662 xciv. APOCTNACEj). (J. D. Hooker.) [Chonemorpha. 



Branches glabrous, puberulous, or pubescent, soft, stout. Leaves 6-18 by 5- 18 in.,, 

 ovate elliptic obovate or orbicular, acute or cuspidate, base acule rounded or cordate, 

 glabrous pubescent or tomentose beneath; nerves 10-12 pairs; petiole -2 in., stout 

 or slender. Cymes on long or short stout pedicels ; bracts ovate, acute. Calyx - 

 in., coriaceous, terete, base truncate ; lobes rounded or subacute. Corolla white, 

 2-3 in. diam., lobes ^- in. diam. ; mouth glabrous, throat with 5 villous bands 

 within. Stamens % in. Follicles 12-18 by f-1 in. Seeds f in. 



2. C. Griffith!!, Hook.f.\ calyx 6-partite. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA and KHASTA Mrs., alt. 2-4000 ft., Griffith, &c. 



Branches often hispid. Leaves smaller than in C. macrophylla. Flowers quite as 

 large, but differing so much in the calyx as to suggest its belonging to a different genus. 

 Fruit unknown. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



C. MALABARICA, G. Don Gen, Syst. iv. 76 (excl. syn. E. Pala). Echites malabarica, 

 Lamk. Diet. ii. 342 ; A. DC. Prodr. viii. 477. Pal. Valer, Eheede Hort. Mai. ix. 1. 12. 



C. TESTITA, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 76. Echites vestita, Eoem $ Sch. iv. 394 ; 

 A. DC. Prodr. viii. 477. E. tomentosa, Roth Nov. Sp. 137, non Vahl. This is possibly 

 Wrightia tomentosa. 



31. ECBYS ANTHERA, Hook, et Am. 



Climbing glabrous shrubs. Leaves opposite, acuminate, nerves distant. 

 Flowers minute, in terminal trichotomous panicled cymes. Calyx small, 5- 

 partite, glandular or not within. Corolla suburceolate, throat naked, lobes very 

 short, obtuse, overlapping to the right. Stamens at the base of the corolla ; 

 anthers sagittate, conniving over and adhering to the stigma, cells spurred at 

 the base. Disc annular. Carpels 2, distinct, longer than the disc, many-ovuled, 

 hairy ; style short, top large cupular, stigma obpyriform. Follicles spreading, 

 terete, acuminate. Seeds few, oblong or linear, compresssd, tip narrowed with 

 a .long coma and a short persistent ring of hairs, albumen scanty ; cotyledons 

 thin, radicle short superior. DISTKIB. Species 4 or 5, Malayan and Chinese. 



XS. micrantha, A. DC. Prodr. viii. 442 ; leaves glabrous ovate- lanceolate 

 obtusely acuminate, nerves 3-5 pairs, cymes long-peduncled glabrous or puberu- 

 lous. E. brachiata, A. DC. Prodr. viii. 443; Kurz For. FL ii. 189. Echites 

 ? micrantha and brachiata, Wall. Cat. 1667, 1668. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA (alt. 3-5000 ft.), ASSAM, SILHET, KHASIA MTS. (alt. 2-4000 ft.), 

 CACHAR, AVA HILLS, Kurz. 



A very tall climber ; branches slender, pendulous, pustular, ultimate sometimes 

 puberulous. Leaves 2-7 by 1-2 in., thinly coriaceous; nerves very oblique, slender; 

 petiole ;j- in. Cymes brachiate ; bracts minute ; flowers ^ to ^ in. long; pedicels slender 

 or short. Calyx not half the length of the corolla, segments ovate. Corolla glabrous 

 within and without, lobes falcate, spreading. Anthers obtuse. Follicles 3-4 in., f in. 

 broad near the base, horizontal, slightly incurved, narrowed from above the base to 

 the point, thickly coriaceous with a shining crustaceous endocarp. Seeds f in. long, 

 elliptic-lanceolate, compressed, pubescent, bearded at the constricted tip, coma three 

 times as long. 



32. BAISSEA, A. DC. 



Climbing shrubs. Leaves opposite ; nerves distant, straight. Flowers small, 

 in dense or lax axillary or terminal panicled or corymbose cymes. Calyx small, 

 6-partite, glandular or not within ; segments obtuse. Corolla salver-shape'd, 

 lobes overlapping to the right, not twisted (in the Indian species). Stamens 

 below the middle of the corolla ; anthers sagittate, conniving over the stigma 

 and adhering to it, cells shortly spurred at the base. Disc cup-shaped. Carpels 

 2, distinct, sunk in the disc, many-ovuled ; style short, top cup-shaped, stigma 



