664 xciv. APOCYNACE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Aganosma* 



211. E. apoxys, Voigt Hort. Sub. Calc. 522. ?E. cristata, Roth Nov. PI 135. 

 ? Chonemorpha cristata, G. Don I. c. 76. 



From SILHET and CHITTAGONG to MALACCA and SINGAPORE. DISTBIB. Java, 

 Sumatra, Philippine Islds. 



A stout scandent or subscandent shrub. Leaves 2-4 by f-l^ in., coriaceous, hard,, 

 polished above, dark brown when dry ; petiole \ in. Cymes chiefly axillary ; peduncle 

 slender, 1-2 in. ; bracts deciduous ; flowers white. Corolla-tube %-$ in., slender ; 

 lobes twice as long, mouth glabrous, throat not dilated. Ovary glabrous. Follicles 

 6-18 by ^ in., straight or flexuous, cylindric. Seeds linear-oblong. 



SECT. II. DXeiadenia, A. D.C. Calyx large; lobes long, ovate or lan- 

 ceolate. Ovary wholly included in the tubular 5-lobed disc. 



2. A. caryopliyllata, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 77 ; leaves ovate or elliptic 

 acute obtuse or acuminate glabrous or tornentose beneath, nerves 3 pairs very 

 oblique, cymes lax pubescent, sepals linear-lanceolate glandular within, corolla- 

 lobes obliquely orbicular, ovary hairy at the tip, follicles 3-5 in. A. DC. Prodr. 

 viii. 432 ; Dalz. 8f Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 113; A. Blumei, Wight Ic. t. 1305, not of 

 A. DC. Echites caryophyllata, Wall Cat. 1651; Bot. Mag. t. 1919. ?E. 

 Heynei, Spreng. Syst. i. 632. E. dichotoma, Roth Nov. PL 136. Chonemorpha 

 dichotoma, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 76 ; A. DC. I. c. 477. 



LOWER BENGAL ; Monghir, Hamilton ; common on rocks at Kisikund, Wallich. 

 DECCAN PENINSULA, Heyne, &c. 



A large climber, stem very stout, shoots pubescent. Leaves 4-5 by 2-2^- in., 

 coriaceous, base rounded acute or subcordate, nerves strong beneath and all running 

 towards the point ; petiole ^- in. Cymes terminal, lax, white-tomentose ; pedicels 

 shorter than the calyx-lobes, which are hoary without. Corolla-tube and throat both 

 cylindric, subequal ; limb \\ in. diam. Ovary pubescent ; style slender, top urceo- 

 late, stigma columnar, to the tip of which the anthers are attached. Follicles stout, 

 nearly in. diam., pericarp thickly coriaceous. Seeds (unripe) ovate-oblong, in. 

 long, flat. I have retained Eoxburgh's specific name for this plant, because it is that 

 of his Herbarium, of Rottler's Herbarium, of the Botanical Magazine, of the Calcutta 

 Botanic Gardens, and of DeCandolle'sProdromus ; but it is not the Echites caryophyllata 

 of Koxburgh's Flora, which is A. calycina, and is described as having subglobular 

 cymes ; nor of his drawing, repeated by Wight (Ic. t. 440), which agrees with his 

 description and represents the leaves as having many spreading veins and ovate acute 

 corolla-lobes and glabrous ovary. Nor have I quoted Eheede's figure (vii. t. 55) 

 which is referred to as E. caryophyllata in the Botanical Magazine. ; nor Eheede's 

 " Kemetti Valli " (ix. t. 14. not 135 as quoted by Eoxburgh), which Eoxburgh. cites 

 for his caryophyllata, as neither of these is a good representation of this or any other 

 plant, and they both differ totally from Eoxburgh's and the Bot. Mag. figure and 

 description. Though evidently a commonly (cultivated?) plant in India, its only 

 presumably native habitat is the Monghir one given above ; its few red nerves and 

 rounded corolla -lobes at once distinguish it from its congeners. 



3. A. gracilis, Hook. /. ; "branches very slender, leaves elliptic oblong 

 acuminate membranous glabrous, nerves 8-10 pairs, very slender arching, cyme 

 terminal corymbose glabrate, peduncles and pedicels long slender, sepals 1 in. 

 hoary eglandular, corolla-tube f in., lobes 1^ in. obliquely oblanceolate. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 2-4000 ft.; J. D. H. KHASIA MTS., alt. 1-3000 ft.; Lobb. 



A-very beautiful and distinct species, at once distinguishable by the slender stem 

 and branches, membranous leaves, few-flowered spreading glabrous cymes, very long 

 sepals, and long narrow calyx-lobes. 



4. A. calycina, A. DC. Prodr. viii. 432 ; branches stout, leaves elliptic 

 or oblong-lanceolate acuminate .glabrous, nerves 7-10 pairs arching slender, 

 cymes terminal lax densely rusty-tomentose, peduncle and pedicels stout, sepals 



