblongis imoque 

 lanceolatis, utrinque atlenuatis, margine cartilagineis unduialo-repandis; paniculis termi- 

 nalibus raris multitloris. 6 r\ — Frutex succo aqueo copioso repletus, desiccatione ni- 

 grescens, rami leretes glaberrimi, ad inserlionem foliorum tumido-nodosi, inlernodia 

 3— 4-pollicaria, summo apice comprcssiuscula sanguinea, folia opposita, pctioli 4—10 lin. 

 longi, glaberrima coriacea, utrinque lucida penninervia 9— 12-pollicaria, 2'/,— 3y ; , poll. 

 lata, panicula terminalis 6— 8-pollicaris aequalis patentissima oblongo-ovoidea multiflora, 

 corollae lubus croceus nunc gilvus, laciniae vineae tubi longitudine. — Ecdysqnthera 

 scandens Hsskrl. Cat. pl. hort. Bogor. 309. — Crescit in insula Java. 



XC. CHAVAXXESIA Alph. DC. 

 (Alph. DC. Prodr. VIII. 444.) 



XCL ROBBIA Alph. DC. 



(Alph. DC. Prodr. VIII. 444.) 

 1. *R. CESTROIDES Alph. DC. 1. c. 445. no. 1. - Deless. Icon. select. pl. V. 23. I. 52. 



XCIL SECOXDATIA Alph. DC. 

 (Alph. DC. Prodr. VIII. 445.) 

 1. S. PERUVIANA Poepp. et Endl. Nov. gener. et spec. pl. Cuil. III. 71. f t, 281. — Foliis 

 ellipticis acuminatis, basi obtusis, subtus reticulatis; cymis axillaribus quam folia bre- 

 vioribus trifidis; corolla squamulosa villosa; ovario nectarium quinquedentatum parum 

 excedente; folliculis ovalibus. 5^/ — Frutex altissime scandens saepeque cx arborum 

 cacumine dependens, caules lignosi 3—4 poll. crassi, rami numerosissimi opposili longis- 

 simi, ramuli fere volubiles ulnares, superne compressi, folia opposila sesquilineam vel 

 2 poll. dissita, elliptica vel ovato-elliptica acuta, levissime undulata membranacea nitida, 

 subtus glauca, circiter quadripollicaria, pollicibus duobus paullo angustiora, petioli 5 lin. 

 longi semiteretes, ciliae interpetiolares subcarnosae 3— 4-nae, cyma patulo-erecta, pedun- 

 culus petiolo longior, apice bibracteatus trifidus ramulique angulosi, flores parvi candidi 

 suaveolenles copiosissimi. — Crescil in Pernviae subandinae sylvis montosis ad Cuchero. 



XCIII. RHEITROPHYLLOI Hsskrl. 



(Hsskrl. Catal. pl. hort. Bogor. 123.) 

 Calyx quinquepartitus, laciniis subulatis. Corolla infundibuliformis, limbo 

 brevi, laciniis inaequilateris. Filamenta brevia, tubo corollae adnata vix apice 

 libera , antherae oblongae, basi emarginatae, apice obtusae erectae Iiberae 

 biloculares. Ovarium biloculare; stylo subnullo, stigmate subincrassato. Fol- 

 liculi biloculares elongati filiformes Ionge acuminati , carpopodio longo suf- 

 fulti ; semina oblonga in extremitate filo longissimo tenuissimo praedita (nec 

 comosa). — Fruticulus Javanicus radicans parasiticus. 



1. R. SUBVERTICILLATUM Hsskrl. 1. c. — Foliis oppositis sub-4-ternis liheari-oblongis, 

 supra canaliculato-convolutis glabris; floribus v iridiusculis solitariis axillaribus breviter 

 pedunculalis; fructibus pcdunculatis et intra calycem persislenlem stipitalis. — Crescit 

 in insula Java. 



XCIV. (3409.) ECHITES P. Br. 



(Alph. DC. Piodr. VIII. 446. 

 1. E. (EuecMtes) BREVIPES Blh. Plant. Hartw. j>. 216. no. 1195. — Ramulis glabris vel 

 apice minute tomcntellis; foliis brcviter petiolatis ovali-oblongis acuminatis, basi obtusis 



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