342 APOCYNACn.lC. (docham; KAMILV.) 



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 iml, l()ng-|ioilmicl('(i, cotniii'Hily i-xcci-ilinf^ tlic leaves, lixisetlnwerc'd ; calvx 

 lolii's ovate ; lolies of llic wliite or pale rose-eoloreij eomlla s|irea(liiif^ or revo- 

 lute. — Hicii soil, North Carolina, and northward. June-July. — Sleiu 2°-3° 

 hif^h. Corolla twiee as largo as in No. 1. 



2. ECHITES, 1'. Hrowne. 



Calvx 5-])arted, with 3-5 glands at the base within. Corolla salver- or 

 funnel sliajted, 5-lolied ; the tulie dilated al)ovo the in.scrtion of the stamens. 

 Filaments very short: anthers sagittate, hearing the pollen, and adhering to 

 the stigma in the middle. Nectary of 5 distinct or partly tuiited glands. 

 Style simple : stigma thick, with a spreading membranous ajipeudage at the 

 base. Follicles long and slender. Seeds linear-oblong, comose or jdumose. 

 — Mostly woody vines, with opposite leaves, and cymose axillary and ter- 

 minal flowers. 



1. £j. umbellata, Jacij. Smooth; stem twining; leaves distant, oval, 

 mucrouate, slightly cordate; [)eduncles 3-7-flowered; caly.x lobes ovate, 

 acuminate; corolla cylindrical, ))ube.scent within; anthers awnle.ss; stamens 

 inserted near the middle of the tube ; follicles divaricate. — Sonth Florida. — 

 Leaves li' - 2' long, recurved and folded. Flowers white, 2' long. 



2. E. Andrewsii, Chapm. Smooth; stem low, erect or twining; leaves 

 apjiroximate, oval or oblong, the margins revolute; peduncles 3 - 5-tlowered ; 

 calyx lobes lanceolate-subulate ; corolla bell-sliaped ; anthers awned ; glands 

 of the nectary 5, rounded, as long as the ovaries ; follicles incurved. (E. sub- 

 erecta, ^1h</c.) — Sandy shores, South Florida. — Stem l°-2° high. Leaves 

 IV - 2' long. Corolla 2' long, yellow. 



3. E. paludosa, ^'alll. Smooth, twining or floating, leaves oblong or 

 lanceolate, thick, short-petioled ; peduncles as long as the leaves, 1 -3-flowered ; 

 calyx lobes oblong, acute ; corolla 2' long, funnel-shaped, white ; follicles fusi- 

 form ; seeds linear, plumose. — Muddy islets of the Caloosa River, South 

 Florida. Oct. — Stem long. Leaves 3' - 4' long. 



4. E. Sagraei, A. DC. Smooth, erect, very leafy ; leaves from oval to 

 linear-lanceolate, acute, rigid, the margins revolute; peduncles much longer 

 than the leaves, racemosely several-flowered, the long ]jedicels single or by 

 ])airs ; calyx lobes acuminate ; corolla yellow, l)ell-shai)ed, with spreading 

 lobes ; anthers (obtuse ; seeds plumose. — Rocky jdaces, Miami, South Florida 

 (Garher). — Stem 1° high. Leaves and corolla 1' long. 



5. E. difformis, Walt. Leaves ovate-lanceolate to linear, acuminate, 

 narrowed itito a petiole, smooth, or, like the branchlets, pubescent when 

 young; cymes spreading, as long as the leaves; flowers greenish. (Tra- 

 chelospermum, Grnfi. For.^teronia, A. DC ] — River banks, Florida to North 

 Carolina. May - August. — Stem twining, 10° - 15° high. Leaves 2'-3' long. 

 Corolla 4" long. Follicles linear, 6'- 9' long. 



3. AMSOISTIA, Walt. 



Calyx small, .'i-parted. Corolla fnnnel-form, 5-lobed, boarded within. Sta- 

 mens inserted above the middle of tlie tube : anthers oblong, obtuse. Stigma 



