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Sect. I. SEMINA COMOSA. 



A. Coma ad extremitatem umbilicalem {superior ein) seminis. 



ECHITES. [Brown. Echitides pleraq. Jacq. 



Echitidis species, Linn. 



Char. Corolla hypocrateriformis, fauce tuboque esqua- 

 raatis. Laciniis limbi 5partiti insequilateris. 



Stamina inclusa. Anthera sagittatse, medio stigmati 

 cohserentes, lobis posticis polline vacuis. 



Ovaria 2. Stylus 1, filiformis. 



Squama 5 hypogynse. 



Folliculi graciles. 



Habitus. Frutices volubiles. Folia opposita, ciliis inter- 

 petiolaribus glandulosis. Pedunculi interpetiolares, multi- 

 flori. Flores utplurimum speciosi, albi, lutei et purpurei. 



Patria. America Meridionalis. 



Obs. Of Echites I have only examined E. umbellata, the 

 original species when the species was established by Brown 

 eo] in his " History of Jamaica ;" biflora, circinalis, and 

 DomingPMsis : but, from the descriptions and figures of 

 authors, especially of Jacquin, Swartz, and the authors 

 of the " Flora Peruviana," I without hesitation refer to it 

 the following species : E. suberecta Jacq. repens Jacq. 

 agglutinata Jacq. asperuginis Swartz, torulosa Jacq. acu- 

 minata Fl. Peruv. laxa Fl. Peruv. hirsuta Fl. Peruv. 

 E. quinquangularis, Jacq. and annularis, Linn. Suppl. are 

 probably not genuine species, on account of the prominent 



