246 ON THE APOCINE.E. 



Lignum scholare, Humph, amb. :2, p. 246, t. 82, quoad 

 descriptionem, sed figura potius sequentis. 



Ecliites scholaris, Linn. mant. 53. 



Hab. In India Orientali et in Insulis Moluccanis. (v. s. 

 in Herb. Banks.) 



2. A. spectab ills, foliis quaternis elliptico-oblongis sub- 

 T7j acuminatis costatis : margine simplicibus, cymis pedun- 

 culatis folio brevioribus, corolla limbo barbato, folliculis 

 longissimis. 



Hab. In Insula Timor prope Coepang, cum noribus 

 fructibusque Aprili 1803 observavi. 



Obs. Praecedenti quam maxime affinis, sed revera dis- 

 tincta, nee male ab icone cit. Rumphii repraesentata ; de- 

 scriptio autem A. scholari melius convenit. 



3. A. venenata, foliis quaternis oblongo-lanceolatis 

 acuminatis basi attenuatis, cymis dichotomis, corollas tubo 

 sursum ampliato ; limbo imberbi acuto, folliculis utrinque 

 attenuatis folium vix aequantibus. 



Hab. In India Orientali, Gul. Roxburgh, M.D. (v. s. in 

 Herb. Banks.) 



4. A. costata, foliis oppositis elliptico-oblongis acuminatis 

 costatis, cymis effusis, limbi laciniis imberbibus lanceolatis 

 tubo longioribus, folliculis longissimis. 



Echites costata, For st. prod. n. 123. 



Hab. In Insulis Otaheite et Ulaietea, inter juga montium 

 (insularibus Attahe nuncupata). Josephus Banks, Ba- 

 ronettus. (v. s. in Herb. Banks.) 



Obs. Kanietti-valli, Rheed. mal. 9, p. 23, t. 14, which is 

 given in Willdenow's sp. pi. \,p. 1240, as a synonyme of 

 this plant, differs in the shortness of the folliculi, and in 

 78] having winged and naked seeds. Blieede also describes 

 his plant as being a climber. The seeds of the Otaheite 

 plant, which forms a moderate- sized tree, are distinctly 



