138 ApOCynacecS. \Chonemorpha.. 



A slender shrub, 3-5 ft., with few erect branches, young 

 parts glabrous; 1. 2-4 in., oval or lanceolate, generally acute 

 at base, shortly acuminate, glabrous, obtuse, rather thick, 

 venation reticulate, petiole very short ; fl. rather large, on 

 longish pcd., few, cymes shortly stalked, erect, glabrous; cal.- 

 segm. oval-oblong, obtuse, slightly ciliate; cor. i^-if in. diam.,. 

 tube long, |- in., slender, glabrous, lobes obovate-oval, obtuse, 

 coronal scales 30 in 4 rows, outermost row of 5 longest, adnate 

 to cor.-lobesand deeply 3-fid, second row of 5 shorter, alt. with 

 cor.-lobes, 3-fid, third row of 10 (in pairs) short, erect, opp. 

 pet., innermost row of 10 (in pairs) very short, erect, acicular 

 opp. stam. ; ripe carp, distinct, except at the points, 4-6 in., 

 linear, cylindrical, glabrous, seed | in., coma | in., white. 



Moist low country in open ground, especially near the sea, very com- 

 mon. FI. all the year ; brilliant white. 



Endemic. 



This is an extremely common little shrub about Colombo, and the 

 flowers are much used in bouquets. The flowers vary in size, and hence 

 Burman fi|,^ured this twice; the smaller-flowered form (t. 12, f. 2) is that 

 to which tlie name A^. seylanicuTn, L., belongs, Hermann's specimen, 

 being the larger-flowered form, the type of A^. atitidysentericuin, L., 

 figured in Burm. t. 77. Brown continued to maintain the two species, 

 though expressing a doubt as to their distinctness. The bark and wood 

 are used for external application. 



15. CHONSmORPKA, G. Don. 



A twining shrub, 1. opp., fl. very large, in terminal race- 

 mose cymes; cal. campanulate, segm. 5, deep, oval, imbricate;; 

 cor.-tube cylindrical, inflated near base, lobes much longer,, 

 obovate-truncate, much overlapping to right; stam. 5, inserted 

 in inflated base of cor.-tube, fil. short, anth. connivent in a 

 cone, not exserted, adnate to stigma; disk of 5 small glands;. 

 carp, distinct, stigma oblong, pointed ; ripe carp, distinct, 

 linear, trigonous ; seeds ovoid, compressed, coma long, endo- 

 sperm very scanty. — Sp. 2 ; I in Fl. B. Ind. 



C. macropbylla, G. Don., Gen. Hist. iv. 76 (1838). Bu-wal- 

 angruna, S. (Moon). 



Echiles fragrans. Moon Cat. 20. Thw. Enum. 194. C. P. 661. 

 Fl. B. Ind.'iii. 661. Wight, Ic. t. 432. 



A large woody twiner, branchlets stout, hairy; I. large,. 

 5-12 in., broadly oval, cordate at base, very shortly and 

 suddenly acuminate, shortly hairy above, densely silky- 

 pubescent beneath, petiole 4 in., densely pubescent; fl. very 

 large, on stout pubescent ped. 3-10 in., cymes erect, bracts. 



