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p. 31.) stems perennial, funicular, glabrous, lactescent; leaves 

 linear, mucronate, on short petioles ; peduncles axillary, filiform, 

 bifid, shorter than the leaves ; follicles torulose, linear. 1? . 

 w . S. Native of St. Domingo. Flowers small, white. Nearly 

 allied to E. repens, in which the flowers are red. 

 Linear-leaved Echites. Shrub cl. 



14 E. ASPERU'GIMS (Swartz. prod. p. 53. fl. ind. occ- 1. p. 

 531.) leaves oblong, acute, glabrous beneath, and rather rough 

 above : peduncles racemose. Tj . r *. S. Native of Jamaica 

 and Hispaniola, among bushes, in dry places. Apocynum scan- 

 dens, &-c. Plum, ed- Burm. icon. t. 26. E. lappulacea, Lam. 

 diet. 2. p. 340. Plum. spec. mss. 2. t. 70. Stem purplish, his- 

 pid. Follicles rough, filiform. Flowers white. 



Rough Ecliites. Shrub tw. 



15 E. TOROSA (Jacq. amer. 33. t. 27. ed. pict. t. 34.) leaves 

 lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous ; peduncles sub-racemose ; caly- 

 cine segments lanceolate. Ij . ^\ S. Native of Jamaica, in 

 woods, on the mountains. Swartz. obs. p. 105. Lam. ill. t. 

 174. f. 1. Browne, jam. 181. t. 16. f. 2. Leaves 2 inches 

 long. Flowers small, yellow. Tube of corolla ventricose in the 

 middle, obsoletely pentagonal ; segments broad, and truncate at 

 top. Follicles tomentose, long, erect. E. torosa, Lam. ill. 2. 

 p. 339. no. 5. f. 1. which is the plant figured in Plum. ed. Burm. 

 t. 27 : is probably E. repens, as the flowers are said to be 

 white or red, and the follicles in that, as in this, are torulose. 



rorose-follicled Echites. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1770. Shrub tw. 



16 E. ACUMINA'TA (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 19. t. 134. f. a.) 

 glabrous ; leaves ovate and oblong, acuminated, furnished with 

 5 elands at the base of each ; racemes short ; pedicels twin. 

 ^ T rx . S. Native of Peru, in the woods of Chincao, at Macora. 



Leaves emarginate at the base, shining above. Stipulas trun- 

 cate, furnished with a small tooth on each side. Bracteas small, 

 trifid. Flowers white. 



Acuminated-\ez\e& Echites. Shrub tw. 



* * Leaves cordate at the base. 



17 E. RICHA'RDII (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 391.) leaves 

 oblong-ovate, acutely mucronate, cordate at the base ; corolla 

 and fruit hairy. V . . S. Native of Cayenne or Guiana. 

 E. hirsiita, Richard, in act. hist. nat. par. p. 107. but not of 

 Ruiz, et Pav. 



Richard's Echites. Shrub tw. 



18 E. HIRTE'LLA (H. B. et Kunth. nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 213.) 

 hairy ; leaves oblong, acutely mucronate, narrowed a little at the 

 base, cordate, and furnished with one gland, hairy ; peduncles 

 racemose ; calycine segments ovate, acuminated. Ij . 'X S. 

 Native of New Granada, near Mariquita and Santanna. Inter- 

 petiolar cilia obsolete. Corollas yellow, hairy outside, and 

 dotted with silky pili inside. The specimens collected about 

 Santanna differ from those collected about Mariquita, in the 

 branches being smoothish, and in the leaves being lanceolate 

 and smaller, &c. This is probably a species of Prestonia, the 

 throat being furnished with a red ring, according to Bonpland. 



Hairy Echites. Fl. June. Shrub tw. 



19 E. TRIFIDA (Jacq. amer. p. 31. t. 24. H. B. et Kunth. 

 1. c.) leaves elliptic, short-acuminated, rounded at the base, and 

 furnished with 2 glands ; racemes trifid ; calycine segments 

 oblong, obtuse. I? . ^. S. Native of New Spain, in woods, 

 near Cumana and Cumanacoa. E. cuspidata, Willd. herb, ex 

 Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 796. Stems glabrous, purplish. 

 Glands on the petioles ovate, acuminated, bifid at apex, and 

 rather concave. Corolla glabrous, milk-coloured ; upper part 

 of tube red inside. 



7V[/J</-racemed Echites. Fl. Sept. Shrub tw. 



