666 xciv. APOCYNACEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Epigynum* 



stigma thick. Follicles distinct, long, linear, terete. Seeds elongated, com- 

 pressed (crowned with a wing or pencil of hairs ?). DISTRIB. Species 4 or 6, 

 Malayan Peninsula and Borneo. 



1. E. Crriffithiaxmm, Wight Ic. t. 1308 ; leaves elliptic acute at both 

 ends glabrous, cymes rusty-pubescent, flowers in. long, corolla pubescent, 

 lobes in bud slightly twisted. Kurz For. Fl. ii. 184. Legouixia amabilis, 

 Muell. Argan. in Van Heurck PL Nov. 146. 



MERGUI ; Griffith, Kurz. 



Branches slender, puberulous towards the tips. Leaves 2-3 by f-l in., mem- 

 branous, brown when dry, narrowed into the short petiole. Cymes branched from the 

 base or peduncled, 1-1^ in. diam. ; branches ^ in.; flowers crowded; pedicels very 

 short. Calyx % the length of the narrow corolla-tube. Corolla-limb in. diam. ; 

 lobes obovate, glabrous within, throat and tube hairy within. Fruit not seen. 



2. E. BXaing-ayi, Hook. f. j leaves elliptic subacute and cymes softly 

 tomentose beneath, flowers 1 in. long, corolla tomentose, lobes in bud nearly 

 straight. 



MALACCA ; Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1088). 



Branches slender, young tomentose. Leaves 3^-4^ by 1^2 in., minutely puberu- 

 lous above, with yellowish tomentum beneath-; petiole \ in., tomentose. Cymes 

 shortly peduncled ; flowers very shortly pedicelled, corymbose. Calyx \ the length 

 of the corolla-tube. Corolla-lobes rounded, tomentose on one half of the back ; tube 

 and throat pubescent within and without. Follicles 6-8 by \-^ in., slender, cylindric, 

 flexuous, tomentose. Seeds not ripe. 



3. ? E. laevig-atum, Hook. f. ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate acuminate quite 

 glabrous, flowers in. long, corolla glabrous, lobes strongly twisted in bud. 

 Echites laevigata, Wall Cat. 1669. 



SILHET ; at Pundua ? ( Wallich}. 



Perfectly glabrous throughout; branches slender, dark brown. Leaves 4-5 by H 

 in., thinly coriaceous, polished above ; petiole ^ in. Flowers in peduncled axillary 

 trichotomous panicled cymes, rather crowded towards the ends of the long horizontal 

 branches ; bracts ovate. Calyx-lobes ovate- lanceolate, with a small glandular tooth in 

 the sinus between each lobe. Corolla-tube in., twice as long as the calyx ; lobes linear- 

 oblong, twice as long as the tube. Carpels sunk in the cupular 5-lobed disc, and 

 attached to it by their backs ; style very short, stigma large. Fruit not seen. A 

 fruiting specimen of what may be this species was collected in Cachar by Keenan ; the 

 follicles are 3-4 in. by \ in., horizontal, terete, gradually narrowed from the base to 

 the acute point, exactly as in Anodendron, 'but the seeds are slender and not beaked. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



?E. PARVIFLORUM, Hook.f.; quite glabrous, leaves 5-6 by 1|~2 in., elliptic-lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate at both ends, nerves 5-6 pairs very oblique, petiole ^ in., flowers in 

 lax brachiate axillary and terminal cymes, peduncle branches and pedicels slender, 

 calyx very small, corolla pale yellow, tube short, limb in. diam., lobes falcately lan- 

 ceolate acuminate, stamens towards the base of the tube, ovary sunk in the 5-lobed 

 disc, style very short, top cup-shaped, stigma conical. Echites parviflora, Eoxb. Fl. 

 Ind. ii. 20. 



NORTHERN CIRCARS ; Eoxburgh. 



I have described this from Koxburgh's drawings; it appears closely allied to 

 E. ? Icevigatum. 



35. RK1TNCKODI A, Benth. 



A lofty climbing evergreen shrub. Leaves opposite, broad, membranous, 

 nerves distant. Flowers in lax broad axillary or subterminal panicled cymes. 



