Aganosma.'] xciv. APOCYNACE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) 665- 



-1 in. eglandular, corolla-tube in., lobes ovate acute, ovary glabrous. Kurz 

 or. Fl. ii. 186. A. Roxburgh!!, O. Don ex Wight Ic. t. 440. A. Wallichii, 

 G. Don Gen, Syst. iy. 77. Echites calycina, Wall. Cat. 1653. E. caryophyllata, 

 Roxburgh Fl. Ind. ii. 11 (and drawings copied by Wight, t. 440). 



TAVOT ; Gomez, Kurz. 



Branches pubescent. Leaves 3-4 in., coriaceous ; petiole in. Cymes many-fld., 

 tomentose. Sepals very narrow, rusty tomentose. Corolla-tube hoary, slender, cylindric, 

 base hardly dilated, narrowed upwards to the mouth, villous within. Ovary quite 

 glabrous ; style elongate-clavate, truncate, stigma columnar. Fruit unknown. I have 

 under A. caryophyllata stated my reasons for retaining that name for the plant of 

 Koxburgh's Herbarium, and thus avoiding an involved synonymy and the necessity 

 of giving it a new name. 



5. A. cymosa, G. Don Gen Syst. iv. 77 ; glabrous or shoots and leaves 

 beneath softly tomentose, leaves elliptic-oblong or oblong-lanceolate acute or 

 finely acuminate, nerves 5-7 pairs, cymes dense rounded densely tomentose, 

 sepals $-$ in., corolla-tube -^ in., lobes - in. ovate acuminate, ovary hirsute. 



SILHET ; Roxburgh, &c. DECCAN PENINSULA ; common from Bombay to Tra van- 

 core, Heyne, &c. 



A stout rambling climber, very variable in size and habit, of which I am unable 

 to distinguish the following forms specifically. 



VAK. 1. cymosa proper; shoots tawny-tomentose, leaves 4-5 by 2-2 in. elliptic- 

 or oblong abruptly acuminate glabrous or sparsely hairy above, pubescent or tomentose 

 beneath, nerves 7-9 pairs, sepals ^ in., corolla-lobes in. long. A cymosa, G. Don 

 I.e. ; A. DC. Prodr. viii. 433. Echites cymosa, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 16; Wight Ic. t. 

 395; Wall. Cat. 1654, in part. Silhet. 



VAK. 2. lanceolata ; shoots tawny tomentose, leaves 4-5J by l-l in. oblong lan- 

 ceolate finely acuminate margins and midrib beneath sparsely hairy, nerves 7-9 pairs, 

 sepals ^ in., corolla-lobes ^ in. broad, follicles 3 by 3 in. sessile linear-falcate, seeds 

 ovate-lanceolate glabrous. Echites cymosa, Wall. 'Cat. 1654, in part (specimens from 

 Calcutta Botanic Gardens). 



VAK. 3. conferta; shoots puberulous or hoary, leaves 2-3 by 1J-2 in. elliptic- 

 oblong acute obtuse, or apiculate rarely acuminate, quite glabrous on both surfaces, 

 nerves 3-4 pairs, flowers as in var. 2. Echites conferta, Wall. Cat. 1655. Deccan 

 Peninsula, Herb. Heyne. 



VAR. 4. elegans; shoots puberulous or glabrate, leaves l-2 by f-l acute 

 obtuse or acuminate, nerves 3-5 pairs, sepals \-^ in., corolla-lobes fc-$ in., " follicles 

 5-9 by in., terete, hairy at length glabrate, seeds linear-oblong shortly beaked 

 glabrous" (Thwaites}. Aganosma elegans, G. Don I.e.; A. DC. Prodr. viii. 433; 

 Wight Ic. t. 1304; Thwaites Enum. 194. .A. Doniana, Wight Ic. t. 1306 (a small- 

 flowered form) ; Dalz $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 146. Echites elegans, Wall. Cat. 1656. 

 E. bracteata, Herb. Heyne in Wall. Cat. under 1656. Deccan Peninsula and Ceylon. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



A. LJEVIGATA, Grah. Cat. Bomb. PL 113 (Eheede Hort. Mai. ix. t. 9); without 

 description. S. Concan. Is probably Parsonsia. 



34. EFIGYNUUX, Wight. 



Climbing shrubs. Leaves opposite, nerves distant, arching. Flowers hoary,, 

 in dense subcapitate corymbose or open paniculate cymes. Calyx small, 5-fid, 

 lobes acute. Corolla salver-shaped, tube long, throat villous ; lobes overlapping 

 to the right, twisted to the left, or nearly erect. Stamens below the middle of 

 the tube ; anthers sagittate, acuminate, conniving around and hardly adhering 

 to the stigma, cells spurred at the base. Disc lining the calyx-tube, fleshy, 

 6-lobed. Carpels 2, distinct, many-ovuled, dorsally adnate to the disc and sur- 

 mounted by its 5 connivent lobes ; style long or short, top obovate or cupular, 