20 E. GRAXDIFLORA (Meyer, esseq. p. 131.) leaves obovate, 

 attenuated at the base, quite glabrous ; flowers corvmbose ; co- 



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rymbs shorter than the leaves, branched ; calycine segments 

 roundish-ovate, 3 of which are larger than the other 2. ^ . ^. 

 S. Native of the Island of Arrowabisch, climbing on tree;. 

 E. insignis, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 632. Pedicels sub-bracteate. 

 Flowers large, reddish yellow; tube 5-angled. 

 Great-Jlctcered Echites. Shrub tw. 



21 E. RHYNCOSPE'RMA (Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 1. p. 43. t. 49.) 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, glabrous ; flowers loosely 

 cymose ; limb of corolla longer than the tube : with falcately 

 obovate segments ; follicles slender, very long, parallel, pendu- 

 lous; seeds ending in a long beak, and a tuft of hairs at the top 

 of the beak. \ . / "\ S. Native of Martaban, along the rivers 

 Saluen and Atran. Flowers large, sweet-scented, white ; 

 tube and limb red towards the throat. Corolla salver-shaped. 

 Perhaps a species of Kitabalia. 



Beaked-seeded Echites. Shrub tw. 



22 E. LA'XA (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 19. t. 134. f. b.) 

 rather villous ; leaves cordate, acute, furnished with many 

 glands at the base ; peduncles long, loose, racemose, few- 

 flowered. ^ . /n> . S. Native of Peru, in woods. E. glandu- 

 losa, Poir. suppl. 2. p. 557. Stem glabrous, angular, often 

 granular. Branches rather villous. Stipulas toothed. Brac- 

 teas small, subulate. Corollas large, yellow. 



Z,oo*e-flowered Echites. Shrub tw. 



23 E. PUBIFLORA ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, cordate at the 

 base, acuminated, glabrous above, but tomentose beneath ; ra- 

 cemes many-flowered ; corolla hairy outside. Ij . / "\ S. Native 

 ofMaranham, in low bushy places. Flowers large, yellow. 



Doirny-jtowered Echites. Shrub twining. 



24 E. MOJJTA'NA (H. B. et Kunth. 1. c.) leaves elliptic-oblong, 

 acute, cordate, roughish above from hairs, but soft and canescent 

 beneath, glandular at the base; peduncles racemose ; calycine 

 segments ovate-lanceolate, much snorter than the tube. ^ . v _ / . S. 

 Native of the Andes, about Pasto, in bushy places, in the valley 

 of the river Guaytara. Leaves Z\ inches long. Interpetiolar 

 cilia obsolete. Calyx hairy at the base. Corolla glabrous 

 outside and inside, yellow above, and white beneath. Follicles 

 smooth. 



Mountain Echites. Fl. Dec. Shrub tw. 



25 E. RIPA'RIA (H. B. et Kunth. nov. gen. amer. S. p. 214.) 

 leaves ovate-oblong, acute, cordate, smoothish above, but 

 clothed with soft, hair-like down beneath, and canescent, glan- 

 dular at the base ; racemes usually 6-flowered ; calycine seg- 

 ments lanceolate, hardly one half shorter than the tube. ; . 

 rs . S. Native of New Granada, in hot places, near Tenerifle, 

 on the banks of the river Magdalena. Branches glabrous. 

 Peduncles and calyxes downy. Corollas white, glabrous inside 

 and outside. Very nearly allied to E. monlana, from which it 

 chiefly differs in the form and size of the calyx, and in the 

 colour of the flowers. 



River-side Echites. Fl. May. Shrub tw. 



26 E. COXGE'STA (H. B. et Kunth. 1. c.) leaves roundish- 

 ovate, short-acuminated, cordate, rather pilose above, clothed 

 with soft down beneath, and canescent ; flowers racemose, 

 capitately crowded ; calycine segments lanceolate-linear. ^ . 

 / ~ > . S. Native of South America, in the province of Popayan. 

 Branches hairy, and besprinkled with white warts. Leaves 3 

 to 3j inches long, and 2 or 2j broad. Flowers white, very like 

 those of Jasminum sdmbac. Corolla glabrous, but with the 

 tube downy inside. 



Crowded-flowered Echites. Shrub tw. 



27 E. BOGOTE'NSIS (H. B. et Kunth. 1. c. p. 215. t. 243 ) 

 leaves oblong, acuminated, obsoletely cordate, glabrous above, 

 but clothed with powdery down, and glaucescent beneath, fur- 

 nished with 2 bifid glands toward the base ; racemes bifid ; 

 calycine segments ovate-oblong, acutish. J; . '"\ S. Native of 



